Writer, Agilist, Elder Geek
OK, we talked about the GameStop of the future, and I finally the Palo Alto store as I had hoped many weeks ago. Since GameStop is at ground zero for both the changes in gaming and the way companies adapt to them, I wanted to go see what they were doing in their Store Of The Future.
Here's my impressions
Let's be honest, my progeeks, profanes, and protaku, sometimes we buy cheap chotskies in bulk. We love our meaningless plastic, buttons, toys, etc. it's part of the geek experience.
Yes, they're wastes of money, but we love them. I've wondered if for us, however, they may be on the way out – because of virtual goods.
So as Bonnie posted in yesterday's News Of The Day, we've got a few announcements from Apple during their "Back To The Mac" event. I found none of these surprising – that isn't a bad thing, actually – but I think it bears closer analysis as it gives us ideas of trends we see both in Apple technology, but in other technologies as well.
These, of course, are going to affect us progeeks, so I feel it's worth calling them out.