Posts tagged with Thoughts
Year in Review — 2019
2019 marks the end of the second decade in the 21st century. I'm going to resist the temptation to do the thing where you look back at the past 10 years and try to sum up 3652.5…
Evolving Game Storytelling
I just finished the excellent semi-rebooted God of War on the PlayStation 4. The series started out on the PlayStation 2, and tells a classic Greek tragedy where the protagonist, Kratos, is tricked by the (former) Greek god of…
Year in Review — 2018
Do you remember, as an adult, when you stopped making a big deal out of your own birthday? For me, it was probably when it was no longer cool to get presents or throw parties that would highlight a birthday,…
Reflecting on 20 Years of NBA2K
By the time this post gets published, 2K Sports will have released the newest iteration of their best-selling NBA2K series—NBA 2K19—which this year will also mark the 20th game and 20th year for the annual franchise. I&…
Separating Title, Responsibility, and Capability
A crucial part of being a people manager is making hiring decisions, and an overlooked part of that responsibility is to make a judgment on not only whether someone passes the hiring bar, but which bar they clear. That is,…
Are "Strong Opinions" Really "Weakly Held"?
Strong opinion, weakly held. It's become the go-to description for explaining the legitimacy of a decidedly non-apologetic, domineering personality or position. The idea is that it may be okay to have an aggressive stance, as long…
