Brent has a new blog
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…
Distraction Devices
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…
Videogame Demos, or, Why I don’t buy games anymore
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 —…
What a difference a week makes…
Today, we have this view of my backyard: A little over a week ago we had this:
Backing up your data
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…
Smarter than me – blogs I read, part 1
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,…
Vancouver Canucks – yes, a hockey post, finally
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,…
The Writing Life
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…
Novel versus Short Story
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…
One Brave/Stupid Little Mouse
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…
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