POTM for April: Vim

By GBGames, on April 30th, 2007%

The general idea of the Project of the Month is to donate some money to an open source project and write a blog post about it. Everyone knows about the major open source projects, such as the Linux kernel or Firefox, but there are plenty of examples of open source projects that impact you . . . → Read More: POTM for April: Vim

Thousander Club Update: April 30th

By GBGames, on April 30th, 2007%

For this weekâ€™s Thousander Club update:

Game Hours: 262.25 (previous year) + 86 (current year) = 348.25 / 1000 Game Ideas: 616 (previous year) + 32 (current year) = 648 / 1000

Monday: Increased challenge gradually by adding an extra bomb for the aliens to drop each level. Now level 11 doesn’t look and feel . . . → Read More: Thousander Club Update: April 30th

Do You Listen to Feature Requests?

By GBGames, on April 27th, 2007%

Last night, I loaded up Killer Kittens from Katis Minor on my laptop and brought it to my local LUG meeting. I had almost everyone at the meeting try out the game, and I watched them as they played. I already knew that I should just watch. If they get stuck due to an interface . . . → Read More: Do You Listen to Feature Requests?

Programming Yourself

By GBGames, on April 26th, 2007%

Steve Healy wrote Programming Your Mind to Think About Programming, which gave me a few more ideas on how to convince myself to work even when I don’t feel like working.

He mentions feeling motivated while listening to certain songs, reading select articles, or watching a certain television show. I know that whenever I hear . . . → Read More: Programming Yourself

Nastiness on the Net

By GBGames, on April 25th, 2007%

I haven’t been keeping up with the blogs I normally read, so when I read the first line of Martin Fowler’s blog entry NetNastiness, I had to look into it.

Somehow I hadn’t heard that Kathy Sierra, of the Head First books series and Creating Passionate Users blog, has had death threats made against her. . . . → Read More: Nastiness on the Net