Articles
Writing on level design, tooling and the making of things. The older essays here were written between 2019 and 2021 and are being reworked as I go, so expect some of them to change.
Tools
Programming
Business
The great Arkode improvement survey23 May 2021For those who are new here, welcome! I and my mod team run a programming community hub on Discord and welcome you to join.Arkode: Past. Present. Future17 March 2020Where we started.The genius of the IKEA superstore18 February 2020I was talking to two friends of mine about a month ago, prior to a planned get-together and the subject of IKEA came up.Operating at your best as an entrepreneur4 February 2020Being an entrepreneur is tough. Even the word entrepreneur itself evokes an image in my head of someone who’s always busy, is fueled by coffee and barely has a social life.Value based social media marketing for start-ups22 January 2020It’s no secret that social media marketing can at times be a difficult venture.Skill development for new businesses3 December 2019I’m sure anyone reading this is under no illusion that creating a business is easy.
Productivity
Understanding dopamine and motivation11 May 2020Followers of myself, or those who have joined me from the dopamine detox subreddit page, will be very familiar with what dopamine is and what it does.Productivity while working from home27 April 2020As many of us are facing the prospect of working from home, I thought I’d write briefly about my experience with it.Moving to Jira and Kaban for our project management3 March 2020At the highest level, Kanban is a methodology by which to organise and develop projects, but before I go into too much detail on the subject, I just want to say that I am very new to kanban as a concept.Making a productivity planner29 January 2020I said some time ago that I was going to make this blog post, explaining in more depth something that I started doing a few months ago.