Game theory and development books.
Books critical to my professional development
teeter, in a Jenga-like pile,
...unread.
Reading thick manuals and longish novels seems to get harder, as time progresses. I used to swallow books whole, pre Internet days. But my attention span (attn span) is smaller than a Shuffle. I'd rather be playing Carcasonne.
So much software to assimilate (you need it to land decent jobs and build a portfolio), so little time.
I find myself keying "cu l8tr" and "w/ & w/o u" into any number (#, no.) of wireless or satellite-fueled devices--devices from which dangle tiny plastic panda bears in bunny suits. A guy walked into my office wearing a T-shirt that read OMFG STFU. Another guy walked into the office wearing a T-shirt that read NSFW!. I had to explain what this meant to a colleague of mine who is NOT versed in net acronyms, btw. And (&) it seems like only yesterday I was actually reading full length bound novels--real literature (lit). Wtf is this world coming to ?
I'd rather IM or TM and LOL than deal with the Chicago Manual of Style.Is reading pasee? & books, all but obsolete? What is this world coming to 2?
So I've figured out that games are where it's at.
Time to play. K? But what? Tabletop (strategy) ? RPG ? Multi player RPG (online) ? Virtual (not multiplayer) ? Old school (e.g. pick-up stix)) ? Arcade (console...Miss Pac Man)?
A nine year old girl has been gracious enough to introduce me to Millsberry. And explain wtf is going on 2 me. She sends me holiday cards and lil' heys! from Millsberry's post office. This is my first real foray into this type of virtual game play. I'd rather engage in a virtual world where I get to be a six foot tall goth chic wielding a battle axe across the Scottish highlands. But I suppose Millsberry--which makes Mayberry look like Sodom--is as good a place as any to start. But hey. One's gotta start small.
Get those toes wet.
