What I Learned - 9

Setting reminders to post these is going to be on next week's What I Learned, that's for sure!

What I Learned - 9/8 to 9/14

1. A cover letter shouldn't be an information dump, but should tell a story.
1. Various Influences
2. If you are making a game today, you are only competing against other games being made at the same time.
1. Richard Garriott; Unite 2013 - Keynote
3. Millenials waste approximately 40 hours a month doing menial internet tasks while at work.
1. Cheryl Conner; Who Wastes the Most Time at Work?
4. Pronounceable names and words that are repeatable and easily said can make or break a game.
1. Unite 2013 - Keynote
5. A person can't rely solely on school work to get them into the game industry.
1. Jennifer Ash;  Breaking In: Jennifer Ash 
6. Unity now supports 2D games with first-party features!
1. Tomas Jakubauskas and Juha Kiili;  Unite 2013 - New 2D Workflows
7. "Many of the key fundamentals of graphic design can be directly applied to vehicle design."
1. Danny Gardner; Blast: Spaceship Sketchers and Renderings, pg. 47

In other news, there are also an alarmingly few universities in Portland, OR that offer a Graduate degree in Computer Science.  I thought you should know.