Link Roundup 4/4/2014

Comics

• Need to find a comic shop?  Come here to http://www.findacomicshop.com/.

Culture

• The Mozilla saga ends – with the CEO stepping down.  A good warning over what will be fallout for years to come from Prop 8 and other anti-gay activities.

Economics

• A look at a “parasite economy” from the point of view of an instrument company.

Media

• Amazon jumps on the video gizmo train.  Now the question is what happens in an oddly crowded market . . . centered around a few big service providers, and one where Amazon kind of is but is disregarded.

Technology

• Tablets and e-readers are big among older Americans.  I’ve seen this first-hand, and it’s a reminder that you may need to adapt your software to this changing population and technical footprint.

Video Games

• How a Video Game jam completely went down the tubes and the cluelessness evolved.  Read in detail.

Writing

• Why it’s so hard to write a YA novel.