I’ve made enough posts here without making a mission statement of any sort, so here goes.

I want to help others like myself, curious and wanting to learn. I wish I’d had someone to share things with me several years ago, things I learned through my own trial and error, through blood and sweat dearly earned.

I chose to become a programmer simply because their is nothing quite like it. All you need is intellect, logic, and creativity. And with those base ingredients, you can construct anything. Anything at all. It appealed to me, the power a programmer has over this inscrutable machine called a computer. I found it easy, and interesting, and thus my life goal was set.

However, what kind of programmer was I to be? Will I be an egghead academic, working on complex and unknowable topics? Will I become a Unix hacker, complete with scruffy beard and free software on the tongue? Will I become one of those web 2.0 darlings, perfectly awkward in the limelight, and caring about things like ‘spiders’ and ‘eyeballs’ like they were some witche’s brew? I don’t know yet, but I do know, I have more fun making and designing games than anything else, and that is where I will head.

But no, I don’t want to join Blizzard, or Bioware. No, I’m starting my own company! One where code monkeys can swing in the trees and go home at the end of the day. One where Artists of every kind aspire to be hired. A place where brilliance seeps out of the walls, and is breathed in like so many spores. I am making OddCo, with my best friend, Ruby. Join me for the ride.