David Pennington

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Building my website Pt. 1

In this 3 part series I'm going to show you how I built the first version of my website. We are going to cover a few topics here, mainly centered around 3 topics; Domain registration/DNS, Code, and Deployment.

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"Power: why some people have it, and others don't": Notes

How can one stick out from a crowded field of engineers looking to move away from coding everyday and into a highly competitive environment of engineering management? Why would an engineer want to do something like that? What is the best way to protect status at a company that could hire 5 new grads willing to grind to do your job? How do I move up the chain and build a concrete foundation for a new career in managing people? These are all reasons that I've picked up the book "Power: why some people have it and others don't" by Jeffery Pfeffer.

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"Practical Creativity GDC Talk": Notes

This talk was interesting to me because it mentions breaking down games into atomic elements, and then using that to develop your own ideas.

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"Jumplight Odyssey": Notes

I played through Jumplight Odyssey recently and here are my thoughts/experience.

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