• The Lazy Designer

    Loving the Crunch

    Overview Working overtime (or crunchtime or hell, depending on the person talking about it) is a given in the video game industry. Though during my years with BioWare crunchtime was significantly reduced as scheduling methods improved it still remained a necessary evil. In other sections of the Lazy Designer I’ll go into more detail as to how to reduce crunchtime but this short blurb focuses instead on how to make the most, as an employee, of the overtime you will be working. Your First Crunch I keep a journal and though I am not consistent with updating it anymore I looked over some old entries I had made during the…

  • Writing Resources

    iPad App – Noterize

    A few weeks ago I purchased the iPad App Noterize to assist me in editing a novel that is still in draft form. Wow. This is probably the most useful application I have on the iPad. Basically you import a pdf file (from a variety of sources) onto the iPad and can then make markup notes on it using a stylus. You can write notes or paste typed sticky notes on the manuscript and then send the annotated manuscript back to the computer. The editing experience is identical to paper without the mess. It also allows you to record page specific audio notes, which was useful with a story I…