Today, the gaming marathon known as Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ, for short) has begun. It’s a week-long, streamed gaming marathon, done by speed runners, or gaming enthusiasts that play through their favorite games really fast.
Coders writing? What is this wizardry?
Software engineers should write
This appeared on my dashboard a few days ago, and I finally got around to taking a peek at it.
Code and essays have a lot more in common. Both begin as a blank slate and an idea, then end as a discrete product for an intended audience.
Good writing skill, much like well structured and commented code increases the value of the person doing the writing and coding as well as making communicating ideas and software maintenance easier for not only the original, but also future maintainers of a piece of code.
Thinking clearly is such an underrated skill. I also agree that good writing takes time (and some focused effort.) I totally had a particular writer/developer in mind as I read that post.
If you’re a code poet that happens to also write non-code on a regular basis, then that’s a good thing.
Rewards
Sometimes, you need to create your own virtual achievements and rewards. I’m a gaming enthusiast, so I do sometimes think about life from that perspective. That often means that I do things like give myself rewards for completing some necessary tasks, such as paying some bill, or completing an errand.
Yesterday, after I realized that I was able to really make strides in almost all my resolutions for the past year, purchased a game I’ve been wanting for a while. It wasn’t expensive, but has a high entertainment value, which is really why such rewards, even when given to myself, from myself, can be highly motivating.
Now, what should the reward be if I actually finish a game review…?
Do you believe in rewarding yourself? How do you go about doing this? A prompt found at:
Going to be a good year
This will be the year that I will end with a shorter, not longer, backlog of things to do. That’s really been my problem in recent years is that the things I’m able to do increased, but not the time to do them in. Time management is probably my biggest challenge, but I’ve got the tools at my disposal and am getting better at it, so less overlapping things will occur (I hope.)
That means I’ll be getting caught up in more of the reading, writing, learning, and playing of things. Getting more things done is what’s going to be different. I’m already doing good, I think, with 1/365 daily posts done.
Basically, I want to reuse the resolutions I made a year ago as well. I’ve pretty much lived all of 2014 with those in mind.
How about you, dear reader? What is going to make this year different than every year before?
Anticipation
What are you are looking forward to?
Since there’s less than 2 weeks left in the year, I think the title should probably have “2015” at the end, but I’ll leave it of, for now. This might be my first open-ended post.
This isn’t a static post. It will change over time, as I add, and remove items from the actual list. Items can be suggested, and if I like them, they’ll be become list items. So, like the items you like and suggest away (follow the list if you like as well!) I have a feeling I’m not the only person that’s looking forward to quite a few things.
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This blog post is part of the Inspiration Pack provided by Desk, a publishing app for OSX.
A not-so-close call
There were no donuts today (the picture is from yesterday), but apparently, there is a holiday for donuts, and, unfortunately, it’s in June. We had donuts brought in by an angel of a co-worker yesterday, which got me thinking that there might need to be a holiday for it and that I shall create it! Luckily, another had this idea (long) before I did.
Mmmm… donut…
It wasn’t Homer. It was a bit before our times. Check it out here (and mark your calendars!)
This bit of silly writing was inspired by a prompt over on the Desk community site. The Desk app recently got some big love by being included in Apple’s Apps of The Year list. Huzzah!
Anybody out there ever had an idea and was close to acting to making it happen and then discovering, it’s been done (and, did you do it anyway?) Sometimes, doing it anyway can yield surprising success.
“Those who have the privilege to know have the duty to act.” – Albert Einstein
4 Blogging 101 posts I like
Now that Blogging 101 over at The Daily Post has wrapped up, it’s time to take a quick look at my resulting posts. Here’s a short list of what I think of as the “highlights.” In no particular order, but numbered, nonetheless:
- Take…a red shirt – I didn’t really get any responses on office shenanigans, but I’m sure there are more interesting ones that the one I posted out there.
- Salad Days – Lamenting the trouble I had getting my brothers to play games with me.
- We all want a hero – I commented on another’s post, and had a bit of a conversation as a result.
- Valuable Data – I really enjoyed thinking about a “what if” situation that also tells a bit about myself.
I don’t create lists often, but it’s nice to go over some posts to quickly review, so this might happen again, from time to time. I’m doing my best to fit the theme of the Countdown Challenge here. You’ll probably see better efforts there.
Bright
Sometimes, I think my phone’s brightness is too bright. It’s often that I find myself fiddling with the brightness, especially in a dark environment, such as outdoors at night.
It’s a little tricky to get it right when indoors as well, and I’m hoping I can find the right setting that automatically adjusts to a comfortable setting no matter where I’m at. I’ll keep tweaking it until I hit the sweet spot.