http://nateburba.com Portfolio, Resume and Ramblings Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:54:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thomas S. Kuhn states that a good indicator of disparate studies coalescing into a paradigm of science is when new discoveries are not published in books for the learned public at large, but, rather, published in letters and essays addressed to peers of the same discipline. This exclusivity and use ... http://nateburba.com/philosophy/thoughts-on-the-structure-of-scientific-revolutions/ I've recently switched gears from the That's a Comic! project to the iPhone game project. I will be using Cocos2D for most of the heavy lifting. This is also my first foray into Objective-C and a triumphant return to a C based language after years of not touching C or C++. Here's ... http://nateburba.com/software-development/learning-cocos2d-and-objective-c/ Here is the (hopefully) finished version of the logo for the That's a Comic! website: http://nateburba.com/comics/thats-a-comic-logo/ In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, self help guru Stephen Covey reveals a large number of profound (yet rooted firmly in common sense) concepts to promote personal emotional growth or "effectiveness" as he calls it. He explains the concrete principles underlying humanity (principles like integrity, honestly, and compassion) ... http://nateburba.com/philosophy/thoughts-on-the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-people/ Here are some initial character designs for That's a Comic: [caption id="attachment_619" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="Burba"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_618" align="aligncenter" width="180" caption="Julie"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_621" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="Mike"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_620" align="aligncenter" width="130" caption="Jon"][/caption] http://nateburba.com/comics/thats-a-comic-character-designs/ Ramifications of Wikipedia - The Second Renaissance: Inspired by the ease at which one can do research using modern tools (Wikipedia), I wonder what future intellectual thought will be like with such a broad range of study at our fingertips. Wikipedia allows you to easily locate information to gain a peripheral understanding ... http://nateburba.com/philosophy/ramifications-of-wikipedia-the-second-renaissance/ As my foray into the blogosphere begins and I am about to start my first real day with a blog, I would like to post my first inspirational image of the day/week/month/whenever: [caption id="attachment_54" align="aligncenter" width="327" caption="Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in jail in Birmingham"][/caption] Dr. King was not only a great ... http://nateburba.com/politics/step-1-inspire/ This is the inagural post of The Burba Blog, the place to find everything and anything about that guy who promises to never stop bugging you about all sorts of interesting un-interesting things. Let the blogging commence! http://nateburba.com/uncategorized/first-pos/