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Food for modelers’ thought

Because I philosophically prefer to hire generalists as staff and contract out the occasional highly specialized work, standards and conventions are very important for not only quality, but also for...

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Heads down, heads up?

It’s the end of week one of my “vacation”. Samia convinced me that instead of dragging the family on an unplanned road trip (the best kind!) for three weeks that I should instead take a practice run at...

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Amusing, but accurate, code quality metric

In a code review, the lower the number of WTFs/minute is as good a metric as any other. The highlighting in the quote below is mine. Which appears facetious at first, but perhaps hints at a deeper...

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I’ve never understood why…

I’ve heard stories in every royalty-driven business, but especially in the game industry, about management worries about paying “too big an amount” to royalty recipients. I’ve read stories about how...

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Amen, brother!

I’ve blogged about this before, but the closer we get to hiring team members, the more I am convinced that an approach similar to a mini-project is the right way to start… I’ve known fabulous...

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The kanban board is going up!

One of the things that we came to a decision about during our retrospective after sprint zero is that we’re happier with a highly visible workload management tool. During our between sprint planning,...

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Energy?

I had a phone conversation with another startup CEO this afternoon that reminded me of the importance of energy and passion when we’re chasing a dream, especially in the the throes of the first half of...

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