Comments on: First post http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2004/10/first-post/ Personal Development for Smart People Mon, 12 May 2008 13:56:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Brad Williams http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2004/10/first-post/#comment-19 Brad Williams Fri, 15 Oct 2004 16:00:14 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2004/10/first-post/#comment-19 Based on other stuff I've read from you, I'm sure your book will be very insightful, and hopefully cover some new ground. -Brad Williams <a href="http://www.gnfsoftware.com">www.gnfsoftware.com</a> Based on other stuff I’ve read from you, I’m sure your book will be very insightful, and hopefully cover some new ground.
-Brad Williams
http://www.gnfsoftware.com

]]> By: Gordon Bell http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2004/10/first-post/#comment-18 Gordon Bell Fri, 15 Oct 2004 07:05:57 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2004/10/first-post/#comment-18 Hi Steve, good luck on your new blog and new book. I look forward to reading them both. Thanks, Gordon Bell http://www.bellcraft.com Hi Steve, good luck on your new blog and new book. I look forward to reading them both.

Thanks,
Gordon Bell
http://www.bellcraft.com

]]> By: JD http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2004/10/first-post/#comment-11 JD Fri, 08 Oct 2004 18:42:00 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2004/10/first-post/#comment-11 Wow! Great that you started blogging! [Your blog immediately goes in my Bloglines subscriptions..] I have read all your articles at Dexterity site and I must say that they have been very useful. Btw, can we put those articles on this site? I am asking because our Corporate Proxy classifies Dexterity.com as Game site and it doesn't let me read those from Office. [I read and re-read your articles regularly..] Looking forward to your book and articles, JD Wow! Great that you started blogging! [Your blog immediately goes in my Bloglines subscriptions..]

I have read all your articles at Dexterity site and I must say that they have been very useful. Btw, can we put those articles on this site? I am asking because our Corporate Proxy classifies Dexterity.com as Game site and it doesn’t let me read those from Office. [I read and re-read your articles regularly..]

Looking forward to your book and articles,
JD

]]> By: Dustin http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2004/10/first-post/#comment-6 Dustin Thu, 07 Oct 2004 00:56:24 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2004/10/first-post/#comment-6 I think that your timing in writing this book is bang on. Maybe I am just biased because it sounds like I could get a lot of useful info out of it. I look forward to when it is available. I think that your timing in writing this book is bang on. Maybe I am just biased because it sounds like I could get a lot of useful info out of it. I look forward to when it is available.

]]> By: Steve Pavlina http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2004/10/first-post/#comment-4 Steve Pavlina Wed, 06 Oct 2004 19:45:25 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2004/10/first-post/#comment-4 I'm very familiar with David's book -- I helped David with a peer review of a few of his chapters while he was writing it, and he used a screen shot of one of my games in the book. David's book is about how to survive as a self-employed indie game developer, and he devotes a lot of pages to product development. The book I'm writing isn't about making games or even software development. It's for people who already know how to develop their own software and who want to turn that into a profitable business. It's heavy into the business, marketing, sales, and optimization aspects. So while David's book might appeal to novice game developers, my book is meant for experienced software pros who are business novices. There's certainly some overlap between these two books, but the intended audience and the type of content are very different. A book that's a closer match to mine would be Dan Poynter's <i>The Self-Publishing Manual</i>, which is a book written for writers who want to learn how to publish their own books. It doesn't teach you how to write or what to write -- it just focuses entirely on the business side of self-publishing books. I’m very familiar with David’s book — I helped David with a peer review of a few of his chapters while he was writing it, and he used a screen shot of one of my games in the book. David’s book is about how to survive as a self-employed indie game developer, and he devotes a lot of pages to product development. The book I’m writing isn’t about making games or even software development. It’s for people who already know how to develop their own software and who want to turn that into a profitable business. It’s heavy into the business, marketing, sales, and optimization aspects. So while David’s book might appeal to novice game developers, my book is meant for experienced software pros who are business novices. There’s certainly some overlap between these two books, but the intended audience and the type of content are very different. A book that’s a closer match to mine would be Dan Poynter’s The Self-Publishing Manual, which is a book written for writers who want to learn how to publish their own books. It doesn’t teach you how to write or what to write — it just focuses entirely on the business side of self-publishing books.

]]> By: Greg Squire http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2004/10/first-post/#comment-3 Greg Squire Wed, 06 Oct 2004 19:28:23 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2004/10/first-post/#comment-3 Nice to see you started a blog. I have gotten a lot of insight from your articles on Dexterity and am looking forward to your book. You mentioned that you thought this might be the first book in this area. While I don't know exactly the contents of your upcoming book, it does sound similar to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1584502142/qid=1097089925/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_2_1/104-8173519-0121531">The Indie Game Development Survival Guide</a> by David R. Michael. He also gets down to specifics of self-publishing via the net. David's book and yours are the only ones I know of in this space. I thought I'd mention it in case you weren't aware of it. Nice to see you started a blog. I have gotten a lot of insight from your articles on Dexterity and am looking forward to your book.

You mentioned that you thought this might be the first book in this area. While I don’t know exactly the contents of your upcoming book, it does sound similar to The Indie Game Development Survival Guide by David R. Michael. He also gets down to specifics of self-publishing via the net. David’s book and yours are the only ones I know of in this space. I thought I’d mention it in case you weren’t aware of it.

]]> By: Kevin Dangoor http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2004/10/first-post/#comment-2 Kevin Dangoor Sun, 03 Oct 2004 17:55:28 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2004/10/first-post/#comment-2 First comment! :) Glad to see your blog appear, and also glad to hear about your book. Your articles over at Dexterity.com made quite a number of excellent points. I'm looking forward to seeing the book! Kevin Dangoor First comment! :)

Glad to see your blog appear, and also glad to hear about your book. Your articles over at Dexterity.com made quite a number of excellent points. I’m looking forward to seeing the book!

Kevin Dangoor

]]> By: Weblog of Benjamin Adam (Howell) http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2004/10/first-post/#comment-274 Weblog of Benjamin Adam (Howell) Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2004/10/first-post/#comment-274 [...] re I started writing this entry, I posted a link to the blog of motivational speaker to-be <a href="http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/">Steven Pavlina</a>. He has a straight-forward writing style and the fact that he has keeps a weblog makes him stand [...] […] re I started writing this entry, I posted a link to the blog of motivational speaker to-be Steven Pavlina. He has a straight-forward writing style and the fact that he has keeps a weblog makes him stand […]

]]> By: Weblog of Benjamin Adam (Howell) http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2004/10/first-post/#comment-272 Weblog of Benjamin Adam (Howell) Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2004/10/first-post/#comment-272 [...] ational speaker” thing, but Steve Pavlina has some really great articles over at his <a href="http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/">new weblog</a>. I highly recommend it (even though the site breaks in Firefox) Posted lunch time on 12/9/2004 i [...] […] ational speaker” thing, but Steve Pavlina has some really great articles over at his new weblog. I highly recommend it (even though the site breaks in Firefox) Posted lunch time on 12/9/2004 i […]

]]> By: GBGames' Blog » Welcome! or The First Post http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2004/10/first-post/#comment-678 GBGames' Blog » Welcome! or The First Post Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2004/10/first-post/#comment-678 [...] ;active bookmarks” it went downhill from there. First it was just a few blogs, like <a href="http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/">Steve Pavlina’s</a>, but then I found myself with a whole slew of feeds that I could check daily. Anyway, [...] […] ;active bookmarks” it went downhill from there. First it was just a few blogs, like Steve Pavlina’s, but then I found myself with a whole slew of feeds that I could check daily. Anyway, […]

]]> By: whoisnick.com » What’s In A Name http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2004/10/first-post/#comment-833 whoisnick.com » What’s In A Name Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2004/10/first-post/#comment-833 [...] We need to change that. This is why it’s so great to have people like Curt, and now <a href="http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/">Steve</a>, working with people on how to rekindle their passions. Because it’s much more then just a passion [...] […] We need to change that. This is why it’s so great to have people like Curt, and now Steve, working with people on how to rekindle their passions. Because it’s much more then just a passion […]

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