Linked List: May 28, 2007

Monday, 28 May 2007

Every Good Domain Is Taken. Here’s Why. ★: Niall Kennedy on the apparently lucrative business of domain name squatting.
Desktop Tower of Money ★: Wagner James Au interview with Desktop Tower Defense creator Paul Preece:

So here’s a couple ways to a create successful game online: a), Find an investor who’s crazy enough to give you millions of dollars, or b), Put it on a distribution network and hope you get enough customers willing to buy it as a download.

Then there’s c), Make a Flash mini-game, let people play it for free, and watch the ad revenue pour in when the site gets 20 million pageviews a month.
Interview With Ze Frank on Creativity ★: Ze Frank, in an interview with Cecil Vortex:

I make something every day — I think that’s really the only habit that I’ve fallen into over the last few years. No matter what, I make something.
The Hamburdog ★: I hope this innovative idea hasn’t come too late for your Memorial Day weekend.