Brian Kendig

@[email protected]
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Software engineer, writer, secular humanist, alumnus of Princeton University, formerly with Netscape and Apple, currently with the Walt Disney Company.
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Show threadBrian KendigMar 11
@the_gneech I'm sad that DNA didn't live to see what the world has become.
Show threadBrian KendigJan 28
@DisneyMichael Congratulations!!
Show threadBrian KendigJan 5
@Tuftears @rowyn I do: [email protected] It forwards to my main account.
Show threadBrian KendigJan 5

@Tuftears @rowyn Oh, wow - I would be thrilled to read it! Is this your first novel?

Please send me a copy at [email protected]. What kind of feedback can I provide that would be helpful, and do you need it in any particular timeframe?

Show threadBrian KendigJan 4
@Tuftears @rowyn I love that title! But wait - what's the first book and where can I buy it?
Show threadBrian KendigJan 2
@rowyn I think you typoed or got autocorrected - the book's title isn't "The Princess, Her Dragon and Their Princess", right?
Show threadBrian KendigDec 26
@vanellopemint I love this story in particular. Very nicely done!
Show threadBrian KendigDec 24
@chickenofthewood I really want to buy a new game, but I already have all the games I want and not enough time to play them all anyways! So I compromised by adding to my library two free ones whose high ratings have caught my interest. Sky: Children of the Light, and Infinity Nikki.
Brian KendigDec 12

I saw a post on Reddit a few days ago that said something along the lines of "if you don't feel caught up, your brain is moving the goalposts on you." The post was deleted (and I'm unhappy about that), but the idea was that as we accomplish things from our to-do list, instead of letting us feel a sense of completion or satisfaction, our monkey brains instead fixate on all the tasks we _haven't_ completed yet.

I say "we" and "us." Maybe this doesn't apply to you, but it's me to a tee. (Yay #anxiety.)

I'm working on being better about seeing when I've got things done and feeling a little bit of accomplishment at that before diving into the next to-do item.

Show threadBrian KendigDec 11

@mark That's interesting, and I can see it. That interpretation makes the story fit less well with the modern age, too: in today's late-stage capitalism, we don't have powerful people eschewing the same things they're working to deny from other people.

Might Scrooge have been a follower of Ayn Rand, if they book had been written a century later?

(I've never actually seen Scrooged, though I keep hearing the Annie Lennox / Al Green song. I'll add it to my list for this month!)