A great *sunny* day in the bay area. I was taking the bus and kept my bag on a seat.
The *last* guy getting in the bus, at the *last* stop that was boarding people settles in an empty row next to me and feels the need to tell me:
- "Somebody might want to use that seat".
My reply:
- "You seem to have forgotten your umbrella."
He didn't get it.
July 26, 2013
Software Engineering
Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.
Just because you don't need it, doesn't mean you shouldn't.
July 10, 2013
February 21, 2013
Pretentious Chaos
There is no particular order to the world. Except what my mind tries to make out of everything it senses. But even that doesn't last long. Expecting information in a particular arrangement, color, voice tonality, logical sequence... is much like being deaf.
March 31, 2012
Sense
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I'm so little. Unimportant.
Forgotten... by the world... by me,
Meaningless!
Look ahead. Find hope again.
Seek beyond the horizon. Redefine.
Dream.
I know what to do.
I don't do it. I wait for the end.
Proudless.
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September 1, 2011
Merged all my blogs into this blog
Had three blogs and not enough posts (or energy) for one :)
Problem solved. Though when I read some of the old posts I had on the other blogs... what was I thinking!?!
March 12, 2011
Reality Check
In my dream of dreams
I've seen a glimpse of happiness.
And from my dream of dreams,
I've learnt that it is so easy to be sad.
I've seen a glimpse of happiness.
And from my dream of dreams,
I've learnt that it is so easy to be sad.
May 27, 2010
Gamers Explained?
OK I'm a gamer. I admit... guilty. And if I am to add it all up I think I've spent several thousands of hours of my life playing games since I was about 14 or so.
I still remember the summer I was supposed to learn for my university admission exam; really serious business if I ever wanted to get a bachelor degree/education; I remember all I did that summer, from morning to dawn, was to play hot seat games with my friend trying to postpone the inevitable (having to prepare for the exam).
Was it wrong? Not a chance it was probably the best thing to do, I would have gone crazy had I spent all that time learning instead. It actually helped me study much faster, because it was in the way, I needed to get it done so I could play. :)
Now at some point in a gamer's life comes the question: "was I really wasting all of that time doing totally unimportant things when I could've been saving the world instead?". Or substitute "world" with whatever feels important for the person. This question, while important I admit, won't last long as soon the next gaming session starts in a try to forget about it and evade any answer :)
Jane McGonigal doesn't answer that question either, but she changed it from "Are gamers wasting time?" to "How can we make RL more like a game?" or "How can we design games that have an impact on RL?". Nice twist:
Who knows maybe our jobs would be so much more cooler if it were like an RPG. "Awesome, I've submitted another CL and got 200xp so I got to level 10 software engineer!" :D
And I share her believe, if you make a gamer believe it's a game... they can accomplish almost anything! As soon as we think the outcome doesn't really matter as "it's just a game"... we're doing so much better.
I still remember the summer I was supposed to learn for my university admission exam; really serious business if I ever wanted to get a bachelor degree/education; I remember all I did that summer, from morning to dawn, was to play hot seat games with my friend trying to postpone the inevitable (having to prepare for the exam).
Was it wrong? Not a chance it was probably the best thing to do, I would have gone crazy had I spent all that time learning instead. It actually helped me study much faster, because it was in the way, I needed to get it done so I could play. :)
Now at some point in a gamer's life comes the question: "was I really wasting all of that time doing totally unimportant things when I could've been saving the world instead?". Or substitute "world" with whatever feels important for the person. This question, while important I admit, won't last long as soon the next gaming session starts in a try to forget about it and evade any answer :)
Jane McGonigal doesn't answer that question either, but she changed it from "Are gamers wasting time?" to "How can we make RL more like a game?" or "How can we design games that have an impact on RL?". Nice twist:
Who knows maybe our jobs would be so much more cooler if it were like an RPG. "Awesome, I've submitted another CL and got 200xp so I got to level 10 software engineer!" :D
And I share her believe, if you make a gamer believe it's a game... they can accomplish almost anything! As soon as we think the outcome doesn't really matter as "it's just a game"... we're doing so much better.
November 7, 2009
Mai e tinereţe şi după 30 :)
Dorin face o postare imensă despre lucruri învăţate în 30 de ani: aici. Varianta mea pentru "viaţa de după 30" şi ce am învăţat e foarte scurtă:
Timpul le distilează pe toate.
July 14, 2009
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