Category Archives: Ideas

Programming Praxis with Code Katas

As THE OCTOBER GAME nears completion, it’s all debugging and cleanup. It can be both tedious and frustrating working on the same codebase for so long. I’ve mentioned before the little side-projects I work on. But there’s another kind of … Continue reading

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Jeepers Veepers

An #iSketchADay entry revisited. Gel pen on index card. Colorized in Photoshop CS4 Extended.

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Roosting bird

I indulged myself by getting a new art pad and some pens. It’s certainly easier to pull an autotrace line from a clean original. Even with a handheld iPhone. Still need to work larger than my habitual 2 inches across. … Continue reading

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On The Dangers of High Self-Esteem

Shmott Guy Anti-patterns Being A Short List of Descriptions, Remedies and Example Thoughts, Enumerated in the Hope of Learning From the Mistakes of Others* Unwarranted optimism leading to higher risk-taking Sounds like: “I can produce my first commercial video game … Continue reading

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Capture ideas to keep them from distracting you

Making THE OCTOBER GAME: Resisting Distraction I have so many ideas, it’s hard to focus long enough to actually finish one. Result: Nothing gets done. To counteract this, I capture and store all non-project ideas. This could be in the … Continue reading

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Objective-C 3.0 spit-balling ideas

An idea for the next version of Objective-C Continue reading

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