Every time things in my life start feeling like they’re out of control, I start organizing. It’s silly, but there’s a very real sense of I can’t control that, but I can control this, and by God it’s going to be optimized. Ridiculous, I know. But there it is.
Right now, if I could drive down to our local Apple Store, plunk down my credit card and drive home with a brand new dual-2.0 GHz G5 and a couple of monitors, I would. Just to help me get everything organized and optimized. Would dropping about five grand on hardware make life more difficult, fiscally speaking? Sure it would. But having a nice little cornerstone to help me clamber back on top of this Everest-like pile of mindblowing stuff would be worth it.
I’m not going to post anything major here about recent events. It’s not the place. But I will say this: God has the worst sense of humor ever. Oh, and I think I’m going to give up women for a while. Me dating apparently makes the baby Jesus cry – not to mention other people. I’m throwing in the towel after this one.
Brief update: Well, it took a little over six hours, but I’ve finally entered all the year’s data to date into Quicken for my checking account, my savings account, my credit card, my stock portfolio… Whoof. It’s great to have a bird’s-eye view of this stuff. Definitely a big help to figure out what’s got to happen next, and how. Progress!
Storyteller, scholar, consultant. Loving son, husband and father. Kindhearted mischief-maker.
I'm the Director of the Games and Simulation program at Miami University in Ohio, where I am also an Assistant Professor in the College of Creative Arts' Emerging Technology in Business and Design department. I'm also the director of Miami's Worldbuilding and Narrative Design Research Laboratory (WNDRLab). I have a Master's in Comparative Media Studies from MIT and a PhD in Media Arts and Practices from the University of Southern California.
In past lives I've been the lead Narrative Producer for Microsoft Studios and cofounder of its Narrative Design team, working on projects like Hololens, Quantum Break and new IP incubation; in a "future of media" think tank for Microsoft's CXO/CTO and its Chief Software Architect; the Creative Director for the University of Southern California's World Building Media Lab and the Technical Director, Creative Director and a Research Fellow for USC's Annenberg Innovation Lab; a Visiting Assistant Professor at Whittier College and director of its Whittier Other Worlds Laboratory (WOWLab); the Communications Director and a researcher for the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab; a founding member of the Convergence Culture Consortium at MIT (now The Futures of Entertainment); a magazine editor; and a award-winning short film producer. more »
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