Ian Delaney

Once again, a call goes out to make games more culturally meaningful. I agree very much with the sentiment, but I've always been frustrated with how designers set themselves up for failure due to the constraints placed on the problem. - Ian Delaney

Three practices seem to constitute political charity. First, those who display political charity do not question the motives of those with whom they disagree. On the contrary, they cast those motives in the best possible light. (Consider imaginable discussions of the Iraq War or affirmative action.) Second, those who display political charity try to endorse the deepest moral commitments of those with whom they disagree. If they cannot endorse those commitments, at least they show respect for them. (Consider imaginable discussions of same–sex marriage and climate change.) Third, those who display political charity try for reforms and innovations that can be accepted by people who reject or even abhor what they take (fear?) to be the defining commitments of the reformers and innovators. That is, a central goal of those who display political charity is to obtain agreements on practices amidst disagreement or uncertainty about what, precisely, accounts for those practices. (Considerable im - Ian Delaney

Because the ability to think differently comes from acting differently, Gregersen says anyone can become a better innovator, just by acting like one. - Ian Delaney

19/11/2009 13:00 by Rsa DsaDownload now or listen on posterous rsathursday191109.mp3 (12690 KB) I mentioned this a couple of posts back. Delete discusses - Ian Delaney

via youtube.com Ermm... haven't I seen this somewhere before? Say in about 2002? Nobody bought Tablet PCs then, either. ... - Ian Delaney

a fairly concise blog post on how to fix the Banking system (you may recall his excellent "how to fix the economy" post a few weeks back), - Ian Delaney

As it becomes easier to stream video content, the attraction of illegal downloading is diminished - Ian Delaney

The other theme that emerged in a number of the sessions was that many bloggers were placing increased attention on the medium of email as a way to communicate with readers. - Ian Delaney