Update on my progress

[Richard Gaskin]

Thomas McGrath III wrote:
> I have been coding non-stop now for three weeks. Some days I put in over 
> eighteen hours, waking up in the middle of the night and coding ideas 
> down. 
...
> In contrast our Macromedia(Adobe) Director GURU spent two months on the 
> engine and three weeks on just one of the games and he got most of it 
> wrong. Many days of testing and asking him to make corrections and 
> explaining what I need and what I meant.
> 
> I have been able to do it all in less than three weeks. Way cool.......

I love spurts of intense activity like that.

One of the best programmers I've ever known pretty much lives in cycles 
like that:  intense non-stop flow zones for a few weeks, then takes a 
couple weeks off to drive around the eastern seaboard checking out good 
bands.

Sure, cycles like that can confuse spouses and pets, and it's probably a 
good idea to make sure you drink plenty of water (food is optional but 
water is a sometimes-forgotten necessity).  But to paraphrase the old 
Taoist masters, "Eat when you're hungry, sleep when you're tired, code 
when you're inspired." :)

Congratulations on getting the job, and done well.

> I plan on going camping for a week after this. 

Where will you go: desert, mountains, or seaside?

I've been tempted to throw a SoCal Rev Campout in which we try the most 
daring of survival stunts:  to see if a group of Rev developers can 
spend the night in the desert without Rev.

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  Richard Gaskin
  Fourth World Media Corporation
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