I have decided to split my writing and game design posts into a new blog hosted at blog.brentknowles.com.
Please bounce over there and add it to whatever subscription system you use to keep track of blogs (assuming you still want to read all about my exciting life).
If you hate having to read multiple blogs by [...]

Earlier I posted about how electronic devices can really disrupt meetings. Now Richard Curtis over at [e-reads] has a post discussing Christine Pearson’s book which goes into detail on why overuse of these distraction devices causes poor work performance.
Worth reading, especially for those of you who still believe mobile devices allow you to ‘get more [...]

Demo.
That one word had the power to make us poor game developers tremble as it always brought with it crazy work hours and vague plans. And when we were finished we always wondered — ‘was it worth it?’
Well, now on the consumer side of the fence, I can heartily answer… no.
But please, please, keep on [...]

Today, we have this view of my backyard:

A little over a week ago we had this:

I have a somewhat elaborate backup system that I use to make sure my writing, code and photographs are backed up regularly but I realized my process is fairly specific to my workflow and a bit complicated. So I decided against posting. So, simply consider this as a reminder to make sure you have a [...]

Every once in a while I’ll be tossing out links to some of the blogs I read regularly.
Here’s the first batch.
David Brin – scientist and best selling author. His posts vary on topic, but he often has keen insights into government functioning or lack thereof.
Peter Watts – hard science fiction author, often with interesting posts, [...]

Despite being Canadian I’m not a crazy hockey fan. Probably most people who know me from university and beyond wouldn’t even know that I watch hockey. But I do often catch games, when I can, and being from British Columbia, have always followed the Vancouver Canucks.
They are in the playoffs this year, and if they [...]

I have really been enjoying writing full-time from home(supported by some part-time gambling) but it has some drawbacks. This is a bit of a ramble, but bear with me.
When I had the dayjob, I was a busy guy — between work and family obligations I was fighting for writing time. Days might pass without me [...]

After having returned to writing some short stories while I took a hiatus between drafts of my novel I have to say, that for me, writing a novel is so much easier than writing a short story. Each short story requires so much commitment, understanding a new cast of characters, and caring about them. The [...]

So on my way to drop the kids off at daycare I was stopped at an intersection and watched a mouse cross the street. Seriously.
I don’t know what it was thinking but instead of taking the straight line it was meandering all over the place. Maybe it was drunk, I don’t know, probably just so [...]