Harry Potter – Techcitement*

Accio! Long-Awaited Harry Potter Ebooks Appear On Pottermore

Reuven Shechter — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:00:45 +0000

Harry Potter — the series Americans, Brits, and the world alike have been enamored with for the past 14 years — is finally available in ebook form on J.K Rowling’s own Pottermore website. At times, it seemed as if the Harry Potter books were as much in the past as the wizards and witches in […]

Techcitement Holiday Gift Guide: Tech For The Kids

Daniela Weiss-Bronstein — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:52:24 +0000

My kids, ages 1, 3, and 5, are all tech-obsessed. Whether it’s using our cell phones, computers, or the TiVo, it’s hard to keep their hands off of tech geared for adults. We make a point of finding tech for the kids at their level, and there’s plenty to choose from. There’s also a lot […]

GDC Online: Blizzard Opens Up, The Development Of Franchise Narrative

Andrew Pish — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:20:43 +0000

At Game Developers Conference (GDC) Online in Austin, TX, I spent the majority of the first day listening to the writers of Blizzard talk about their process for developing narrative for their franchises. Their day-long group of talks was named, “The War of Worldcraft: Developing Franchise Narrative in the Transmedia Age”. Transmedia is a fancy […]

Voice Of Objectivity: 3D Is The Future

Yoni Gross — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:25:14 +0000

Hollywood takes a lot of flack these days for 3D movies. The 3D effect is irrelevant to most viewers at best and actively detrimental to the experience at worst. In exchange, theaters increase ticket prices from the usually ridiculous to the simply outrageous. Admittedly, I’m the first to agree with these complaints. I saw Harry […]

Segues: You’re Soaking In It

Justin Davis — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:47:38 +0000

Hidden amongst you is a world rife with technology you don’t notice. No, I’m not talking about nanobots or Harry Potter-inspired invisibility cloaks. Technology is employed in places and ways you might not suspect until it’s pointed out to you. It shows up in trickily placed advertising to mess with your subconscious and can erroneously […]

Apple Levels Ebook Competition Instead Of The Playing Field

Mordechai Osdoby — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:41:35 +0000

Say you have the most popular tablet device out there. You also have a fairly less popular ebook solution on said tablet. How do you make your solution more popular? Do you add more content or offer exclusives? The answer is neither if you’re Apple. The Wall Street Journal reports that due to Apple’s new […]

Google Brings Its Magic To Pottermore

Techcitement — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:20:58 +0000

When the official online home of Harry Potter, Pottermore, goes live this October, it will bring a little Google magic to make it happen.