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Video of Obama’s visit to Capital Factory.  The volume is really weak  which is unfortunate because Bill did a great job introducing the program and several of the entrepreneurs in the room.

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An official White House video of Obama’s tour of Austin annotated by Obama himself.  There is a section about Capital Factory and if you look real close you’ll see me in the red baseball cap.

Wow.  What a week.

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Obama visited Capital Factory today and I got to meet with him.  This was a once in a lifetime experience for me.  I feel very grateful to be part of Capital Factory, it is an amazing organization one that is now getting recognition from the President.  Hopefully other cities will be able to replicate its success.

Bazaarvoice co-founder Brett Hurt has an in depth article covering the event on his blog Lucky7.

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This is a web based editor that uses Markdown as its primary language and allows you to sync to various file networks, post to various blog targets and share with other writers. It supports Dropbox, iCloud and Google Docs which means it can easily fit into your existing workflow.

For me, I like its version control feature which allows me to roll back changes or view previous versions. This is useful because I typically write in several phases and sometimes I like to go back to an earlier phase especially if I’ve lost my train of thought or if I need to rework a section.

I’m not big on browser based editors, I have a fear of hitting the back button and losing my work, but this editor literally saves the document on every keystroke. So the worse you can do is lose a single letter. In the bottom left of the window is a little status that says “saving” which makes me feel a little bit better but I’m not fully used to it yet.

The author of Draft has been adding new features rather quickly and if you sign up as a paid user you will get access to early features. I think this app shows a lot of promise and I for one will surely continue to use it.

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This is my video review of the Ultimate Ears Reference ear monitors.  These are custom monitors that are made to fit your ear and thus block out all outside noises.  These are a fantastic pair of earphones that produce great sound but they are costly at $999.  You can find more on Ultimate Ears website.

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The goal of the game is really simple. The first person to 10 points wins. There are a lot of ways to score points which leads to exciting and unpredictable games with each player to taking a variety of strategies. The main dealing in the game is trading resources with your fellow players. You’ll use those resources to buy and build things which score points. You generate resources based on the location of the things you’ve built. So if you are short on a particular resource that you need to build something new, you can either trade for it or wait until you generate it.

Settler’s of Catan is a game that can be played with 3 or more players but it is most fun with 4 or more. My only opportunity to play was this past weekend but I’m already addicted. I will be buying a copy to keep in my home and actively trying to get my friends hooked too.

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The recent release of Bioshock Infinite which is arguably the best video game that I’ve ever played will not be played by my kids until they are at least 13 years old. That is a shame because everything about this game is fantastic from the story to the music to the gameplay. I’m not the only one who thinks so, game reviewers are bestowing rarely awarded 10/10 perfect ratings. As good as this game is however, the violence is just so disturbing that I can’t let my kids play it.

It is a shame really because the violence doesn’t make the game any better. I think the game could stand on its own without the gory head splattering, limb crushing, blood spewing everywhere violence that permeates every nook and cranny in this game. The storyline is a beautiful saga interweaving through many years, touching on subjects of racism, politics, and power. It even delves into quantum physics and time travel. The character development is outstanding possibly creating an in game character that I truly care about.

I think there is an expectation that games like this out-do the previous years games by taking violence to another level. This has been a long standing trend starting with the Castle Wolfenstein games way back in the 90’s. Each new version introduced new monsters, new weapons and new blood splattering death. Bioshock Infinite in order to appease the appetite and expectation of game players decided to level up the violence and in doing so I think alienated a potentially large audience of younger gamers. Its a shame because this could be the best video game I’ve ever played.

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This is my video review of the top of the line Sennheiser HD800 headphones.  They are amazing, probably the best there is.

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