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Re: Melodyne: I'm not Impressed

esbie — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:31:01 -0000

haha, you disagree then :P ? Please by all means enlighten me! It's been a year since this post, and I still haven't been able to use the software. Tell me, is it incredible? I personally can't wait to try it.

I hope they make an iphone app out of it ^_^

Re: Back from summer vacation

esbie — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:36:11 -0000

haha yeah, I wish it had a motor. If you listen you can hear me vigorously turning the crank in the recording lol

Re: Caterpillar Cowboy

dlifson — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:12:17 -0000

Haha, I had no idea. That's for the tip!

Re: Caterpillar Cowboy

esbie — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:40:30 -0000

hey, um, don't know if you guys knew this, but this is the result of 4chan hacking into tons of christian facebook accounts. Which is hilarious, don't get me wrong. But I'm sure the real Tracy is mortified, so cut her some slack ;)

http://thenextweb.com/2009/08/22/4chan-launches...

Re: Dolyniuk Reunion 2009

esbie — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:39:13 -0000

Wow Randall you installed my favorite threaded commenting system! (I use Disqus on all my blogs) Way to go!

Re: I Made Minesweeper

esbie — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:54:20 -0000

thanks :D

Phil and I were talking about how lame it is that no matter how good you are at minesweeper you'll only ever win 1/10 games. The other 9 games are spent looking for a group of 0's...

If I have time I'll re-program it so your first click is always on a zero

Re: Motivism

esbie — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:49:26 -0000

Haha wait huh? You sold *before* product launch?

Optimal time to sell PALM stock: AFTER product launch, BEFORE wwdc :P

Re: Motivism

sahil — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:38:05 -0000

glad to be of service. btw I'm no longer a PALM stockholder, so now
you can tell me all ur trade secrets :)

Re: Motivism

esbie — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:27:48 -0000

Hey this is a pretty nice overview. Next time my relatives ask "......what do you do again? What's a smartphone?" I'll point them to this vid ;)

Re: Procrastinating

esbie — Wed, 06 May 2009 11:10:36 -0000

That's great, Maria, that Daniel has big dreams and that you're so willing to support him. You remind me of my mom :) Here is my advice for any student that wants to be a part of the games industry.

First, I'd suggest that a student begins learning a skill that is crucial to game development, so that they can be a useful member if/when assigned to a game design team. Traditional roles include artists, game programmers, musicians, and sometimes plot writers.

Artists draw all the assets for a game; the characters, the backgrounds, the user interface, etc.

Game Programmers are the core of any game design team; they write the code that makes the game interactive and fun (industry usually uses C++ programming language, but Java, and Actionscript 3 are also sometimes used)

Musicians compose the music for the game, along with any special effects the game needs.

I would urge Daniel to choose whichever of these roles sounds most fun :)

Second, I know there are lots of vocational schools etc. that specialize in game design training... but I'm convinced that getting a traditional degree in Art or Computer Science is better worth your time. That way you're still a contender for game industry jobs, but not pigeonholed into one industry in case you want to try something new.

Lastly, make as many games as you can! Game industry employers are looking for a portfolio of good quality game design experience. To start making games immediately, I would recommend Gamemaker. It's free to download, easy to use, and a great way to start designing your own games.

Hope this was helpful,
Sarah

Re: Procrastinating

esbie — Sun, 03 May 2009 18:45:42 -0000

DUDE I love the amelie soundtrack. werd.

For this particular sample, I mapped the sample onto a midi keyboard using Reason, and exported the song via Reason as well.

For recording, I don't have a mic/preamp per se, so I just use the portable H2 Zoom I got for christmas.

Re: SBlog

sahil — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:40:05 -0000

Ah you win this round. I got nothing. oh wait i do!

It also becomes the brake pedal when you press it with both feet :P

Re: SBlog

esbie — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:28:59 -0000

OR, the gas pedal becomes the break pedal when you hold down the apple key

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esbie — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:29:22 -0000

It must be true because he has a British accent! Oh wait, is that being close minded? HM O.o

Re: obscurely famous

danielha — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:20:34 -0000

I have faith that you picked B. I can see Phil picking the wrong side... but not you; don't disappoint me.

Re: obscurely famous

esbie — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:58:06 -0000

This post just inspired a ten minute debate between me and phil

Re: Wii with the World

esbie — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:42:22 -0000

Haha, I swear that sometimes I comment my code... and even debug using more than just print statements. This just wasn't one of those times :P

I will say that programming with JQuery is a lot faster than Prototype... and I've had a lot of experience with Prototype since it's what I used all last summer for work.

Re: Wii with the World

danielha — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:41:53 -0000

We've been interested in moving to jQuery from Prototype for some time (only the destination pages uses the framework) just because it seems like a good idea.

I light-groked your source code earlier and now I feel like I know you on an entirely new level.

Re: Wii with the World

esbie — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:49:33 -0000

Totally. That's why webOS is gonna awesome sauce ;)

Also, this was my first work with JQuery, which I really enjoyed.

Re: BrakeDrum Samples

esbie — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:42:29 -0000

Thanks! Zoom may not be the most high end of recording equipment :P but it does a pretty nice job all the same

Re: Korg DS-10

esbie — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:40:14 -0000

oh wow, really, it's not? mind pointing me to the official site? Google seems to think that it's http://www.korgds10synthesizer.com/

Re: SBlog

esbie — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:01:39 -0000

Not sure what you're saying here.. You mean your laptop isn't a robot? Did the PC robots beat yours into submission? Maybe it's defective, maybe you should have it looked at. You don't want to pay thousands of dollars for a laptop that's not even a robot.

Re: My Tumblr comments lost in the abyss

esbie — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:41:52 -0000

Here are some examples of missing comments that appear on my DISQUS admin page but not on the tumblr:

http://esbie.tumblr.com/post/65419416#comment-4...

http://esbie.tumblr.com/post/61511424/szymon-lo...
http://esbie.tumblr.com/post/61511424/szymon-lo...
http://esbie.tumblr.com/post/61511424/szymon-lo...

http://esbie.tumblr.com/post/59829269/this-rack...

Thanks,
SB

Re: Korg DS-10

janettetoral — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:42:30 -0000

Hi Esbie. Thank you for the advise. I will check them out. Cheers!

Re: Korg DS-10

esbie — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:25:37 -0000

Oh! well for music composition there are lots of options. I'd recommend Korg for synthesizers and Yamaha for digital keyboards/workstations. I personally have a Yamaha Motif ES8. I used to have a Roland, but it wasn't nearly as user friendly. The Korg DS-10 is a good deal for someone that wants to learn more about synths and has a Nintendo DS. Or, if you're crazy about analog synths like I am (as opposed to normal keyboard synths) something like the chimera could be very fun.

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