Strange Modern Cowboy is a lifestyle blog aimed at creatives – game designers, programmers, artists.
Drawing from my own life, I’ll use this blog to discuss the methods I use to be the most capable, imaginative and energetic person I can be.
The focus is on providing people with tools and methods for maximizing their own personal energy, so I’ll be covering topics like sleep, mindset, exercise, learning and discipline. I also cover topics related to creating successful products, so expect to see posts about sales, persuasion, user experience and retention.
However, Strange Modern Cowboy ISN’T a technical blog.
If you’re looking for a breakdown of some application I’ve built at Bancho, or advice on programming a game, you’re out of luck.
There are plenty of great blogs out there covering how to program a game or an app and I’m not interested in competing with them.
Strange Modern Cowboy isn’t designed to be read like a book.
It would be a waste of time for one person to read each of my posts in chronological order.
I cover a huge range of topics, so take a look at the categories sidebar and see which of the topics appeals to you. I’ve also listed the most popular posts from a range of topics below.
Side notes are typically indicated with blue text. Hovering over blue text will show a tooltip with extra information. Links appear in red.
This blog is designed to work like a web of content and from any one blog post it should be easy to reach any related blog posts that might interest you. So take a look at the categories below and jump in.
Beat anxiety & depression
– Meditation for the Irreligious
Personal Development
– An alternative to “no pain, no gain”
– How to beat procrastination by joining it
Game Design theory
– Game Feel – summarized for game designers
– Flow and the Player Journey – summarized for game designers
– How to use the Ancient Greek concept of Xenia in game design
– Gamification: Why most designers fail at it
Lifestyle advice
– Diet for Game Devs (and other busy people)
– Supplements for Game Devs (and other busy people) – (coming soon)
Drawing
– The fastest way to practice perspective drawing (guide + free application)
Learning
– How to become an autodidact internet scholar
– How to learn any skill with almost 0 effort
– Speed up learning with just a notebook
Great blog idea. I was thinking of starting something similar, but I’m glad to see someone do it and do it well. hHgh hopes and excitement for whatever you may share with us next =)
I am very interested to see what comes of this.