This year I thought for sure that it would be my "Annus Mirabilis", or "notable year" because of my moving to disability and having the ability to focus on my creative goals. And in some ways I have: I've been putting in the work on some of my projects and …
read moreCraftsmanship and programming
I woke up this morning thinking about craftsmanship and programming.
Specifically, I think it's time to put this metaphor to bed.
I remember advertisements for Optimized Software Solutions (later ICD) that used the metaphor of craftsmen in need of precision tools, and extrapolating that metaphor to programmers demanding better software …
read moreChecking in; 2023-05-30
Did some more work on my Record Shop journaling game. I'm having fun fleshing this out. I enjoy the theme, and I'm not sure there are other games out there that play with this. I need to get the actual prompts for selecting recordings in place, though, as the ones …
read moreGood days and bad days
This morning I woke up in a pretty foul mood. I think part of it was that I was tired, but also part of it was just thinking about how I'd have good days and bad days, and I wondered how many good days I had ahead of me.
(I …
read morePermission and Priority
One thing I've struggled with lately is the idea of giving my own designs priority. I'm not sure why that is. Perhaps it's because I'm not sure they're good enough or I've had them going for far too long. All I know is that yesterday I didn't give them any …
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