I usually don't promote specific events on the blog, but since I have a connections to both the Texas Immersive Institute and dadaLab, I thought I'd give a shout out for this event this weekend, May 13 and 14. Students from University of Texas at Austin’s Texas Immersive Institute (TXI) will combine...

People love unboxing and even watching others unbox. So let's create the ultimate box to unbox. It has a million layers in it. There’s loads of parts and things that need undone, detached, and taken apart. It’s massive. Maybe as big as 10'x10'. There’s so many things to undo and take out, it’s ridic...

I went to the Sherwood Forest Renaissance Faire a few weeks ago. It was my first time there and only my second time to a renaissance fair. I enjoyed it and found it really fascinating people watching. From an experience perspective, it runs much like an amusement park but without rides. The midways...

As I’ve run Eureka Room shows and asked for feedback, I’ve seen a pattern of interests. Some people love the programs with game-like aspects the most. Some people want more insanity and laughing and absurdity. Some people want to relax and watch the colors and hear soothing sounds. I usually see per...

One of the hardest things about The Eureka Room is getting the right people there and keeping the wrong people away.  By “wrong” I don’t mean they are wrong or bad people. I mean “wrong fit” for The Eureka Room.  If even one person isn’t into the participation aspect of The Eureka Room, th...

The commercial lease I was looking at fell through a couple weeks ago and I've been looking for a new lease ever since. The search doesn't take up all my time but I haven't been making the best use of my remaining available time. I was ready to put all my effort into the move in and now that can't h...

I don't post a lot of "gritty details" on the blog, but occasionally I like to share things I had to learn the hard way (i.e., I couldn't find it with Google) in hopes of helping someone else struggling to find the same answer. This is one of those posts. The U channels of The Eureka Room are alumin...

Last weekend I only had a booking of 3 people, but The Eureka Room really needs about four people to be fun. Which meant had to hustle up more people to make a full group. I pulled it off, but let everyone go for free. It cost me $60 This weekend I had two bookings of 3 at different times and couldn...

Note: This was written on 3/15. Many things have changed since. The plan is to move the Eureka Room mostly as-is to the new space. Even with just some minor modifications, it is taking a lot of brainwork to figure things out. A new ultra-short-throw projector, some thicker and more secure plexiglass...

I want to share the right way to apologize and how you can recognize if you’re getting a good apology. This might seem a bit off-topic, but I think it's an important subject that can effect your work, your results, and your working relationships so I thought it would be worth posting. I’m not talkin...