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November 16, 2013November 18, 2019 George LondonLeave a comment

A* Interview #8: Targo Tennisberg, my first Estonian guest

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November 11, 2013November 17, 2019 George LondonLeave a comment

A* Interview #7: Tim Ambrogi, creator of the “Jamestown” indie game

This one ran a little long, but we get into the serious programming talk at around 19:00.

Learn more about the A* interview series here.

Links from the conversation

Gertrude’s Secrets, the game that originally hooked Tim on programming.

Tim’s excellent game Jamestown.

Tim’s favorite bands Storyville and Protomen.

Tim recommends that you try out Codecademy if you want to learn to code.

And you should try Tim’s audio library.

Follow Tim on Twitter.

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November 11, 2013November 17, 2019 George LondonLeave a comment

A* Interview #6: Adam Milazzo

Read the story of the A* interviews here.

Instead of promoting any projects, Adam sagely requests that you reconnect with an old friend after watching this interview.

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November 7, 2013November 17, 2019 George LondonLeave a comment

A* Interview #5: Jim Crawford, creator of Frog Fractions and Twinbeard Studios

Click here to learn about the A* interviews.

Here’s Twinbeard Studios, and their great games Desert Hike, Futilitris and of course Frog Fractions.

Here’s some info about Jim’s favorite band “Ween”.

And here’s the Hacker’s Dictionary.

You can follow Jim on Twitter and you should do as he says and support the Windforge Kickstarter project.

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November 4, 2013November 17, 2019 George LondonLeave a comment

A* Interview #4: Gershom Bazerman, organizer of the Haskell-NYC Meetup and maintainer of the JMacro Haskell Package.

The backstory of the A* Interviews.
A link to the blog post Gershom mentions on applicatives.
A link to the Haskell NYC Meetup Group. They really are friendly!

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October 31, 2013November 17, 2019 George LondonLeave a comment

A* Interview #3: Alexander Young

Play Alexander’s game KOMB.

Participate in the Indie Gam Jam.

Follow the zeppelining-about-town of Alexander’s gaming collective The Cloudboat Armada.

Play Frog Fractions.

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October 31, 2013November 17, 2019 George LondonLeave a comment

A* Interview #2: Carter Schonwald

Check out Carter’s consultancy Wellposed.

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October 28, 2013November 17, 2019 George LondonLeave a comment

A* Interview #1: Roberto Thais from Hire Art

Go use HireArt to get a job or hire your next employee.

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August 15, 2013November 17, 2019 George LondonLeave a comment

Music Video of the Day: Janelle Monáe – Q.U.E.E.N. feat. Erykah Badu [Official Video] (by janellemonae)

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March 25, 2013November 17, 2019 George LondonLeave a comment

Cover of the day – a heavy metal “barbie girl”

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