I lost my mom on April 2, 2021. Below are remarks I gave during her graveside service on the 5th. My mother taught me all I know about living in this world. She taught me how to live into my creativity. She taught me how to be tough when things…
Category: Personal
It’s been quiet…
…And writing this, I feel a little like one of those podcast hosts who opens every other episode with “I promise, we’re working on a ton of great new episodes, but meanwhile here’s one from our archives…” But I do have a ton of great posts coming your way — a…
Yearly Goals 2015 Roundup
A few folks have been harassing me about the open loop I left from last year’s goals, and want to know where things landed. Seems appropriate that this should come out in February, given that the original post didn’t make it out until February either :). Valour Monthly subscriber updates. Signed with…
Lots of games this weekend!
Big weekend for gaming! I hit the trifecta on Sunday: Worked on my game, Valour; tried out a new game; taught an old favorite. Got all the components for Valour uploaded to The Game Crafter, so now I’m ready to start sending out blind test prototype copies to those far-flung…
Refactoring the Casual Gaming Revolution Con List
Casual Gaming Revolution posted a great list of all the major American gaming conventions happening in 2016. You should go check out their original post here. Looking at the spreadsheet, I had trouble parsing out some of the information I wanted to glean — which cons were closest to me?…
Yearly Goals 2016 Edition: In OKR Form
I’ve fairly well documented my feelings on resolutions, and focusing on New Years in general, so I won’t rehash it. Instead, I’ll present publicly, with little commentary, my goals for 2016. After wrangling an (as usual) too-long list of things I wanted to accomplish, I realized that they fit into…
Back from Europe!
Happy 2016! I just got back from two weeks in Europe with Andrea — and it was great! Since our birthdays are clustered together with Christmas, New Year, (and this year… Episode VII :D), we made a little multi-celebration excursion out of it. Here’s a quick summary of it to…
Back Up Yo’ Shit
Mini post as I get ready for vacation next week! Between transatlantic flights and lots of trains, I should have plenty of time to keep the hopper full, but for this week, just a quick reminder that we all need to hear periodically! — jw While on my “Hack retreat” detailed last…
Collaboration
My friend Eric tweeted an expression a few weeks back that has been on my mind recently. I’m not sure where it came from, or I’d source it: “If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.” Frequently, I’m reluctant to bring in…
Canterbury: FOR SALE
It’s finally happening. I’m putting my house in Michigan up for sale. Since I bought it in 2006 while working at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre, & Dance, the Canterbury house played witness to countless memories, a few bad, but mostly in the good to great range. Dozens of cookouts, get togethers, and…