[pawn]

I briefly entertained the idea of doing business a while back and it didn't last past the first meeting. The first problem was that he didn't respect the technical side, and he had a pretty technically complex idea with no clue how it'd be implemented. You don't want to tell someone how hard their job isn't unless you actually know, and even if you do, you don't make friends that way.

Another corralary tidbit is that I tend to like people who I feel I share at least some common interest with. If I say I like videogames and you immediately dismiss them as something you outgrew, I immediately have a lower impression of you. Don't let me catch you pretending though. That's pretty irritating and tells me you're not trustworthy.

Dale Carnegie does a good job of teaching how to get along with people. I was skeptical at first but he's got some good stuff.

[tamle]

Hey Pawn - did that person think, "oh you just need to go build it and everything will be fine?"

If so, I completely understand why it didn't get past round 1.

Speaking of video games - play anything good lately?

[pawn]

Yeah, he had it in his mind that someone could build it in a few weeks and walk away, and he'd be set from that point forward.

On the videogames question, I've actually been working on creating an xbox live indie game and expect to be done in a few weeks. So, I haven't been gaming much lately, been focusing pretty hard on trying to wrap up. I did download the free zelda game for 3ds and had fun with it for an hour.