http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=351682Because Success is Boring!en-ushttp://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=351682&reply_id=2380929Gord runs a videogame shop. Gord is to retail sales as the <a href="http://bofh.ntk.net/Bastard.html">BOFH</a> is to the IT field. Gord is Canadian, so it carries the surreal (to an American) not-american-but-close feel like BOFH.<BR> <BR> <a href="http:...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=351682&reply_id=2331095The Austin Game Conference was great. I met some of the gamedev.net "crew" at the booth and panels, and I made a metric ton of contacts. Not to mention learned a lot that directly applies to what I'm doing.<BR> <BR> I think I spent a whole $650 &#111;n t...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=351682&reply_id=2316585Never write a manifesto spelling out exactly what you want.<BR> <BR> <i>Especially</i> if what you want involves software. You end up writing it yourself.<BR> <BR> If you take a look at the <a href="http://members.gamedev.net/SteevR/enginemanifesto.html">...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=351682&reply_id=2304581I'm &#111;ne of those people who just gets facinated with ideas; especially when they're stated well and put into some sort of context. As such, the content of <A HREF="http://www.pbs.org/cringely/nerdtv/shows/">Nerd TV</A> is usually especially interesti...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=351682&reply_id=2302713Writing a <i>single</i> <A HREF="http://www.livejournal.com/users/steevr/">blog/journal/whathaveyou</A> and participating in the community around it takes a lot of my precious time. So much so, I occasionally don't update it for months, thus shaming me in...