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We’re smack in the midst of the thirteenth season of National Novel Writing Month, an online writing community based on a simple (if daunting) goal: 50,000 words in one month. That’s almost 1,700 words per day, and even disciplined aspiring writers can struggle to hit 500. What makes Nanowrimo possible and fun is its thriving community, [...]
Interview: Brian from Mario Marathon Discusses Gaming for Charity and How to Grow an Audience
In: Community Management|Grassroots Gaming|Online Communities
14 Apr 2011An annual event going back to 2008, the Mario Marathon is an amazing example of building a community through word of mouth, relentless promotion and clever interactions with fans. It’s one of the earliest examples of a gaming marathon benefitting charity, which involves streaming gamers playing the games to a live audience over the course [...]
Watch live video from UTD Zac’s Livestream on Justin.tv UPDATE 3/27: All done! Original details of the marathon are still available below. Huge thanks to everyone who participated. Special shout-outs go to the r/pokemon Reddit community and to Serebii.net. Both communities were hugely supportive in the chat. The final playtimes were: Pokémon Blue: 8:30 Pokémon [...]
Make Yourself Available
17 Jan 2011You’re at a party and a stranger smiles at you. What do you do? You smile back. Maybe you say hi. Maybe you wink. Then you introduce yourself and shake their hand. You present some acknowledgement that opens the connection. Then you both move on – it’s a party, after all. The amazing part comes later [...]
Here we go again
19 Mar 2010The most important rule of blogging: choose a subject. I started this blog as more of a scratchboard. A placeholder for ideas spread across various interests, including fiction, copywriting, creative agency life, social media, online community building, and video games. The old tagline, “Writing, Gaming and Brazen Geekery” expressed this. As a personal project, that’s [...]
