I guess it's time to officially announce I've written my first novel. Every person I've spoken to in words since starting this ill-advised project back in 2018 knows I've been writing my first novel but for whatever reason [1] I've been keeping this announcement from
Simple Unity VR Project I've been slipping back into coding after putting all of my focus on my secret writing project for a few months[1] both as a streamer (who panicked and quit after I noticed
3D Audio Primer I promised in my big introduction to audio post that I would eventually write something to discuss audio in VR specifically and then dropped off the side of the planet for a few
I enjoy talking to my computer Being a Canadian, I can safely say that using your hands in VR still feels like you are trying to interact with something through about five layers of mittens. With the Oculus touch
audio Introduction to Audio Compendium When I worked on the VR team at Shopify my entire life was something of a hectic barrage of new things to learn as quickly as humanly possible. One of those things (improbably)
How to Journal August 2016 marked two major journal writing milestones for me. On the 30th I finished the third complete 249 page book in my journal writing reign of terror, and the 15th marked my
How do you count sheep? You may remember being a child if you made some reasonable decisions as an adult, and you may also remember going to school. Perhaps at some point during all that child being and
Virtual Reality First Impressions Semi-recently I had the opportunity to try out the gamut of virtual reality technology out there. After I tweeted as much I was asked by a few friends to drop my then upcoming
An outdated yet hopefully still relevant account of why I switched from Unreal Engine to Unity I confess, I have been a terrible person and a liar. I have hardly touched my game since I started at the new job though I think I had a fairly decent reason,
Learning How to Learn Ruby In September, amid a torrent of people asking how I had enough money to take four months off work (low expenses, and saving in a way you imagine Smaug might) I finally picked
Item Pickup System in Unreal Engine Using C++ Last time, in history's most impromptu blog post I complained that the resources surrounding Unreal and C++ specifically can be a bit lacking. Never let it be said that I complain about things
Some Thoughts on the Beginning Somewhat prophetically, last time we were here I said I would try to write more. So, of course by as early as the next day I was hit hard with the left hook
creativity I'm Making a Game Yesterday was my last day at my job as a Junior Developer at Chalk and Wire, deciding to quit and then the actual process of trying to finish everything before leaving proved to
Computer Science File IO in Qt5 I've been thinking about developing a desktop writing application for awhile now, and 2015 has become the year that I hit at this goal in earnest. Prior to this project, I hadn't really
focus My Analog Life It's safe to say that most of my waking life I am attached to one screen or another, much to the dismay of my mother. I think that's the nature of living in
Computer Science Bad at Math I was in the 6th grade when I built my first website; within a few months I asked my parents for help learning "real" programming because I had an idea for
beyond the code Beyond the Code 2014 A few weeks ago, I left my comfortable basement coding lair to go to the Beyond the Code -- a day-long conference in downtown Ottawa. The conference happened Friday, September 19th and featured
creativity 3 Day Novel Contest A few weeks ago I did something I had never done before -- I wrote a novel. While it certainly wasn't the next great Canadian novel (not nearly depressing enough for that), and
ai Initial Impressions on Neuroplasticity and AI Last month I read some really great stuff on neuroplasticity; Sam Kean's excellent 'Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons' right after finishing Norman Doidge's 'The Brain that Changes Itself'. So, I thought I'd take
perfect Imposter Syndrome and You I have a Github account that I opened January 27th 2011 and there is currently not a single line of code on it. In fact, it has only ever really been used a
python Scope Change and Girl Develop It Ottawa I have had so much trouble writing this year I'm starting to worry the part of my brain that actually allows me to put words in sequence in a borderline acceptable way has
blog Best I can do is a new CMS Well, I haven't written a new blog post in a very long time now. It's still on that huge list of things that I should definitely do for sure right now. In order
chinese room Computational Complexity and the Chinese Room I am going to start moving these posts to Fridays though, this week has been late as I'm in Uxbridge attending my brother's fringe play and have been especially busy with family related
algorithms Short Intro to Scott Aaronson's 'Why Philosophers should care about Computational Complexity" One of the benefits of not being in school and not being employed should have been that I had a lot of time to work on my blog. Indeed this could have been
Blog Three Steps back into the World Apparently I am a lying liar who lies when it comes to bringing back my blog. I've been having some health issues, and that compounded with a whole lot of school and work