exploring my creative potential… while trying to save the world

#1 google rankings

March 5th, 2007 admin

Just for fun, here is a list of searches that turn up playwithyourmind.com #1
(as of 3/5/07)

play mind games
online mind games
(obviously) play with your mind
free online word games
free online logic games
free online mind games

latest google standings

February 19th, 2007 admin

Time for a quick survey of my latest google standings:

mind games: 6
play mind games: 1
online mind games: 1

word games: 34
online word games: 5/6
play word games: 15/54

logic games: 18
play logic games: 4
online logic games: 10

typing games: 23/57/76/89
online typing games: 6/36
play typing games: 7/13
typing tests: 63/84

iq tests: 95

just a few more days of games and websites…

February 7th, 2007 admin

playwithyourmind.com is mostly done - boy were there a lot of aspects of that to tie together… right now I am just spending a few days going game by game and making improvements.. I probably wont do this for all the games, but at least for the 30 best/most popular ones.

I also reopened the Memory Program and restarted my Google AdWords campaign (recall that I suspended it after just a few days because my payment system was expired and certain aspects were not working in IE) … so I am hoping that will pick up, but who knows.

the only other major things I have slated before I can “move on” is to rework WordBall and make it like brainball/typing test

and then I buy a camera :)

the new site

January 27th, 2007 admin

is coming along nicely and should be more or less complete by the end of the weekend!

a heroic effort, if I may say so…

January 25th, 2007 admin

in the past two weeks I have

-updated or converted about 45 games
-remade from scratch Pitch Black, Color Blinded, Grid Search, Tweak & MemoryEyes
-developed 6 new games: Mindsweeper, Word Search, ReMemory, Twinkles, WallBalls & the Multi-Task

in the process I also temporarily or permanently removed a few games:
NumbweWheel, Scrolling Logic, Wild Zirch, & Pochle

so now I get to work changing over the site, which will take days

the end in site

January 24th, 2007 admin

beginning today, I have just 2 more games to convert, and 2/3 games to develop (I added a spatial sense and multi-tasking category to the new website, so I need to make a few new ones)… I expect that I will complete this today. Then I have to make three fixed games, which shouldnt take too long since they are based on already-developed BrainBall rounds… once that is done, I will have completed the game development/redesign phase of the project, and I will be very happy.

then I will start to change over the website. I expect to begin this process tomorrow evening or friday morning and hopefully have it (moslty) complete by Monday morning (which is the first day I will be eligible to be judged by the Webby panel)

the new playwithyourmind.com

January 23rd, 2007 admin

in order to get ready for my webby submission, I will be working tirelessly this week… I have already informed my wife and friends that I will be MIA for the next week.

I have converted over 40 games, in addition to making 3 or 4 new ones. I have just the math and focus games left and then I will be done with this ever-so-cumbersome task of updating the games

this means that the new playwithyourmind.com will be going up sometime later this week… exciting stuff I tell you, I have been working towards this for a long time!

the powers that be..

January 23rd, 2007 admin

.. have determined that I will be entering the Webby Awards this year.

Although I had very much wanted to enter, I had decided to forgo doing so this year… the entry deadline was mid-december, and I knew my new site would not be ready for at least 1 to 2 months, so I let my hopes go… then, about 2 weeks ago I received a postcard notifying me that they had extended the deadline until January 26.. well into my site redesign, and with the endline in sight, I once again entertained the thought of submitting… but it would require me to be (mostly) done with my site, and to have $250 to spend on the entry… my progress on the site had been coming along well, but the $4000 I am owed for freelance was nowhere to be seen and, without that money, there would be no submission…. so this morning I had basically abandoned what remained of my Webby optimism, aware that my check would have to come in the next day if in order to cover the entry fee…

.. but then it came…. so here I come webby!

google updates

January 10th, 2007 admin

I post these regularly because I have been working on them for two years, and I consider them very important to my success. Today marks my best ever all-around day:

mind games: 6
online mind games: 2
play mind games: 1

word games: 27
online word games: 6/14
play word games: 19/44

logic games: 26
logic puzzles: 67
online logic puzzles: 7
play online logic puzzles: 3

typing games: 35/55
online typing games: 9/69/97
free online typing games: 15/18
play typing games: 6/16

(and some new ones to track)
iq tests: 106
online iq tests: 71

updates

January 7th, 2007 admin

The typing test is all ready to go and will begin on Monday

http://typing-test.playwithyourmind.com

Now, I am working on the new playwithyourmind.com.. you can watch it develop here:

http://playmindgames.com