January 2011
40 posts
Happy 2011: Celebrating frontiers in Game Design -... →
Cause for optimism.
Super Mario Bros 3 Level Design Lessons «... →
Yay details.
December 2010
51 posts
Michael Feathers' Blog: Making Too Much of TDD →
Really interesting stuff here about what to wonder about next.
The Decline Effect and the Scientific Method : The... →
(Via @michaelbolton.)
Adsense, no sense at all - what it’s like being... →
Not impressed by Google here.
In Kenya, Huts Far Off the Grid Harness the Sun -... →
It would be cool if power skipped over wired power to solar power the way phones have skipped over wired phones to cell phones in certain developing nations. (Via Ars Technica.)
Always innovative Toronto Public Library lets us... →
Can’t figure out if this is gimmicky or brilliant.
URL Design — Warpspire →
I’ve been frustrated several times recently by sites that don’t follow the “A link should behave like a link” advice. (Via @marick.)
Postmodern Play « Ada Play →
Interesting stuff on narrative.
The Burger Speaks: An Interview With An Archmage →
Fascinating interview. (Via @aeazel.)
Kanban on the basis of life and death →
Interesting appearance of kanban in a biological process.
Your Smartphone’s Battery Gauge is Lying to You... →
Interesting to learn about how battery gauges and charging works. (Via @timbray.)
The Transformation Priority Premise - Uncle Bob's... →
A very interesting proposed counterpart to refactoring.
Omohide.com » Youtube deleted my account →
The joys of depending on cloud services.
Demolition of the Paris Metro →
Unused Paris Metro stations. (Via @pageofmadness.)
Harry Reid devising plan to press forward with... →
I support the idea of the Senate Democrats showing some backbone. Or of, you know, democracy. (Via @KyleOrl.)
Happy Xmas (Site is Over) – Plastic Axe →
Sorry to see Plastic Axe go; I guess I should subscribe to RockBandAide.
Living The Life: China →
Glad to see another episode of Raptured Reality’s F1 2010 narration.
Accidental plagiarism: a terrifyingly narrow... →
Accessibility for iPhone and iPad apps →
Interesting to see the details of how to implement this. (Via Daring Fireball.)
“There is absolutely no reason for this whatsoever, other than the fact that the...”
– More on Manning, quoted in Obsidian Wings: The Reign of Witches Has Not Passed. Sometimes I want to walk away from Omelas…
The Anonymous WikiLeaks protests are a mass demo... →
RMS makes some good points here.
Another Castle Season Two Episode One – Simon... →
Interesting conversation.
What happened (and why): an assessment of the... →
The Cancun climate talks were successful? Can’t remember the last time I’ve heard news like that.
Tech Supply Chain Exposes Limits of Trade Metrics... →
Are trade deficits really calculated in as bizarre a way as suggested here? I’d assumed that it had to do with how money actually changed hands. (Via @pageofmadness.)
“At a cocktail party in Boston, I was asked by a Harvard dean what one change I...”
– From Cheating in Computer Science; lots of great stuff here. (Via @Morendil.)
The Official Harmonix Rock Band Podcast Episode 31... →
Interesting stuff on the process of authoring pro guitar and bass tracks. (And the particular difficulties that Queen gives rise to in that context…)
Barbarians at the Gate →
This Week’s Finds (Week 307) « Azimuth →
All about El Niño.
NounProject →
Cool collection of symbols; there’s a Kickstarter project if you want to support them. (Via @betajames.)
HOWTO control a Zip Chip programmatically [dive... →
Wins the prize for the most random thing to appear in my RSS feeds this week.
The inhumane conditions of Bradley Manning's... →
What we are doing is evil. (Whether to Manning or to any other prisoner in such conditions.) (Via Daring Fireball.)
OOP practiced backwards is "POO" →
I’ve seen enough arguments for composition over inheritance, but the idea that you should express inheritance-related concepts in your test suite is new to me.
Introduction to Abject-Oriented Programming →
Refactoring Manifesto - Because the world needs... →
Six Months As a Full-Time Indie | GBGames -... →
I really like this sort of business post.
The Library: Three Jeremiads by Robert Darnton |... →
(Via The n-Category Café.)
The Three-Fold Way (Part 2) | The n-Category Café →
Looks like an interesting series. (And I wish there were more blogs out there letting me keep in touch with math…)
Long Corridors | Vorpal Bunny Ranch →
I particularly like his point on the virtues of “long corridor” design for those of us who feel compelled to explore every nook and cranny.
Of Rods, Cones, Meat and Monaco » Andy Moore →
Really interesting take on game design and physiology.
Peering problems: digging into the Comcast/Level 3... →
My favorite article so far on the topic.
Book-A-Day 2010 # 309 (12/9) -- Denys Wortman's... →
Never heard of Denys Wortman before, seems worth looking into. (And I salute Andrew Wheeler for keeping up his book-a-day project for so long.)
The Principles of the Kanban Method →
I really should read the Kanban book. (And then probably talk about it at work?)
Design Testing: The use of addiction metrics to... →
Lost Garden goodness from 2005
The Chemistry Of Game Design →
An article by Daniel Cook from a few years ago.
The ASF Resigns From the JCP Executive Committee →
So many things around Java are a mess.
One Foot Tsunami: Giant Pandas Are Poorly Designed →
(Via marco.org.)
Lost Garden: Steambirds: Survival: Goodbye... →
Schneier on Security: Close the Washington... →
Indeed.