John French

Dad, Author, Musician. Part-time gaming enthusiast. Maker of waffles and slayer of sandwiches.

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New novel out! Start a new life, indulge in delights, and tangle with who you are in the face of a shattering reality. Welcome to CarverNet. https://t.co/VjUWYEDTfg

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@tim70368558 @denniswolf8 @Danumis_ @tomwarren Frankly, asking an engineer (who works for you!) that question in public was a mean thing to do. A good professional is obligated to defend their expertise and worth. A good boss is obligated to respect those who trade their time for his/her money.

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@tim70368558 @denniswolf8 @Danumis_ @tomwarren It’s a transparent power play to ask an employee a loaded question in a public forum. Either they give you an honest answer or they kiss your ass. The former requires their reply to be exactly as forthright as your question; anything less would be unprofessional.

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@AbroadInJapan Collab with @GonorthJ coming up?

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@viticci Logitech ships this feature. It could be 20% more Apple-y I’m sure with some edge-of screen gimmickry, but it’s proven. They ought to add it.

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@eurogamer I'm not saying Palmer Luckey has rejected reality, but I'm starting to think he wants to substitute his own a little too much. Of all the things you could celebrate about SAO the murderous version of the Nerve Gear is pretty far down the list.

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@MikeStackpole @HNTurtledove Something something, any man who must say he is the king...

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@mode7games Different product leads/teams for sure. When a company’s catalog gets big enough, by the time stuff is all standardised the standard in question is out of date. It’s a miracle that something like Kontakt even works!

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@reckless @alexeheath Riiight…one week to document and analyse the requirements, figure out how to build the change, build it, test it, sign off and release it, with aftercare? Only way that works is if people are working insane hours with a rotating schedule. Get out of there.

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@CullenMchael @MikeStackpole That’s exactly it. It’s demonstrating the tone set by the novels of that era and the result is beautiful.

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@katieemorann Mostly no! But I do see self-promos often following a format like, “Do you like X? Why not give a new author a try? My new novel: DRAGONHEARTH: REVENGE” and after seeing it a few times in a few days it starts to feel a bit trite.

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Hey Twitter folks based in the UK! I’m selling my 12.9” M1 #iPadPro and Magic Keyboard as a set. Both in great condition - if an M2 setup is a little too much for your bank account, I’d be happy to see you give these a home. https://t.co/pE5FaiYYW2

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@ParkerOrtolani I’m selling my 12.9 M1 Pro w/ Magic Keyboard here in the UK. It is an extraordinary tablet, I’ve just found that a tablet isn’t what I want.

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@iamkaevin @ChristianSelig I mean… if *they* can’t figure it out you might have a UX problem there. 😉

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@baundiesel @BioMarkDarrah It means little for the fans other than that development is continuing in a positive direction and if a lucky fan got to peek behind the curtain in the coming months there would be a much better chance of seeing something of genuine interest.

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@ParkerOrtolani It’s a prettier and flimsier version of a case Logitech’s been selling for a while. The Logitech case’s ergonomics also kinda suck but you can’t accuse it of not being up the the task.

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@aheyn01 @stevesi SM needed more months in the oven before being shown off; pulling it out for the “basement” crowd at WWDC was a horrible idea as the public beta period was wasted on showstoppers. The release cycle is to blame - but basement sentiment is now poisoned.

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@Thought_Amp @benedictevans Wallymart Corporate? That seems like a dangerous thing for mental health so no, random stranger on the bird website, I will decline the experience.

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@stroughtonsmith You know, the only really annoying thing there is the drag-into-the-piles-list hover prompt intercepting you. Take that away and all its really doing is snapping things to the grid.

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@Bridgeburner4 @MegaMasao Precisely! Appropriate forum - with extremely clear articulation - is key.

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@Bridgeburner4 @MegaMasao In game dev, they can be called producers. In general tech, can be called product managers (sometimes owners). I am one of these people. The job is to sift through piles of noise to find the signal worth pursing; randomly giving more noise to them doesn’t go over well.

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@Bridgeburner4 @MegaMasao At any midsize-on-up outfit the people charged with making strategic decisions are usually not the people charged with building some part of those decisions. Those decision-makers have set up paths for you to get info to them. Ignore the paths and they’ll ignore you.