Man, a lot of ink is spent talking about the importance of creating a positive, creative & collaborative work environment. Studies have been conducted, books and magazine articles written, and tons of short interest “fluff” pieces produced for TV news. In the age of Google, Valve, Twitter and Facebook, everyone Read more…
As the year comes to a close, I’m looking back not just on what the last 12 months brought, but the last 10 years as we stand on the verge of a new decade. These last 10 years have been full of crazy changes, both good and bad. Some I Read more…
Turns out I somehow missed my normal “In Review” for 2016. ’16 was a very good year for me overall with a new job, an amazing trip to Japan, the best family Christmas I could have ever asked for, and countless little moments with friends and family. It was an Read more…
Another year in the books! As I sit here, all comfy and warm, enjoying some time off from work it’s time to look back on 2014 and reflect on what went right, what went wrong, and what went in a completely unexpected direction. Now, I don’t think it’ll be possible Read more…
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 creating customer surveys, focus tests. We even discussed contracting with 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 a leading industry news site. To-date, this is the only 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, and others were spectacular failures. As time has gone on, 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 sure everyone who’s willing to listen knows how to do 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 and be grateful for the good things in my life, 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 than just our own products. It would sell games from Read more…