As My Life Goes On

(micro post)
I've been reading the book from Jesse Schell, The art of game design.
And I've found more than good concepts.
Its really interesting how he lays the differences between female and male gaming.
(Notice is not man and woman, but female and male)
While i was reading it, i reminded lots of things I've learned from women from lots of other sources.

For example, one really interesting thing is that women doesn't tend to play games which have a clear goal. Games which purpose is to get to somewhere, or do some task specifically.
It a very interesting difference that i learned so much time ago, and i can remember a specialist talking about it :
Pilar sordo - Viva la diferencia (which is a really interesting speech btw, I'll be glad to try to translate it someday) (btw, man should really learn a little about the art of enjoying the trip and not the destination only)
I remember when i was a child getting frustrated at games which doesn't have a fixed goal, (like sims ie) but that females loved it.
They seem to like creative games, where the goal of the game is to be creative, or play with the game (more a toy-ish behavior)

Another interesting thing is a little theory i had going that got confirmed by lots of ppl. Males are mostly visual, but females are mostly auditive which leads to verbal.
It has struck me how much females are attached to any verbal communication. Whether its written or spoken.
No wonder why my sister (and all my female students (which taught me more than i did)) loves crosswords. Also explains why i know so many womans that reads for leisure, and so many mans that reads only for obligation (ie work)

And something new i didn't noticed, is the fact that females tend to like things that have impact on real world, opposed to males that loves fantasy settings.
This in conjunction with the fact that females loves to help others and look for massive wellbeing (opposed to the classic "males are competitive") explains why females love games that are advertised like they'll help the poor while playing and displaying ads.

Well, it's really long topic, so I'll lay this down, and let the comments expand it as needed.
I have to say that females and video games must be two of my favorites topics of investigation, and I've been planning on doing games for girls really long ago, because i think females games aren't very developed at all. It's obvious because most games are developed by man, and as i always say, "a (normal) person can only do what he knows" that's why I'm trying to learn all i can.

I'm willing to hear ANY suggestion, and i accept beta testers

Thanks for reading see you around, and merry Xmas!

BEWARE: this is a small update, against clock, i'll be short and shallow in details. if you disagree with what i say keep in mind it's my opinion _now_. You can ask me what i mean, and maybe we learn something.

'k, like 2 month passed and i didnt even had time to update the blog, but i read my friend's

in short:
@university
learnt DB stuff, normalization, diagrams (UML: Entity-Relation, Class, Sequence, State), triggers, stored procedures, permissions, etc.
lots of code : http://www.assembla.com/code/pysnipps/subversion/nodes/Java/lab4

@work, learnt how much i love to teach. and new ways to improve my teaching. i dropped my work as webdev as it was impossible in my actual conditions (study+teach+laziness) and i'm moving towards gamedev.

@hobbie:
games: learnt more 'bout actionscript, how to implement pop in an array. how to make buttons with flixel and i've designed a (fairly cool) dialog system for my characters to speak while in game (it deals with the fact that characters can die at random moments at random order).
dev: learnt qt it fucking rocks! too bad i didn't (decided to) learn it 4 years ago :/ so stupid...
other: learnt how to make chainmail, i cant say too much because i'm preparing a surprise, all i can show is that i made this in one night:

@life
ufff, i learnt sooooo much there.
things keep looping. if you give time, friends come back. is bad to put ppl aside just because u dont like them. I've learnt so much from so many.
If money is in the way, u need to be clear as crystal, and strict as it can be. You can't trust just anyone, even a friend. Working with friends is a big trouble, but if you know how to handle it can be good. When working usually is bad to invite ppl to work if they don't want to work. Sadly capitalism doesn't give space to friendship or generosity (i've learnt this the hard way)
And if you do other people jobs, you're basically impairing them by taking away the opportunity to develop their own strength. (relates with this idea http://my.opera.com/jerobarraco/blog/2009/11/15/desestructuracion-2-equivocarse-esta-bien )

how important is to have communication and confidence in yourself first and then your partner in relationships. And how important is to know ppl limits before asking them something.

Also i helped my girlfriend to edit and print her first manga (comic), i'll hand u a link to read it online when its available. So i learnt a lot about photoshop (and gimp). i'm really happy for her.
You can see more of her material here:
http://jamiekun-lovesanime.deviantart.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/sami-koro-chan/224088727650186

Also i learnt how to cook more stuff
i'll see if i think of something new to share
this have been very busy times, thanks for reading
'till next time

Oka, la idea es esta:
Mensualmente ir poniendo las cosas que voy haciendo referente a la programación*, y explicando las cosas nuevas que voy aprendiendo.
Porqué? bueno, por una teoría de self-development que intento probar, y porque estoy cansado de que cuando estoy haciendo algo complicado, SIEMPRE encuentro ejemplos de lo completamente básico y trivial, pero nunca de los casos "especiales" (lease ayudar), 3) a modo de curriculum, y D) no me acuerdo que más.

espero lograr hacerlo mensual, y espero que no los canse, ah, btw, sorry pero voy a postear en inglés.... suelo compadecerme de la gente que no sabe leer inglés, pero, no es tan difícil.
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por lo pronto.

1) estoy renovando mi web : nande.com.ar
2) está accesible publicamente el código de mi curso de java en : https://www.assembla.com/code/pysnipps/subversion/nodes/Java
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How to return dynamic data in extjs (3) using a jsonstore:
the result must include a property called metaData like this:

meta =  { 
            'root' : 'rows',
            'id' : 'id',
            'totalProperty' : 'count',
            'fields' : [
              {'type':'int', 'header':'askljd', 'dataIndex':'field1', 'name':'field1', 'sortable':true, 'filterable':true'},
              #add more fields as needed, filterable and sortable are optionas, dataIndex and name must be the same
              #header is for the data grid, 
              #next time i'll show the code for updating the datagrid
      
            ]
}

{
            'rows' : records,
            'count' : total,
            'metaData' : meta
}

*sepanme disculpar la gente que no es amante de la programación que lee este blog, prometo discriminar los posts con el tag {Dev} para que puedan obviarlos.

Nota: si mi jefe se enoja por poner snippets de code, entonces borraré los posts :B

Steve Conte + Yoko Kanno - Could You Bite The Hand? Composición : Yoko Kanno
Titulo : Could you bite the hand? (¿Morderías la mano?)
Album : Commemoration For the Earth Collection Album Space Bio Charge // Wolf's Rain Ost
Cantada por : Steve Conte
Letras por : Tim Jensen
Letra original de : AnimeLyrics
> Descargar < English another gun for hire and just another day
when you are done, you just abuse it, whatever you say
if you were offered some, would you wanna bite the hand?
would you betray a friend to prove you're cold then walk away?

we were born with nothin' I don't want, but you need something
you want glory, I need none and it's coming between us

people are born with
people are born without
some people have
and others want
what some go without
some people live free
some people just want more
as for me I got all that I need

do you still think that we're not brave if we don't bleed?
we've seen so much blood and violence already, how much do you need?
you howl and fight your war and talk of being free
won't let you in, they're just usin' you so why won't you see?
some people are born so much closer to the sun
holdin' out their hands and grabbin' golden rays, they are the chosen few
but we both know of course that's not you or me
and I'd be telling the truth if I said it don't matter, so how bout you?

can you tell me really you don't need it, you don't want it
if you can, cool, if you can't, the difference between us

people are born with
people are born without
some people have
and others want
what some go without
some people live free
some people just want more
as for me I got all that I need
don't got much but I got what I need

some people are always reachin' for some things that they don't need
I'll tell you now with thoughts like that there will never be enough
some people always struggling for something that is not
I'll tell you something now that I'm really just fine lovin' what I got


Español
Otro asesino a sueldo, es solo otro dia más.
Cuando terminas, te abusas. Lo que tu digas.
Si te ofrecieran algo, no morderias la mano?
Traicionarías a un amigo para probar que eres frio y luego te marcharías?

Nacimos sin nada. Yo no quiero, pero tu necesitas algo.
Quieres gloria, yo no la necesito y eso se puso entre nosotros

Hay gente que nace con,
Hay gente que nace sin.
Algunos tienen,
y otros quieren,
lo que algunos van sin tener.
Algunos viven libres,
otros solo quieren más.
Pero yo, tengo todo lo que necesito.

Aún piensas que no somos valientes si no sangramos?
Hemos visto tanta sangre y violencia ya, cuanta más necesitas?
Aúllas y peleas tu guerra y hablas de ser libre,
no te dejarán entrar, solo te están usando, por qué no lo ves?
Algunos nacieron mucho mas cerca del sol.
Levantan sus manos y agarran los rayos dorados, son, los pocos elegidos.
Pero nosotros dos sabemos por supuesto que no es nuestro caso,
y estaría diciendo la verdad si dijese que no importa, y, tu que piensas?

Puedes decirme que realmente no lo necesitas, no lo quieres.
Si puedes, bien, sino, la diferencia es entre nosotros.

Hay gente que nace con,
hay gente que nace sin.
Algunos tienen,
y otros quieren,
lo que algunos van sin tener.
Algunos viven libres,
otros solo quieren más.
Pero yo, tengo todo lo que necesito.
No tengo mucho, pero tengo todo lo que necesito.

Algunos están siempre buscando cosas que no necesitan.
Te diré ahora, con esa mentalidad nunca habrá suficiente.
Algunas personas siempre pelean por cosas que no son.
Te diré ahora, estoy realmente bien, amando lo que tengo.


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NDT:
otra traducción rapidita antes de salir a hacer cosas.
Amo esta canción, es super sencilla, una guitarra y la voz de steve.
Aún así esta espectacular. Sale del anime de Wolf's Rain.
Hay algunas frases muy complicadas de traducir, pero la mayoría son sencillas. La cuestión es acercar un poquito el contenido a los que no saben inglés y compartir la canción. no hacer una traducción perfecta, so , espero que les guste.