There are at least three role playing game blogs currently debating what it means to be “indie” and espousing why said indie games are “important”.
Get over yourselves, people. You’re not curing cancer or solving the troubles in the Middle East.
This is why I consider myself post-geek. As much as I enjoy games and comics and genre media, there’s no way I can begin to think any of it is “important”.
The way I currently run my Hipster PDA is as follows:
I keep a stack of white, lined file cards plus a few colored cards together with a binder clip.
The card(s) on top are what I’m currently working on, followed by blank white cards and color cards. Then I add one colored card as a divider, followed by “dead” cards — they’re completed so far as the Hipster PDA is concerned (more on this later).
At the back, after another color card divider, are “reference” cards. This is information I will need to know at some point in the day — an address to mail a package to, a grocery list, notes on topics or projects I’m not actively working on.
The top line of each card is reserved for tags. I mark cards based on the project they’re related to, and next action required – usually trash (throw it away) or file (in a file box, or copy to a tiddlywiki). At the end of the day (or as opportunity affords itself) I review all of the cards. Because some of the cards contain sensitive information, I don’t throw them in the nearest trash can as soon as I’m done with them; I wait until I’m back at my desk and shred them.
The file box has tabs according to project, usually story, game or blog post ideas. This is for when I don’t have time to transcribe things into a tiddlywiki or write an article immediately, so the data doesn’t get lost. The file box also has blank cards; I restock the Hipster PDA when I file. If the box starts getting full, I either have too many blanks on hand or I need to spend quality time reviewing the box.
One extra trick I’ve learned is to keep a mini file-box, about an inch thick, in my bag. If during the course of the day I’m taking a lot of notes and need to restock, I can pull out dead cards and replace them with blanks. The contents of the mini-box then get reviewed at the end of the day, sorted into the main file box or shredded as required.
The process works for me. I’ve gotten strange looks at the day job from people who lug big yellow legal pads and clipboards full of crumpled papers around while I’ve got a binder clip with 3×5 cards in my shirt pocket. Because I use a rudimentary tag system and a file box, however, I can pull up notes on past meetings and old projects easily.
These days I track a lot of things using Tiddlywikis. Because I’ve developed what I think are some useful hacks and habits, I thought I’d share.
As much as I’m a fan of David Allen’s Getting Things Done, I’ve had to hack the process a bit to fit my needs. There’s a GTD Tiddlywiki available, and you can start with that if you like, but in a recent review and clean-up I started refresh in a regular Tiddlywiki.
This is a rerun. It was originally posted on September 5, 2006.
“Panty Explosion is an adventure game about Psychic and mundane Japanese schoolgirls battling nightmarish demons, ghost, government agents and often each other. It’s also a game about enduring high school, making friends, besting rivals, achieving goals and having fun in modern Japan.”
If you can get past the name, this is a well-designed game worthy of your attention.
Continuing a train of though that began in this thread.
In the comments, I noted “I decided a while ago that most anime and manga is not for me, and have pretty much just given up.”
Murat responded with “To say “anime isn’t for me” or “anime appeals to teenagers” is a lot like saying the same things substituting “movies” for “anime.” The spectrum of types of stories conveyed in anime and manga is far wider than is represented in American cartoons and comic books and the chances are you’ve just been looking at the wrong titles for your preferences. While some people can make blanket statements about not caring for movies in general, or television, or music, most of the time they just haven’t found their particular niches within. So with anime.”
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