The Jade Garden

Tag: indie development

  • It’s F***in’ Awesome If You Don’t Do Games 24/7

    It’s F***in’ Awesome If You Don’t Do Games 24/7

    You know, I didn’t really like where this blog was heading; it sounded too instructional and too ‘ like everybody else’. I guess that comes with not knowing really what to say because I think it won’t impact anyone except myself as I work in the lonely little basement at home. So while I’m looking…

  • PMing A One Person Show: Embrace The Internet Economy

    PMing A One Person Show: Embrace The Internet Economy

    This is a series: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3   On this day in 1926, Ford Motor Company becomes one of the first companies in America to adopt a five-day, 40-hour week for workers in its automotive factories. The policy would be extended to Ford’s office workers the following August.  Henry Ford’s Detroit-based automobile company…

  • PMing A One Person Show: Early Automation & Communication Is Key

    PMing A One Person Show: Early Automation & Communication Is Key

    This is a series: Part 1 and Part 2.   The average workplace touts multiple things to get talent through its doors: freedom, snacks of some sort and culture. Google has donut burgers. Apple has sushi. Your average workplace may have bagel Fridays. These are the supposed perks that will make employees happy and keep…

  • PMing A One Person Show: Staying Effective & Lean

    PMing A One Person Show: Staying Effective & Lean

    Part One of the PMing A One Person Show series Deciding to produce a one person show was not premeditated. I love theater, but I didn’t love it in the sense to create this huge acting roadmap to escape my cubicle. The entertainment world is much too chaotic, predatory and plain stupid for me to…