Serdar Yegulalp's Blog, page 38
July 13, 2022
Artisan Or Assembly Line?
There's no point in trying to emulate the A-list culture machines at your scale.
July 12, 2022
Tell It To Me Straight
We don't want validation just to know that we're doing the right thing, but also to know we're not doing the wrong things.
July 9, 2022
Toss It In Your Satchel
One of the many things the proliferation of the smartphone seems to have killed is the Beloved Weatherbeaten Paperback.
July 8, 2022
The Spaghetti Moment
It's a familiar story trope. A bunch of people come into a restaurant/room/hotel/office, reveal themselves in miniature, and get briefed on The Mission.
Roll Them Dice
At some point I imagine someone came up with (or should come up with) a game theory of creative work.
July 7, 2022
Wave A Wand And We Got The Bomb
Most fantasy stories never confront the idea that magic would have the social impact of the atomic bomb.
July 6, 2022
Half Step Dance
Welcome to draft 1.5 (so to speak) of "Shunga-Satori".
July 1, 2022
Open Book Exam
On how messy my note-taking can be on my projects.
June 27, 2022
Crossed Wires
Sometimes, just sometimes, you gotta let a professional deal with things. Case in point: flaky internet service.
June 26, 2022
The Cardinal Sin Of Repeating Myself
No matter how much I try to avoid it, I see more similarities than differences in everything I write. But is that a problem?
