Hi! I'm a Toronto-based software engineer, product guy, and all around computer person. I like working on products used by millions of people. I've been doing a lot of mobile development lately.
November 21st, 2009, by alex
The Making of Prince of Persia
I just finished reading Jordan Mechner’s old journals from his time creating Prince of Persia - it’s long, but probably one of the most fascinating things I’ve read online in months. A real gem.
I loved the Prince of Persia games when I was a kid (who didn’t?), so it was great to get a [...]
July 13th, 2009, by alex
Riding a Twitter trend: #firstdraftmovies - an adventure in three days
I recently got caught in a small whirlwind, and came out the other end a few days later. Much like startup life, but on a much smaller scale.
Day 0: The initial excitement
On Thursday, I start noticing some amusing #1stdraftmovielines tweets - at first in @donttrythis’s feed, then a few others. The idea is simple: [...]
April 19th, 2009, by alex
The Art & Science of Seductive Interactions
This is a great presentation I found on Hacker News:
http://www.slideshare.net/stephenpa/the-art-science-of-seductive-interactions?type=presentation
The presentation gives some pointers on how to seduce users to explore and maybe fall in love with your app. It echoes a lot of the lessons I picked up developing Facebook apps.