Archive for "Nov 2009"

The Art of Documenting Art

The difference between success and failure in outsourcing can come down to documentation. Effective and thorough documentation is absolutely the most important component of outsourcing, even more than finding good people! You can have the best artists in the world at your disposal, but if they have no guidelines, insufficient direction and bad documentation, you’ll [...]

Why Twitter is awesome

I’ve been using Twitter for a couple years now and I’ve gradually gotten the hang of it. A lot of people have trouble seeing what the appeal of Twitter is, though, and it can be puzzlingly difficult to explain for some reason. Someone I know asked me to explain what the appeal is, and after [...]

Powerpoint slides from my MIGS 2009 outsourcing talk

Hello, everyone! As I told everyone at the MIGS 2009 “How To Love Outsourcing” speech, here are the slides: How To Love Outsourcing Sorry it took me until later today to post them. We were stranded in the Montreal airport for awhile yesterday and didn’t get back to Austin until really late, and I’m still [...]

I’m speaking at the Montreal International Game Summit on 11-17-09!

Good news, everyone! I’ve been invited to speak on the subject of outsourcing art at the Montreal International Game Summit on Tuesday, November 17, 2009! This should be a lot of fun. I enjoy speaking publicly a great deal, and this will be a great opportunity to meet new people, network, and to visit Montreal [...]

Comments fixed. Also, BlueHost is AWESOME.

Wow. I have no idea how long comments have been broken, but they are now fixed. Sorry about that. Total fail on my part. :( Sorry! In other news, I accidentally hosed my site completely trying to fix that. I submitted a help ticket with my hosting provider, Bluehost, and within *two minutes* they had [...]

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