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Here’s a nifty reverse-chronological archive of my posts that doesn’t suck as much as WordPress’s default. :)

February 2012 (1)
- 01: CrunchCast #30! Interview etiquette and VFX. (0)
January 2012 (7)
- 29: My speech got plugged in the Daily Texan! (0)
- 27: From Full-Time to Freelance: The Ten Commandments of Contracting (speech!) (0)
- 26: Free agency is the future of video games! (0)
- 19: I did an “Ask Me Anything” reddit post about getting into games! (0)
- 19: CrunchCast #27: CES, Student Prep and Relocation! (0)
- 11: Why you should blog what you know. (0)
- 01: smArtist Tools – Dropbox Automator! (0)
December 2011 (2)
- 12: smArtist hardware! AKA How I manage my business from everywhere. (1)
- 02: CrunchCast #22! Indie games and surviving being “the new guy!” (audio only) (0)
November 2011 (3)
- 22: User interface artist tip: Three tips for a better portfolio (0)
- 17: Artist tip: First impressions matter. Buy a domain and email from there. (6)
- 02: LinkedIn for research and business intelligence. (0)
October 2011 (2)
- 10: The Six Commandments of Contracting (2)
- 04: CrunchCast #15! Applying for jobs, schools, concept art and crazy talk! (0)
September 2011 (4)
- 30: smArtist tip: Art directors don’t cut the checks. (0)
- 28: CrunchCast #14 online! UFC 135 and work speed. (0)
- 26: Presenting the CrunchCast! (5)
- 19: FINALLY! jonjones.com is MINE! (5)
August 2011 (1)
- 20: The Art of Getting Noticed – video speech and text (0)
July 2011 (1)
- 15: Comments fixed! (0)
June 2011 (4)
- 30: Initial impressions of Google+ (0)
- 27: The Art of Getting Noticed (2)
- 23: Cloud Living is the Life for Me #1 – The invincible contact list! (2)
- 16: Article: Extrasensory, Extravagant, Exhausting – E3! (0)
May 2011 (2)
- 15: Long overdue update. I’m a free agent again! (2)
- 15: Productivity Tip #16: VisiPics for duplicate image search! (0)
January 2011 (1)
- 18: Productivity Tip #15: StrokeIt! (0)
December 2010 (1)
- 03: I’m an Art Outsourcing Development Manager at Vigil Games! (1)
August 2010 (1)
- 09: How NOT to hire an artist (192)
February 2010 (3)
- 22: 20 Years of Photoshop! (1)
- 17: 50 tips, tweaks and hacks for Google Calendar! (1)
- 16: 100+ Resources for Video Game Professionals (1)
January 2010 (3)
- 27: I’m speaking at Casual Connect Europe in Hamburg Feb 10 – 12! (0)
- 11: Super-useful Firefox extension – App Tabs (7)
- 02: FRAUDS! Defriend Grace Spander and Susan Alorin on Facebook. (3)
December 2009 (4)
- 18: Tile Poker for the iPhone – support my indie game dev friends! (0)
- 17: Google Browser Size – Great tool for portfolio design testing (0)
- 10: Awesome business information tool: TweetDeck adds LinkedIn support! (2)
- 07: Check out Crimecraft: Kingpin for the iPhone! (0)
November 2009 (5)
- 26: The Art of Documenting Art (5)
- 18: Why Twitter is awesome (0)
- 18: Powerpoint slides from my MIGS 2009 outsourcing talk (0)
- 09: I’m speaking at the Montreal International Game Summit on 11-17-09! (2)
- 09: Comments fixed. Also, BlueHost is AWESOME. (3)
October 2009 (1)
- 30: Freelancer with extensive art management and outsourcing experience for hire! (0)
March 2009 (1)
- 31: Productivity tip #14: Lookout – hyperfast indexed search in Outlook (2)
February 2009 (6)
- 25: Tip for smArtists: Cover letter templates (0)
- 23: Tip for smArtists: Making sure you get paid on time (0)
- 08: Speccing out contracts smArtly! aka, Automatically Building Awesome Teams (11)
- 07: Outsourcing Animation Isn’t Scary: A Guide (2)
- 05: Mysterious downtime. (0)
- 04: Tools of the Trade: HTTrack Website Copier! (0)
January 2009 (2)
- 29: Random tip for finding good artists: Find their friends! (0)
- 29: I’m actually still alive, and gainfully employed, no less! (7)
August 2008 (1)
- 13: Experienced Outsourced Art Production Manager available for hire! (4)
July 2008 (1)
- 08: Improving contractor feedback (0)
June 2008 (2)
- 18: Jon Jones speaks at Casual Connect Seattle! (1)
- 17: Project: Outsource Everything followup – SUCCESS! (1)
May 2008 (1)
- 15: Seven Maxims of Writing smArt Feedback (1)
March 2008 (3)
- 19: Contracting tip: Layered PSD paintovers for color roughs! (0)
- 08: What motivates you to work? (2)
- 05: Contracting Tip: Bi-weekly payments for maximum motivation! (0)
January 2008 (3)
- 27: Daxter sells 2 million! (3)
- 17: Updated Blogroll. (5)
- 11: Productivity Tip #13: PathCopy for fast pathname copying! (6)
December 2007 (2)
- 20: Outsourcing Animation: What Do They Need To Know? (0)
- 18: Outsourcing Concept Art smArtly (2)
October 2007 (1)
- 27: Life kicked ME in the nuts. I kick back! (13)
August 2007 (1)
- 03: Work-specific IM accounts (9)
July 2007 (9)
- 13: Stabbing my life in the face, part 2! (8)
- 12: link: 19 Things NOT To Do When Building a Website (4)
- 12: Learning In Progress #10: Writing Effective Criticisms (8)
- 12: Environment Artist Portfolio Tips (4)
- 10: Productivity Tip #12: ThumbPlug TGA for TGA thumbnails in Explorer! (7)
- 09: Productivity Tip #11: TaskSwitch XP – A better way to Alt-Tab (4)
- 09: Productivity Tip #10: Incredible search tool! Agent Ransack (0)
- 04: Project: Outsource Everything (7)
- 01: Advice for aspiring game developers (3)
June 2007 (4)
- 29: Plugged on Monster.com! (0)
- 26: Netvibes for being up-to-the-minute with news and blogs (9)
- 26: Tracking To-Dos, Calendar and Contacts the smArtist way. (6)
- 04: Featuring Top Commentators and Subscribe to Comments! (2)
May 2007 (8)
- 18: 7 Tips for Writing smArter Emails (9)
- 11: The Freelancer’s Toolset (5)
- 10: Little Thoughts #3: Don’t skim emails. (4)
- 10: Little Thoughts #2: Stick to filename conventions! (4)
- 10: Little Thoughts #1: Everyone likes to get involved. (5)
- 09: Learning In Progress #9: Concept Art Repository (2)
- 09: Learning In Progress #8: Rigging change lists (0)
- 09: Flickr rules. (5)
April 2007 (11)
- 27: Learning In Progress #7: Changing naming conventions (2)
- 26: Learning In Progress #6: Contractor Kits (2)
- 24: What Would A Game Developer Do? (1)
- 24: Learning In Progress #5: Instant overview of contractor and budget information! (4)
- 23: 4 Tips on Making More Money as a Contractor (0)
- 23: Outsourcing a lot of tiny stuff made easier (0)
- 22: 4 Time Estimate Tips for Contractors (2)
- 13: Link: Art for Games, not Games for Art (1)
- 13: 101 Hidden Tips and Secrets for Photoshop (1)
- 06: 7 tips for dealing with contractors (4)
- 04: On contracting animators (3)
March 2007 (7)
- 28: Top 5 Photoshop CS3 features revealed! (0)
- 25: Life is good. (0)
- 24: Productivity Tip #9: RocketDock to free you from the Taskbar forever! (8)
- 24: Productivity Tip #8: Launchy for hyper-fast file access! (1)
- 24: MIT’s Sloan School of Management courses online, FREE! (1)
- 22: Productivity Tip #7: Remove window blinks from your IMs with Gaim. (5)
- 22: Learning In Progress #4: Making time… with a vengeance! (2)
February 2007 (5)
- 09: Learning In Progress #3: Numbered Bullet Points. (1)
- 05: Portfolio Tip #4: Don’t show works in progress. (0)
- 05: Portfolio Tip #3: Don’t write long emails in a job app. (2)
- 02: 8 Steps to Cheaper Contractors! (3)
- 02: Sell people on your ideas for awesome results! (0)
January 2007 (6)
- 31: Learning In Progress #2: The Character Tree (0)
- 19: Learning In Progress #1: Sorting asset submissions (3)
- 15: Portfolio Tip #2: Name and watermark your images. (0)
- 15: Portfolio Tip #1: Don’t include art tests in your portfolio (3)
- 11: Productivity Tip #6: Windows shortcuts to commonly-accessed folders. (8)
- 10: Productivity Tip #5: Fill small pockets of downtime. (2)
December 2006 (4)
- 16: Productivity Tip #4: Take notes to train your mind! (0)
- 13: Let me know if your comment gets deleted. (2)
- 01: I’ve been doing this for nine years? (4)
- 01: How to ensure response to your email (1)
November 2006 (6)
- 26: I cleaned up the site and added stuff! (2)
- 23: Introducing… smArtist Reading! (0)
- 22: Good Little Habits #2: Everything in increments = Automatic Ass Kicking! (0)
- 19: Good Little Habits #1: Turn Impulsive Spending into Impulsive Responsibility (5)
- 07: Productivity tip #3: Remove distracting stuff from your field of view. (5)
- 07: Embrace the irrational! Abandon logic! (0)
October 2006 (5)
- 27: Productivity Tip #2: Remove icons from Quicklaunch bar. (3)
- 27: Bully kicks ass — so far. (4)
- 21: I got a new car! :D (3)
- 16: The mohawk is gone. (5)
- 14: Overachievement – Buy this book if you want to succeed. (6)
September 2006 (2)
- 13: Productivity tip #1: Focus better with post-its. (7)
- 12: NCsoft = teh awesome. (9)
August 2006 (7)
- 30: Comments FIXED! (0)
- 29: Ignore the Anti-Learning Brigade. (17)
- 27: Personal inertia and engines of success! (7)
- 25: Destroy your timesinks. (4)
- 17: Problem = Steps to Solution (0)
- 10: WARNING: Narcissism inside! (4)
- 04: Artists that kick ass. (3)
July 2006 (2)
- 25: People hate the smArtist! (12)
- 05: I love Austin! (13)
June 2006 (5)
- 27: I’m an Art Production Manager at NCsoft Austin. (5)
- 26: Living in Austin now! (1)
- 14: Make Friends Everywhere You Go (5)
- 12: Harness your inner idiot. (5)
- 11: I’m leaving Ready At Dawn. (5)
May 2006 (2)
- 26: I’m still alive! (4)
- 08: E3 is just around the corner! (2)
April 2006 (3)
- 22: Danger, destruction and dog food! (3)
- 13: Kick your life in the face! (3)
- 04: Pain management! (0)
March 2006 (7)
- 31: Vacation begins! (0)
- 27: You’re more capable than you think! (2)
- 23: I just threw it all away. (19)
- 22: People freaking love Daxter. (3)
- 10: Daxter’s first review online! 9 out of 10! (6)
- 03: Daxter shipping early! In stores 3/15! (0)
- 02: You decide to fail every day. (3)
February 2006 (4)
- 27: DAXTER GOES GOLD!!!!! (3)
- 13: I wrote a Developer Diary for Daxter! (1)
- 11: Starbucks: Company with a Soul! (2)
- 06: You can do anything. Ask Robert Rodriguez. (4)
January 2006 (3)
- 05: New Daxter trailer and details! (3)
- 04: Unposed model renders? That’s a death knell. (3)
- 01: Leap before you look, or you never will. (1)
December 2005 (7)
- 25: These freakishly hot ladies have unfortunately lost their clothes. (1)
- 16: With each rejection, you’re closer to ‘yes.’ (3)
- 16: um.. (3)
- 15: Crazy? No, just art up the yin-yang! (3)
- 08: Happiness is a CHOICE. (4)
- 08: Dolls are COOL! (3)
- 05: NanoLegends art released! (4)
November 2005 (2)
- 23: Quick update – just a fun self-written bio. (0)
- 16: Advertising is the game industry, and boot-strapping rocks! (1)
October 2005 (3)
- 14: Brain… come ALIVE, brain! (3)
- 07: Your portfolio repels jobs (42)
- 04: You’ll never have time. (3)
September 2005 (2)
- 28: A very cool IP development worklog (0)
- 21: Approaching one-dimensionality (1)
August 2005 (4)
- 31: Don’t stop being better! (3)
- 24: Smart people are dumb. Failure is awesome. (15)
- 16: Huntington Vista apartments disregards human lives (9)
- 08: Art sucks. Most artists should be drowned. (4)
July 2005 (4)
- 28: HOLY CRAP! Browse the web with your Sony PSP! (2)
- 25: Mountain Dew X Variant No. 516 + Power Pack (3)
- 21: No energy? No brain? No problem! (4)
- 11: Outsourcing Art: Ten Steps to Success (5)
June 2005 (5)
- 30: Be social? I’m not! You mean.. you mean to LIE?!??!? (2)
- 22: Marketing for Artists (14)
- 18: Been busy brutally murdering imaginary people. (2)
- 04: iPod – my favorite and most hated gadget (4)
- 01: All Marketers Are Liars, and I’m a dick. (0)
May 2005 (6)
- 26: Stalker?! (2)
- 24: New URL and layout! (2)
- 11: 2,500 ladybugs delivered! (0)
- 10: Daxter most anticipated E3 PSP title! (0)
- 09: Ah, time… how violently you kick me in the brain. (0)
- 03: Thousands of ladybugs for mother’s day? Oh, Jon, you didn’t! (1)
April 2005 (2)
- 18: Crunch. Ow! Grind. Dammit! Repeat infinitely. (2)
- 11: Daxter PSP announced! (3)
March 2005 (1)
- 21: Warren Buffett. Decidely not smorgasbord nomenclature! (3)
January 2005 (1)
- 05: Time to start a new tradition. (1)
December 2004 (1)
- 26: I haven’t been doing much thinking since July. (0)
October 2004 (3)
- 20: I really hate Maya sometimes. (1)
- 18: Ready At Dawn rocks so far. (0)
- 08: I’m living in California now. (1)
September 2004 (4)
- 29: Alfred Bester, how I love thee. (0)
- 26: Time Management (0)
- 24: Burnout 3 kicks ass and Orange County apartments suck. (2)
- 16: I’m leaving Liquid Development. (2)
June 2004 (1)
- 19: Fifth Avenue Court in Portland, OR sucks. (1)
May 2004 (4)
- 28: Starving myself of nonfiction. (0)
- 19: E3 2004 show breakdown! (0)
- 09: Guerrilla Brand You Influence and Orkut! (0)
- 02: Take notes, improve your brain! (0)
April 2004 (3)
- 09: 48 Laws of Power, and bye-bye Tracy. (0)
- 03: Crap! Split motivation! (0)
- 02: Promoted! (0)
March 2004 (1)
- 31: Game Developer’s Conference 2004 breakdown, and a little introspection. (0)
November 2003 (1)
- 10: I moved to Portland, Oregon! (0)
June 2003 (1)
- 09: Just random crap. (1)
May 2003 (2)
- 29: Fuck Jesus! Go Socrates! (0)
- 04: Back from Nebraska. (0)
April 2003 (4)
- 30: North, to Nebraska! (0)
- 25: Media OVERLOAD! (0)
- 22: Job hunting sucks. (0)
- 17: Let’s see if this even posts. (0)

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