Archive for 2014

Asked by a student “How can I go to GDC for free?” and I respond “I’ll tell you the secret of how to go to GDC and get paid for it.” And so I did. And the student lamented in a whining voice “But all those require worrrrkkk.” And all I could think is “perhaps…

The willingness to do something unpaid because you enjoy it does not mean you should have a willingness to work for free for someone else.

Dealing with a Coffeescript Kool-aid drinker: “But Javascript has a lot of quirks. Coffeescript has fewer quirks. Coffeescript is far better.” *facepalm* Um… No, deciding on your death by hanging or by shooting utterly sucks. They just suck in different ways.

There is only one thing that stops me from working all night: The neighbours complaining that I am making too much noise.

My unwillingness to work on your project for free doesn’t mean I think it is a stupid idea or that I don’t like you, it simply means I don’t want to work for you for free.

When I had the idea you weren’t interested. When I was working hard on execution you weren’t interested. Now I am working hard on enjoying the fruits of my labour you are suddenly interested. It doesn’t work like that.

Time is limited, why waste it living someone else’s dream?

If I show you the pathway to success and you state you do not see the value in taking such a pathway then success is not for you.

Get past your own awkwardness of failure. You’ll be surprised what you can achieve in life.

If I tell you the secret to success in anything and you respond in a whining voice that such a secret requires work then success is not for you.

I have all of these Nidec stepper motors left over from an earlier project. I wonder what kind of world-dominating, cat-terrorizing mechanical gadget I should build today…

Damn kids and their two-million-dollar ideas. Come back when you have a real business you want to talk about.

There are way too many obsolete laptops in my server closet. There is literally a stack of old Lenovo laptops from the floor to just below my chin, layered like technological sediment laid down over the years. Each strata containing a dinosaur from a bygone development project. I wonder if there is an education programme…

I like giving my engineers (and other employees) enough rope to either hang themselves or build a relaxing swing set. It is up to the individual what do with the rope he has been given. It also tells me whether I should keep paying the employee for their services.

Drip marketing works. It is not rocket science. It has proven itself again and again and again. And yet still I talk with people who hold on to the belief that drip marketing has no place in their marketing toolbox.

Trying to teach my nephew how to cook and how to work in the shop. Apparently everything either must be at maximum temperature (ovens) or maximum speed (drill presses). Ah, the impetuousness of youth. Ah, the screaming of the drill press as the bit bogs down in a metal rod! Holy ****! Be right back!

I do not understand entrepreneurs who refuse to improve their public speaking skills. Join Toastmasters International already!

I can work for you for free and get a percentage or I can work for myself for free and own it all. Let me think about that…

A long time ago… Project Director: “You stopping work on this project until we pay you is a really unprofessional attitude. If you have problems with our accounting department you need to take it up with them.”

Hah! Just optimized this C# code in Unity3D for a client and got a 900% boost. Improved the frame rate rarely hitting 20FPS to a rock-solid 60FPS. Just because you have a wrench it doesn’t mean you know which bolt to smack to fix the problem.