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I keep on referencing Dark Forests and realizing that people don’t know what I mean, which is fair because the only place I talk about them is in dark forests. The first place I heard about this was from George…
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Miter Saws and Circular Saws
A friend asked me whether he needed both a miter saw and a circular saw for a project he’s working on. As we were chatting he told me “this should be a blog post” so here we are. Important Note:…
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On Workantile’s 10th Birthday
A Message on Jan. 31st 2011 “oh, btw: I’m working at the workantile exchange today…seems to be very nice” But Why I showed up to Workantile after a year of working from home. To say I was feeling isolated is…
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The E-Myth Revisited Quick Review
A few days ago I finished The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber. Here’s a quick review: If you’ve ever wondered why your boss is the way they…
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Inspiration is Fickle. Do The Work Instead.
Rely on inspiration for creative work at your own peril. In this case, inspiration means one or more of the following: The Idea The Spark The Vision The Muse Inspiration, if it comes, will come in fits and starts and…
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You Can’t Win But You’re Still A Good Person v2.0
Over on the Scope Creep Studios dev blog I posted about an recent update to our game You Can’t Win But You’re Still a Good Person. We recently pushed an update to remove ads and in-app purchases and made it…
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The Temptation of Analytics
This post started as a tootstorm Computers excel at logging statistics. The upshot is that it makes it trivial (for certain values of “trivial”) to get numbers about how many people are accessing your projects and products and blog posts.…
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An Enthusastic Critical Framework
Kyle tweeted the following recently: all text is hyper-text all canon is head canon In response I made a bad joke and then mentioned: I think I subscribe to authorial intent way more than you do. Not like there’s one…
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Helping at the Holidays
I wish I’d read this Thread going home for the holidays: HOW TO HELP IN THE KITCHEN AT THE HOLIDAYS WHEN YOU ARE A DUDE AND HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY SHOOED OUT OF THE KITCHEN, ONLY TO WATCH YOUR MOTHERS AND…
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Games for 2018
Donut County This is my clear game of the year. My wife and I both tore through it and then our toddler got surprisingly into it. For a few months she would ask to “play the donut county one?!” and…
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