I have a confession to make: I didn’t feel like recording a video or publishing anything. It’s just one of those days where I have a lack of motivation. It happens…Yet, the video is recorded and published. How? Well, I’ll give you a hint: it has nothing to do with willpower. Willpower is a scarce […]
Last week I released a video titled “Windows 10 Killed my Productivity.” While true, this week I’m calling myself out on it. That’s because I was effectively blaming Microsoft for my troubles. Yes, I was making myself “the victim.”There seems to be a fad (epidemic, really) of wanting to be the victim. That way us […]
We’re all living through the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdowns. The massive disruption to life, work and business is affecting us all, and a new normal is going to emerge once this is over. In this video, Hans talks about what software development post-pandemic might be like.SummaryThe Situation The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic […]
It was late morning when I got that sinking feeling. What I thought was an easy job was instead turning into a nightmare. I thought to myself, why oh why did people invent so many pointless variations? The task at hand was adding 16-bit texture support to Warp3D Nova. This needed special handling because AmigaOS […]
You’ve probably heard the old adage that you “learn more from mistakes/failure than success.” But is it true? I’ve seen arguments for both sides, including neuroscientific research which concluded that success has a greater effect on the brain. My take: success is the better teacher, but failures are absolutely necessary.Success Teaches What Works; Failure Teaches […]
