Gabe Speaks! CGA Europe East:Kiev
Well, it’s not that unusual for me to speak in public, but I do have an upcoming engagement where I talk about Funware - the merger of games and utility software - as a category. Funware’s implications on Casual Games are just starting to be understood, and with the meteoric rise of apps like FaceBook, we’re just getting to the point where we know that they are taking up a ton of consumers’ leisure time. So, for the first time, the games industry finds itself in the position of having to defend itself against social web applications for consumer interest and engagement.
I posit that most in the casual games industry haven’t yet figured this out because the continued growth of casual games masks a lot of things. 
But, the stats are unmistakable - social apps are dominating user time spent online right now, and their numbers are growing like crazy.
I’ll share some of my data and thoughts after I’ve given the presentation at CGA Europe East: Kiev on the 19th. In the meantime, if you happen to be in Eastern Europe in mid-late October, come say hi at the CGA event!