Thu 2 Jun 2005
Finally! The vids we recorded during the Quality of Life Summit are online. There’s nearly 6 hours of free video content (well, the keynote is restricted to members only, but it is still free ;)
Anyway, not that I am trying to “sell” the keynote, but ALL producers, project managers and studio heads/execs should listen to what McConnell has to say. There’s just so much to gain by just following through on a fraction of his guidance.
The cases and other lectures are all good too, but in particular the big closing panel is a good show. To hear industry greats like Dave Perry going on about passion to only get confronted by a developer who said something to the effect of “I’m all out of passion hit points” was priceless. I tried to keep the discussion more productive than accusatory, but you could sense a few of them backtracking and/or re-tracking to a certain degree…
So, grab the vids (and the accompanying slides/files), zap a fresh batch of popcorn and enjoy!
June 6th, 2005 at 4:21 pm
Well, I’ll just wank here instead of through the proper channels (mostly because the Authentication Required! page is telling me to e-mail my complaint to root@localhost) …I can’t seem to access McConnell’s video, even though I’m a Card Carrying IGDA member. I make it through the first authentication step but the second one, where it pops a dialog box up, is denying me.
June 7th, 2005 at 9:55 am
I was having a problem with the second pop up, until I read the text at the top of that page that said for the next popup use a fixed/static username and password for all igda members.
I won’t mention the username or password on this page in case there are security concerns.
By the way Jason, the McConnell video was finally enough motivation for me to join the IGDA after 8 years in the industry. Somewhat of a dirty trick, but it worked. :)
Honestly, all the other videos that were posted convinced me of the importance of the IGDA. If you can continue creating and distributing that kind of content, I will be more than happy to pay dues.