https://www.spakhm.com/updates-howto Lots of really valuable takeaways, but loved the last one: "These tips don’t work if you’re incompetent."
Breaking a paradigm by stepping outside of it
I saw a comedian on a Youtube Short who said "I used get bullied as a kid and so I decided to learn karate. The thing about Karate is, it only works so long as both people in a fight use the same rules." Shortly after, on LinkedIn, I saw a post about "minting pokemon … Continue reading Breaking a paradigm by stepping outside of it
Changing I to You
It's been a while! I've been noticing an interesting trend - after going through a coding bootcamp from May 2022 - Sept 2022 and starting as a Software Engineer at AppFolio (property management SaaS company) I've dropped a few rungs on the corporate ladder. Namely, I was a Lead Product Manager or the equivalent at … Continue reading Changing I to You
NFTs in gaming…
… are not necessary. NFTs are the latest trend in the crypto community and people are quick to associate them with industries outside of their initial use case which I think is an interesting area to look at, especially regarding Gaming. With Ubisoft offering its employees NFTs, the adoption of the technology by one of … Continue reading NFTs in gaming…
Free-to-play (FtP) business models
Why does Free-to-play matter as a part of the gaming industry? The business of gaming is an incredible one and an important one. There are over 3 billion gamers worldwide (source) and the mobile gaming industry reached over $90B in revenue in 2021 (source). Gaming as an industry is growing with the introduction of new … Continue reading Free-to-play (FtP) business models
Pokémon Unite Analysis
Summary Pokémon Unite is a team style battle game or a Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) game that takes elements of League of Legends, Basketball, and Pokémon to create a highly engaging team-based game. At the moment, the game offers 5v5 games where two teams of 5 Pokémon Trainers use their Pokémon to battle other … Continue reading Pokémon Unite Analysis
Gaming and in-game currency transfers
Open Gaming Model Open Banking as a concept was brought to the forefront of FinTech and Financial services companies through PSD2 in the UK. This act was aimed at making transactions between banks and/or non-banks more seamless, safer for consumers, and more readily available to all. As a result, the banking sector in the UK … Continue reading Gaming and in-game currency transfers
Video Game Market-as-a-Service model
I've been reading a lot about NFTs lately (example here) and watching long-form videos about them (here) and how they may interact with gaming. I largely agree with the premise of the gamesindustry.biz article that says "the reality is that you don't need NFTs or blockchain technologies to implement any of the systems needed to … Continue reading Video Game Market-as-a-Service model
Breaking up with consumer FinTech: it’s not me, it’s you.
The Beginning I've been working in Financial Services (FS) since I started my career in 2015. I started at Citigroup, working on retail banking strategy for our Asian private wealth management clients. The name of the game there was rewards and incentives both for the sales people and the new customers. In that same role, … Continue reading Breaking up with consumer FinTech: it’s not me, it’s you.
Offer Comparison Tool
I'm a big believer in sharing tools that help others make decisions. As such, I created this tool to compare offers between 4 different types of companies (and of course you can compare similar companies by simply copying and pasting the company type in question elsewhere in the sheet). This is a google sheet available … Continue reading Offer Comparison Tool
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