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crankyoldman) wrote2010-05-19 01:47 pm
crankyoldman) wrote2010-05-19 01:47 pm
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An interesting day!
Got the last of my supplemental materials submitted to the partner company, with some compliments. The card game looks more awesome now, and that whole tire activity was particularly well-received, since they didn't have anyone around that could simplify a lot of that. XD
Job security for me is knowing stuff other people don't, or at very least being able to translate it in ways that a variety of people will understand. This is partly why when I have free time at work I'm not just surfing the web (well, I do that sometimes), but I'm doing a lot of reading on stuff that I didn't know before. I have a cognitive theory book at my desk, a few different sources in my feeds, and hopefully I can take a (single) class this fall or spring.
Ideally, I would find a way to keep learning... all the time.
Also, one of my bosses has expressed a desire to take all the data we got from the first testing of the game and use it as the basis of a publishable academic paper; since there is in fact very little work put into how to evaluate learning in a game environment, and what exactly is being learned. I have to admit I'm really really really super excited about this, because they want me to be a part of the paper writing, which means I'll be published in academic circles!
Street cred: acquired. Well, later. XD
I always need to take a step back and remember that I just turned 25 and can't do everything at once. I have a problem with idling; this is part of the reason my middle years of college were so problematic. I'm really patient with some things, but I'm not very patient with... cool stuff I want to do. XD Because there's a lot of cool stuff I want to do. But I can't do everything, and can't do it alone and I'm really thankful for the fact I majorly lucked out with a company that seems to delight in being rulebreakers.
We had a staff meeting a while ago that was mostly a "alright, we've all been split up on individual projects, time to see all the awesome stuff we're up to!" and it was kind of amazing to see what was going on outside of my little bubble of influence.
I can't even play games without breaking down what I like about them, why I am entertained and all that. XD My brain sort of won't shut off. Maybe now that I've ordered a PS2 (I am not emotionally ready for a PS3, plus most of the games I want to play are PS2/PS1 games and I don't want to deal with the possible backwards compatibility issues of the system) I'll start geeky analyses. Considering I'm a moderate gamer and all (aka: I've got some skills, but I don't want to spend all my time learning combos or dealing with reflexes XD).
Anyway, the point of this babble is my life is pretty cool right now and I'm having a lot of fun and hopefully I'll have less vague things to show youand possibly a few logins for my game for some of my close friends.
Job security for me is knowing stuff other people don't, or at very least being able to translate it in ways that a variety of people will understand. This is partly why when I have free time at work I'm not just surfing the web (well, I do that sometimes), but I'm doing a lot of reading on stuff that I didn't know before. I have a cognitive theory book at my desk, a few different sources in my feeds, and hopefully I can take a (single) class this fall or spring.
Ideally, I would find a way to keep learning... all the time.
Also, one of my bosses has expressed a desire to take all the data we got from the first testing of the game and use it as the basis of a publishable academic paper; since there is in fact very little work put into how to evaluate learning in a game environment, and what exactly is being learned. I have to admit I'm really really really super excited about this, because they want me to be a part of the paper writing, which means I'll be published in academic circles!
Street cred: acquired. Well, later. XD
I always need to take a step back and remember that I just turned 25 and can't do everything at once. I have a problem with idling; this is part of the reason my middle years of college were so problematic. I'm really patient with some things, but I'm not very patient with... cool stuff I want to do. XD Because there's a lot of cool stuff I want to do. But I can't do everything, and can't do it alone and I'm really thankful for the fact I majorly lucked out with a company that seems to delight in being rulebreakers.
We had a staff meeting a while ago that was mostly a "alright, we've all been split up on individual projects, time to see all the awesome stuff we're up to!" and it was kind of amazing to see what was going on outside of my little bubble of influence.
I can't even play games without breaking down what I like about them, why I am entertained and all that. XD My brain sort of won't shut off. Maybe now that I've ordered a PS2 (I am not emotionally ready for a PS3, plus most of the games I want to play are PS2/PS1 games and I don't want to deal with the possible backwards compatibility issues of the system) I'll start geeky analyses. Considering I'm a moderate gamer and all (aka: I've got some skills, but I don't want to spend all my time learning combos or dealing with reflexes XD).
Anyway, the point of this babble is my life is pretty cool right now and I'm having a lot of fun and hopefully I'll have less vague things to show you