What do our customers want? That’s a question I’ve heard asked time and again by senior management and executives. By product managers, developers, designers and sales teams. I’ve sat in countless meetings where we puzzled over this question, talking about Read more…
It was November 3rd, 2009 and after a long weekend at the office, I had unknowingly committed the single biggest and most public mistake of my career. A mistake that would impact thousands of customers and get prime coverage on Read more…
I’ve worked in the games industry for nearly 8 years now, and over the last few I’ve hired up for multiple teams. I’ve hired QA testers, production coordinators, managers, mobile developers, artists. Some of those hires have been amazing successes, Read more…
For the last 3 years, I’ve spent every day trying to work myself out of a job. Each day I strive to make myself less critical in the day-to-day tasks of my team. I do this by automating, by making Read more…
As 2013 winds to a close, it’s time for me to once again take stock of my life, and what I’ve accomplished over the last year. I’ve always found this to be a helpful exercise/tool to both help me recognize Read more…
In 2007, I slipped into the back of the room where a meeting had just started to discuss the early plans to transform Stardock’s own digital download store and downloader, Stardock Central, into a platform that sold so much more Read more…
After a bit of a delay, here’s my final wrap-up post on my first week experiences with the Microsoft Surface Pro. Over the remainder of the week it was used for: More Work / Meeting Tasks Travel Games More Work Read more…
Sunday was an out-of-the-house day so “Day 3” was Monday. This was the first day I used the Surface as a work device. My main focus was around using it as a second screen for non-core work tasks (IM, To-do Read more…
Day 2 with the Microsoft Surface was all about testing the device out in a more casual, non-work environment. I wanted to see how the Surface would work out for a weekend/non-heavy set of tasks and focused mostly on web, Read more…
For the last two years, I’ve lugged around a 17″, 7 pound laptop everywhere I’ve gone. On vacations, business trips, day trips etc. It’s been a real beating to lug that much bulk and weight, especially taking it through airport Read more…