All Apologies
Wherein our narrator says he's
sorry.
Today was designated as "Programming Day".
Meaning that I was to commune with Renderware - something I haven't done since
1993 - in search of some answers to technical questions which had been posed by
various folks in digital media. I'd gotten clearance from Peter to do the work,
and dealt with the normal process of getting the tools, getting them installed,
testing, then settling to work. Although I started at 9 AM, it was 3 PM before
I could actually begin to test anything. Such are the ways of
programming.
I had disclaimed - freely
- that I could not be disturbed during this process. Not because I was so
precious, but because the programming mindset meant that I wasn't liable to be
very sweet when disturbed. It's an enormously complex task involving fairly
prodigious use of the memory, and interruptions disrupt that gentle collection
of short-term memory needed to be an effective
programmer.
So of course today is the
day when everyone decided to call, or IM, or drop by the office. By 11 AM I was
snarling at anyone who happened to stick their neck in, and my office felt like
Grand Central Station. So of course I spent a fair amount of time running about
and apologizing afterward. But hey, some of them had been
warned.
Anyway, it's good to do a
little programming every once in a while. It keeps me
honest.
And now, I realize, I have to
master Flash. Which is so overdue.
Posted: Thu - April 22, 2004 at 05:05 PM