Category Archives: Barry Joseph Consulting

Towards a Public Pathway for Careers in Gaming: NYC Youth and Agency (video)

Posted on December 22, 2022 by Barry

Last July, I led a panel with Nicholas Fortugno (Co-Founder & CCO, Playmatics LLC) and Ashlyn Sparrow (Assistant Director, Weston Game Lab, The University of Chicago) to explore how our two cities – NYC and Chicago – were connecting public … Continue reading →

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The New York Times Mentioned My New Book on Sondheim

Posted on December 19, 2022 by Barry

Last May I had an idea for a crazy new project. Today I saw it promoted in the New York Times. I love when that happens. Overall, it’s a lovely piece by Eric Grode, but below are the key parts … Continue reading →

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Innovations in Jewish Education: An Interview for the Adapting Podcast

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Barry

What has the last decade looked like for digital learning in the Jewish education space? How has it been impacted by the pandemic? What are the possibilities for innovation in education or will radical affordances get co-opted by the existing … Continue reading →

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7 Book Recommendations from BJC for Holiday Gifts

Posted on December 1, 2022 by Barry

Some Books I Recommend At BJC, we do more than just provide inspiring services in digital experience design and strategic planning. We also write books! I spend at least one hour a day in my writing nook. (In fact, I … Continue reading →

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Sneak peak at cover for my upcoming book on museum design

Posted on October 26, 2022 by Barry

Making Dinosaurs Dance: A Toolkit for Digital Design in Museums takes the reader behind the scenes to learn how the American Museum of Natural History innovates visitor digital engagement, highlighting design techniques used both there and at museums around the … Continue reading →

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Mayor Adams Announces Funding for Gaming Pathways (one of my projects)

Posted on October 18, 2022 by Barry

As I posted here last March, Mayor Eric Adams has announced, in his economic recovery plan for New York City “Rebuild, Renew, Reinvest,” that increasing the video gaming industries contribution to the city’s economy is a high priority for his … Continue reading →

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Bring the Borscht back to the Borscht Belt & Seltzer Museum

Posted on October 17, 2022 by Barry

Growing up in the ’70s and ’80s on Long Island as a Jewish kid, I was not alone traveling to Sullivan County (an hour or so northwest of NYC) to vacation at the grand resorts – Kutsher’s Country Club, the … Continue reading →

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New Public Gaming Events for NYC High School & CUNY Students at CCNY

Posted on April 19, 2022 by Barry

Last month I shared I would be producing events to support the new Public Pathways project at the City College of New York, designed to create academic and career opportunities for an emerging gaming community for teens living in Harlem, … Continue reading →

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Universities and NYC Connecting the Dots on Youth, Learning and Gaming

Posted on March 15, 2022 by Barry

I have two things to re-post, both shared a few days ago. There’s a theme connecting them together (and no, my involvement, while real, and with more to be shared soon, is not it). Want to hazard a guess? Mayor … Continue reading →

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MuseumNext Presentation 2: Failing Forward: Museum game Fails and what we learned from them

Posted on March 3, 2022 by Barry

In my previous post I shared video and poems from my first presentation this week at MuseumNext’s conference on games and museums. This post is about how we closed out the event with Failing Forward: 10 favorite Museum game Fails … Continue reading →

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