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Developer's Hierarchy of Needs
September 8, 2025 May 28, 2021
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The Developer’s Hierarchy of Needs

My management philosophy is “Devs do their best work when they feel useful, supported, and appreciated. ” This is a draft of trying to put some of my management thoughts and best-practices in a single place.

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July 20, 2014 July 8, 2014
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Farewell to Champlain College

Champlain College Game Programmers: After four awesome and intense years at Champlain College, it has […]

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November 6, 2019 May 20, 2014
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Graphics Programming Research – Undergraduate

Now that the semester has wrapped to a close and students are home for the […]

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February 16, 2021 April 10, 2014
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Tips | Game Programmer Portfolio Creation

A bit of advice for those game programming students polishing up their portfolio websites prior […]

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May 27, 2014 March 25, 2014
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Game Programming – Recommendations for General Electives at Champlain College

Updated for Fall 2014 Here are some thoughts on choosing electives as a Game Programmer. […]

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November 6, 2019 February 6, 2014
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2014 – Spring Semester Update

5 weeks into the semester and I’m past due for providing an update about what […]

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May 27, 2014 October 24, 2013
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Is Teaching Children to Code a stupid idea?

My internet circles are ablaze this morning with William Foxton’s article “The Government wants to […]

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September 20, 2013 September 20, 2013
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Fall 2013 – Events for Game Programmers

September – October Events at Champlain College There are countless opportunities for Game Programming students […]

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July 2, 2013 July 2, 2013
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Posting with Care: Social Media and Your Future Career

Occasionally, I’ll see a student post something extremely negative about a company, product, game, or […]

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Magnosphere Poster
May 27, 2014 April 28, 2013
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Champlain College Game Studio sweeps GameFest

Champlain College took home a host of awards for student made games at the 2013 […]

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April 12, 2013 April 12, 2013
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Quibly Ball: Best Technical Innovation

Last week, Champlain College students went head-to-head against the best schools in North America for […]

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Champlain College Game Studio Events
April 6, 2013 April 6, 2013
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Accepted Student Day Presentation

Today was Accepted Student Day at Champlain College. As we welcome students for the Class […]

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June 17, 2014 April 2, 2013
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Preparing for a Computer Science Degree (Part 3): Computer Recommendations

This is part three of the series “How to Prepare for a CS Degree”. Introduction […]

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May 27, 2014 March 29, 2013
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Fall 2013 Registration Info for Game Programmers

The following are the likely courses you should be signing up for. There are exceptions […]

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January 15, 2013
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Autodesk 3D, 3D Art, and Gameware Tools

Autodesk has been slowly buying up tools and technologies. They’ve got quite a collection and […]

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January 7, 2013
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Spring Semester 2013 Update

As of today, classes are back in session with a variety of exciting improvements and […]

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November 29, 2012
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Is Gaming a Culture?

Today at Champlain College, there is a cultural awareness event in which 13 cultures represented […]

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November 6, 2019 April 2, 2012
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Featured Student Work from 2012

The following is a sampling of graphics programming project by 3rd-year programmers at Champlain College […]

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January 13, 2012
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DropBox

As the new semester begins, we’re in the process of setting up git code repositories […]

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May 28, 2014 December 13, 2011
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Why OnLive Mobile Changes Everything

[Update: Did it? Share your opinion now that it has been 2-1/2 years. I think […]

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