The Union label

broderic on June 6, 2008

This is a post from around June 2005 which I never posted either because it is incomplete or I forgot. Or maybe I got bloggered and was unable to post but never came back to it. Anywhoo enjoy!

BoingBoing points out a Wired article about game coders wanting to support the voice actors in there quest for royalties from recording vocals for games only if they can get a slice of the profits too. I say fooey on them.

The main thing about the actors is that they have a union to back them up. They have the clout with many other unions to help them in on this. What does the game coder have?

Maybe if game coders would think about unionizing they may have some leverage to ask for royalties as well. But if they keep the “To each his own” philosophy then, screw ’em.

Now, I am not saying that they don’t deserve any royalties. As a programmer/software engineer myself I support getting paid. They do the most amazing work and don’t get credit for it. But what gets me is the libertarian like politics that pervade the software industry.

Keynote a-bingo!

broderic on June 5, 2008

The fine folks at ArsTechnica have just released their official 2008 WWDC keynote bingo cards. Get them while they’re hot.

Steve Job’s keynote will probably hit a few of these right off the bat and I think that someone is going to call out bingo in the hall.

While the game is cool and all the poster created for it is awesome. It’s a tweak on the infamous Wired article of ten years ago.

Apple on the ropes

Wired advocated for dismantling Apple then. Yet, here we are today and the company is at the vanguard of personal computing and electronic gadgets. Ha! Ha! And it would look like the keynot will introduce even more cool gadgets that’ll have the rest of the world trying to catch up. Good luck!

Link of the Day [6.05.08]

broderic on June 5, 2008

Bamboo Blade has one of the most frightening characters I’ve seen in an anime. She is 宮崎 都, Miyazaki Miyako, and she’s a yanderekko. It’s a anime character trait characterized as loving, but with a dark, black side.

Boy, does Miya-Miya have a dark side! She’s supposedly the pink of the group, but everyone knows she’s also the black. She’s happiest with her acorn-head boyfriend, and also happiest hitting someone. She’s cute and scary. Don’t cross her. Watch out. She’ll crush your nuts!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yandere

Quote of the Day [6.04.08]

broderic on June 4, 2008

“Don’t think. FEEL. It is like a finger pointing away to the moon. Do not concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.”

Lee (Bruce Lee), Enter the Dragon

Link of the Day [6.04.08]

broderic on June 4, 2008

As a software developer, it’s humbling to admit mistakes in you’re design. “My kungfu is not as good as I think it is.” You have to be brave, but in the long it’s much better to admit to your shortcomings because you’ll save more. “Scrap it now rather than bandaid it for the future.”

Here’s the Twitter folks admitting to issues with their social network. The questions are phrased in a condescending tone conveying the incredulousness of their situation. “You’re site runs on only one db server?! You update by hand?! What kind of idiots are you?” It’s admirable that the Twitter folks even answered such grueling questions.

Will I be able to fess up the same way if I’m on a software project to nowheresville?

http://blog.twitter.com/2008/05/its-not-rocket-science-but-its-our-work.html