August 2007

• [NEWS] New Payment Service For Microtransactions Nick Koranda
• • [NEWS] New Payment Service For Microtransactions Michael Chui
    On 8/3/07, Nick Koranda <nkk@eml.cc> wrote:
    >
    > Amazon is starting a payment service tailored at unique and/or complex
    > payment structures. They have cited an example regarding making
    > micro-transactions cost-effective:
    >
    > "Developers can create payment instructions that are as simple or
    > complex as they desire. For example, creating a relatively complex
    > business model around micro-payments is easy to do with Amazon FPS. Our
    > aggregation feature lets you track and aggregate micro-payments into a
    > single payment transaction, saving on transaction processing costs and
    > avoiding having to build complex ledger functionality into your own
    > applications. Without this capability micro-payments would be difficult
    > or cost-prohibitive."
    >
    > The full link is:
    >
    > http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html?node42430011
    
    
    Unrelated, but there's something very creepy about the term "Amazon FPS". Do
    you have a first-person shooter in their warehouses? =P
    
    --
    -Michael Chui
• BIZ: welcome back to me (warning long but exciting) Frank Crowell
• Austin GDC meet: Web 2.0 and Games Adam Martin
• • Austin GDC meet: Web 2.0 and Games Robert Flesch
  • Austin GDC meet: Web 2.0 and Games Jeffrey Kesselman
  • Austin GDC meet: Web 2.0 and Games Morgan Ramsay
  • Austin GDC meet: Web 2.0 and Games Bristle
  • • Austin GDC meet: Web 2.0 and Games Adam Martin
    • • Austin GDC meet: Web 2.0 and Games Bristle
    • Austin GDC meet: Web 2.0 and Games Michael Chui
    • Austin GDC meet: Web 2.0 and Games Matt Chatterley
    • • Austin GDC meet: Web 2.0 and Games Adam Martin
• [DESIGN] Spore and MMOs Michael Chui
• • [DESIGN] Spore and MMOs Lachek Butalek
  • [DESIGN] Spore and MMOs Johnicholas Hines
  • [DESIGN] Spore and MMOs John Buehler
  • [DESIGN] Spore and MMOs Mike Rozak
  • [DESIGN] Spore and MMOs ghovs@plex.nl
  • [DESIGN] Spore and MMOs cruise
  • [DESIGN] Spore and MMOs Ren Reynolds
  • • [DESIGN] Spore and MMOs Aurel Mihai
    • • [DESIGN] Spore and MMOs John Buehler
      • [DESIGN] Spore and MMOs Michael Chui
      • • [DESIGN] Spore and MMOs cruise
      • [DESIGN] Spore and MMOs Amanda Walker
      • • [DESIGN] Spore and MMOs Jean, Yannick
      • [DESIGN] Spore and MMOs Vincent Archer
• [Tech] 3rd Party Launcher/Patcher Wilfried Henseler
• [BIZ ] Project Darkstar - revisited after the last visit Bristle
• • [BIZ ] Project Darkstar - revisited after the last visit Jeffrey Kesselman
  • • [BIZ ] Project Darkstar - revisited after the last visit tigeba
    • [BIZ ] Project Darkstar - revisited after the last visit Bristle
• [BIZ] Project Darkstar - my take on it Bristle
• • [BIZ] Project Darkstar - my take on it Jeffrey Kesselman
  • • [BIZ] Project Darkstar - my take on it Bristle
    • [BIZ] Project Darkstar - my take on it Michael Hartman
    • • [BIZ] Project Darkstar - my take on it Jeffrey Kesselman
  • [BIZ] Project Darkstar - my take on it Adam Martin