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I love adventure games, but I've never made a game in Adventure Game Studio, so I found Ben304's devlog on their upcoming game from Wadjet Eye an interesting #gamedev read.
https://ben304.blogs…

Writing a Technical Book for Manning
#bookwriting

I like this so much!
I'm sorry i finished reading it.
#reading #books

It's only Thursday morning and I've already had what's probably the most intense and productive week of writing since the home-stretch of my dissertation almost 15 years ago.
I basically wrote the entire first draft - and not a super drafty draft, at that - of what I'm thinking will be the second chapter in my next book.
I'm feeling great.
#AmWriting

Time for another "review". This one's hard. While the book was quite interesting, it required me to be quite open-minded. Still, I think it's worth mentioning:
Robert Wright — Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny
The book basically focused on a thesis that both biological evolution and cultural evolution are a thing, they are directional and this directionality can be explained together using game theory — as eventually leading to more non-zero sum games.
It consists of three chapters. The first one is is focused on the history of civilization. It features many examples from different parts of the world, which makes it quite interesting. The author argues that the culture inevitably is evolving as information processing techniques improve — from writing to the Internet.
The second chapter is focused on biological evolution. Now, the argument is that it's not quite random, but actually directed towards greater complexity — eventually leading to the development of highly intelligent species, and a civilization.
The third chapter is quite speculative and metaphysical, and I'm just going to skip it.
The book is full of optimism. Capitalism creates freedom — because people are more productive when they're working for their own gain, so the free market eliminates slavery. Globalisation creates networks of interdependence that make wars uneconomic. Increased contacts between different cultures makes people more tolerant. And eventually, the humanity may be able to unite facing a common "external" enemy — the climate change.
What can I say? The examples are quite interesting, the whole theory seems self-consistent. Still, I repeatedly looked at the publication date (it's 1999), and wondered if author would write the same thing today (yes, I know I can search for his current opinions).
#books #bookstodon @…

“Apocalypse forces us to radically change. But by facing the future with optimism instead of doom, we can transform ourselves into the kinds of people-the kinds of communities—who can survive.”
https://slate.com/technology/2025/05/human-e…

This review is about Writing for Developers by Piotr Sarna and Cynthia Dunlop from Manning.
I started this blog as a hobby 17 years ago, in April 2008. At the time, I had no clue about technical writing.Since then, the landscape has changed a lot, to the point that companies hire for technical writer positions.
I was curious to compare what I learned by doing to the structured approach of a book. Here’s my review.

#WritersCoffeeClub
July 29: How happy or bittersweet are your endings?
July 30: What single book had the greatest impact on your writing?
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29: Both? Both. Both is good.
Not necessarily simultaneously. (mostly the former)
30: Definitely Dune. That is the level of layered storytelling and themes that I seek.
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Shai Hulud by ZeepheruPone on DeviantArt

Writing a post
And double spacing it
Like this
Doesn't make it poetry
It just makes you a twat
Read a fucking book
Not just any book
Read a good book
You might learn something
Maybe even how to write well
Maybe

'A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius', by Dave Eggers.
An interesting mix of fiction and reality, about a difficult and moving part of the author's life, in a mix of writing styles that did not always appeal to me.
#book #goodread

1/ Feels a bit poignant to be putting finishing touches on the next vesion of my book (PLAI 3.2.5) knowing it'll be the last of the v3, and if my planned experiment goes well, it may be the last longform book I will ever write. I will truly miss longform writing: ↵

"The first idea to final book"-scale of creative writing can help you assess advice and techniques relating to creative writing.
#amediting #writingcommunity #creativewriting

Dziś dowiedziałem się, że nazywanie chrześcijańskiego Boga "wszechmogącym" to błąd w tłumaczeniu.
https://thomasjayoord.com/index.php/blog/archives/the-mistranslation-of-pantokrater-as-omnipotent