Filed under: Internet, Web services, Social Software, web 2.0
SXSW Day Four
We did manage to hook up with the folks at Twine for a fantastic interview which really explained what's behind their beta mode invite only fortress. After that the guys from Five Runs stopped by to talk about their fantastic new app for monitoring your Ruby on Rails server, a piece that's sorely needed in the modern web services space. Shiv Signh from Razorfish then met up with us to talk about how social media can work for large corporations, and some of the hurdles they face in adopting healty social marketing practices.
The bad sprits Zuckerberg left in the event hall yesterday were still floating heavy in the air. Around 2pm the word came down that there would be a rematch. Zuckerberg a mulligan, a do-over in the vernacular of the playground, this time off site, and the inter-conference grapevine was douced with gasoline and set ablaze. There would be blood, someone's milkshake would be drank, and the whole thing was going down at 4pm.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
