No, we're still using PCs. But mswewh just got her new iPhone today, so we went to the Apple store in Burlingame to stock up on accessories tonight. She got an iPhone condom and a clear shield, plus a set of 3 colored condoms for the girls' iPods. She's been playing with her phone and putting new stuff onto the girls' iPods all night.

I got a set of ( Read more... )

For those of you not in the games industry, GDC is the Game Developers Conference and it is held every year in March in either San Jose or San Francisco. Game developers from all over the world come together to hock their wares, commiserate about their woes, and collaborate on their hopeful future successes. I've attended the show twice before: ( Read more... )

Good lord, the last 3 months have flown by! I'm now employed by Sony and starting the long ramp-up process. It's a little slow this week (my first week), but next week I'll be in the Bay Area to pick up my laptop, attend a company meeting, and sit in on a bunch of developer visits, so it'll pick up pretty soon ( Read more... )

The background check *finally* came through so I have my offer letter in hand now. I just need to review it and send back all the appropriate paperwork by Friday and I'll be a Sony employee starting Oct. 29 ( Read more... )

So here I am in the bay area again. This time I'm in Foster City for an interview at Sony tomorrow. I'm not really sure what to prep for, so I haven't done much for this one. Hope that doesn't bite me in the ass, because I feel really good about my chances for this spot. It's pretty much the same thing I was doing with Ageia, except at Ageia we ( Read more... )

Geez, is it really Tuesday? For some reason it just seems like a weekend ( Read more... )

Not that I'm complaining, mind you! Almost 2 months after the layoff and the job search is starting to heat up. I'm currently talking and/or interviewing with Company X, Sony, EA, and Midway, for a variety of different positions, and I have a few other irons in the fire as well ( Read more... )