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Screencast of Adding Patreon Widget to Blog (GHD043)
Wednesday 6AM! I spent a bunch of hours setting up Open Broadcaster Studio on the Macintosh, and then tried recording myself creating a new “support me on patreon” widget graphic. It took 30 minutes,...
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A Script + A Surprise Intro Video (GHD044-45)
Thursday I’m posting TWO updates for today and Friday, because they are linked together: I thought it would be fun to try recording myself writing at Starbucks as I worked on a “Hi I’m Dave” video...
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Screencast Tests, Web Tech Research, and Litter Robots (GHD046-47)
Another combined catchup post for the entire weekend! It was a busy and unstructured weekend, and by the end of it I was feeling very burned out on my Groundhog Day Resolution Goals. There are so MANY...
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Some Colorful Business Planning (GHD048)
Following Sunday’s feeling of burnout, I was compelled to review and reassess my focus this week, as far as Groundhog Day Resolutions are concerned. A brief preliminary analysis follows. What Is...
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Twitch Streaming, New Identity Graphics (GHD049)
Today was another day of playing with live streaming services. The past few days I had spent time setting up my YouTube Live Streaming channel, and then making some simple “I AM OFFLINE DON’T WORRY”...
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New Monitor, New Workspace Organization (GHD050)
Wednesday was an impromptu day of reorganizing my desk after picking up a new monitor. With my recently dabbling in live streaming on YouTube and Twitch, I’ve wanted to get a 1920×1080 monitor that I...
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Too Much Process, Not Enough Cookies (GHD051)
Thursday was a pretty productive day. I was about to use a livestream as a coworking session to get moving on a hairy programming project! I got my music hardware and software to talk to each other,...
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Obsessive Code Structuring and 15 Minute Task Breakers (GHD052-054)
Friday through Saturday (March 25-26) were days largely devoted to work, because work = money and money means I will have the means to pursue my own goals! To make the work more interesting, I...
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Livestream Monday March 28: Trying 15-Minute Boosts
I’m kicking off the week with a livestream to get myself in a productive work mood! I also want to try a new trick I wrote about yesterday: the 15-minute startup boost! Watch me attempt it and sweat!...
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Certainty, Discovered 15 Minutes at a Time (GHD054-056)
I’ve been continuing to experiment with Livestreaming video on YouTube as a way to increase my motivation. The combination of talking-as-I-think, operating video cameras, and talking about process...
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Javascript Game Progress! (GHD057-058)
Wednesday and Thursday were Video Game Days, which directly relates to Project 1401, my Javascript video game project. On Wednesday, I attended the Southern New Hampshire GameDev Group and got...
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Goal Tracker Version 2! (GHD059)
On Friday I decided to update my Groundhog Day Goal Tracker Form, largely to raise my “big goal” awards from 10 points to 50 points to make them feel more epic. This turned into a four-hour rabbit...
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Javascript Game Bullet Collisions and Financial Reports (GHD060-061)
On Saturday and Sunday I worked a bit more on the Javascript Game Engine, adding on to Thursday’s progress by enabling collision detection between the spaceship, the bullets, and an invisible wall. In...
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Groundhog Resolutions Review #2 (GHD062)
It’s APRIL 4, the second Groundhog Day Resolution Review Day of 2016! Last month I was tentatively pleased by what happened, surprised even. To quote myself: “Got more done than I thought I had,...
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Sundry Life Things, Light Goal Puttering (GHD063-64)
After 4/4’s major Groundhog Day Review #2, I’ve been drawn into contract work, as there is an upcoming delivery rapidly approaching that I’d like to get largely settled by this Friday. Because of that...
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Five Days and Eighteen Hours of Live-streamed Coding (GHD065-68)
Continuing from Tuesday and Wednesday’s focus on contract work for an upcoming deadline, Thursday through Sunday were also all about coding. I got the critical prototype code working late Saturday, and...
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A Dip into Static Site Generation with Metalsmith (GHD069)
I’m getting the feeling that this month’s various goal-oriented tasks will make for incredibly dull reading. For example, today I spent about 90 minutes going through a tutorial for Metalsmith....
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Grabbing DSLR video for Livestreaming on Youtube with a Blackmagic Mini Recorder
I’ve really enjoyed livestreaming from my YouTube channel this past month. Lately I’ve been trying to add more camera sources that I could switch between different views as I moved around the space....
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Correcting a Week of No Goal Progress or Caring (GHD070-075)
From Monday April 11 through Sunday April 17, I have not been doing any Groundhog Day Resolution goal work. Partly it was because of the stress of work deadlines and my upcoming month-long trip...
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Pre-made Pizza Dough Experiment
I was at the supermarket the other day and saw all the bags of premade pizza dough in the refrigerated section. I normally don’t like supermarket pizza, but the raw dough itself was really intriguing....
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