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Goodbye Austin, hello Atlanta and CCP
Earlier today I left Austin for Atlanta, to start at CCP Atlanta while my immigration goes through. I’ll definitely miss Austin- Atlanta is not my first choice of cities to live in (especially Hotlanta during the summer!), but I hope I enjoy it while I’m there. If you want...
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C# is out, python is in
At BioWare, I pretty exclusively used C#/.NET. I consider myself a talented .NET developer and have spent a lot of time reading books, blogs, and exploring new technology and techniques. I’ve dabbled with other languages (and used them where necessary), but I’ve always fallen back to C#. CCP, though,...
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From one space MMO to another
By now it is common knowledge amongst those that know me that I am leaving BioWare Austin and Star Wars: The Old Republic for a job at CCP Iceland as a Lead Technical Artist working on EVE and their Core Technology Group. This job change also entails a change...
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My time at BioWare in numbers
36 The number of months of been working at BWA 5 The number of job titles I’ve held 3 The number of teams I’ve been on/bosses I’ve reported to 2 The number of departments I’ve worked for 1 The number of projects I’ve worked on at BWA 3 The...
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Video interview with me at GDC2011
Here’s a video interview I did with Bill Crosbie, a member of the IGDA’s Education SIG. He was interviewing tech artists at GDC to get ideas for a curriculum the IGDA can give to educators, to help grow and raise awareness of the tech art discipline. The last part...
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Rob Galanakis- Tools Programmer
2 weeks ago I made the move onto the Tools Programming team here at BioWare Austin (which is why I haven’t been around on the TAO site or IRC, things are calmed down now though). I moved across the building but then back into the same room I moved...
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Lack of updates
I am already breaking my more frequent blogging promise. I have a few posts mostly typed up but unfinished, and a few more that are just ideas. I should have time to post more after this week- I’m about to finish a big project, and my job is also...
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Blogging again!
I’m going to start blogging again (and more seriously for the first time). I’ve been doing most of my posting over at www.tech-artists.org the past few years, but now with increased free time (no more crunch for me), and an expertise in a relevant area (I feel like I’m...
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Speaker at GDC 2009
I’ll be on a panel for “Technical Art Techniques” at GDC 2009. I am so psyched about going, I can’t wait. My bio (with awesome Sith photo) is here: https://www.cmpevents.com/GD09/a.asp?option=G&V=3&id=589097 Money is tight but it is always well worth it to go if possible.
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Yes we can!
Not yes we did. There is still lots of work to do. Yes we can.
