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Mack Flavelle
Mack Flavelle

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Jan 8, 2021

So. 40.

Hey Mack, As is occasionally the case, I wanted to write you a letter. This is 40. A time for reflection. The year in review Last birthday I got weird at Derek’s house. Made music all day. That week I bought a midicontroller for $99 and all year used garage band to make beautiful…

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Hey Mack,
Hey Mack,

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Jan 31, 2020

Alice vs Dorothy

Good ideas often happen in many places at once. I’m sure many smart words have been written about why and how. But here’s one versions of that story. I recently read about Netflix putting together a show — the premise is Dorothy from Oz meets Alice from Wonderland. …

Alice In Wonderland

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Alice vs Dorothy
Alice vs Dorothy
Alice In Wonderland

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Published in OneZero

·Nov 21, 2019

A $9,500 Virtual Blockchain Dress Is Just the Beginning for Digital Clothes

10 real reasons that unreal clothes are a thing — In case you need to get caught up, here are three crucial things to know about digital stuff. Augmented Reality is real. The kids are digitally editing, enriching, and extending themselves every minute of every day using apps on their phones and a shared sense of creative self-representation. Virtual influencers…

Fashion

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A $9,500 Virtual Blockchain Dress Is Just the Beginning for Digital Clothes
A $9,500 Virtual Blockchain Dress Is Just the Beginning for Digital Clothes
Fashion

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Published in OneZero

·Oct 30, 2019

Why I Love Apple Arcade — But Won’t Develop Games For It Yet

Veteran game developer and the creative mind behind CryptoKitties explains why Apple Arcade is great for players, but he still has questions about the business model. — This September, Apple released Arcade, its subscription gaming service, with the release of the new mobile OS update iOS 13. I never update quickly. Typically, it takes me probably six months. I’ve never liked upgrading tech. It creates a surface area for things to go wrong. …

Gaming

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Why I Love Apple Arcade — But Won’t Develop Games For It Yet
Why I Love Apple Arcade — But Won’t Develop Games For It Yet
Gaming

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Published in CryptoKitties

·Apr 7, 2018

A Slight Rescheduling

As many of you know, the CryptoKitties mobile experience hasn’t arrived yet. As we continue to work with Apple to figure out how to bring the best CryptoKitties experience possible to the iOS ecosystem, we haven’t forgotten about all the other mobile users in the world. …

Mobile

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A Slight Rescheduling
A Slight Rescheduling
Mobile

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Published in CryptoKitties

·Oct 18, 2017

CryptoKitties, not cryptocurrencies!

TL;DR I want you to foster/create a cat that will digitally live forever. Scroll to the second last paragraph for more details. So we’re putting cats on the blockchain. If you have to have ask why, I’m probably not going to satiate you with any answer I can muster. None-the-less here’s two thoughts: Blockchains are going to…

Cats

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CryptoKitties, not cryptocurrencies!
CryptoKitties, not cryptocurrencies!
Cats

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Jul 26, 2017

Gelato — Little Scoops of Beauty.

First, the world brought you demotivators. Then, it brought you f**kscapes.

IOS

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Gelato — Little Scoops of Beauty.
Gelato — Little Scoops of Beauty.
IOS

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Jul 13, 2017

EmojiStone — practicing language through play.

I believe that emojis are slowly — but surely — changing the world. Actually, not all that slowly. In fact, by any measure I can think of, a purple vegetable meaning eggplant one day, and becoming a global symbol for a penis the next, is a wildfire cultural phenomenon. …

Emoji

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EmojiStone — practicing language through play.
EmojiStone — practicing language through play.
Emoji

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Apr 3, 2017

Some things about Santiago

Last month, me and the fam spent a month in Santiago, Chile. I worked. We played. It was amazing and we didn’t really want to come back. Here’s some things I noticed. It’s worth pointing out that my reference point is Vancouver. In the last couple years I’ve been to…

Travel

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Some things about Santiago
Some things about Santiago
Travel

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Published in Digital Culturist

·Mar 5, 2017

The Sticky Truth about Modern Written Language

What heiroglyphics, emoji, and stickers have in common. —

Emoji

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The Sticky Truth about Modern Written Language
The Sticky Truth about Modern Written Language
Emoji

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