Pillow forts! I remember those.

Actually, playing video games with my boys has helped me not to get angry. They will emulate how you react to certain things. I kept getting dying in a boss in Mega Man X4. In the past, I’d have thrown the remote and call it a day. This time I stayed cool and tried again, and again until I finally beat boss. We were SO happy and there was high-fives all-around.

Nothing beats getting complimented by your own kids 🙂

We are the creators of our future and the world within we live. I firmly believe the only limits we really have are the ones we impose on ourselves, either consciously or subconsciously.

Having children, it really reminds me every day what it’s like to see a day filled with unlimited potential.

Recently, I’ve rediscovered the thrill of blanket and pillow forts. We’re not quite ready yet for playing video games together, but it does sound like tons of fun!

So long as someone doesn’t get angry and throw the remote at the TV. 🙂

Love the picture of creating reality – along the lines of being plugged into the Matrix where the only limitations are those you put on yourself. This is creativity at its finest.

Being a father of two boys (8 and 5), I can def agree with many points about kids. Being a developer in a team, oh yes, you hit it right on the nail!

I’m learning more from my boys each day. One example is that I’m enjoying video games again because they like watching me play. We have beaten Mario RPG, Super Metroid, Mega Man X/X4, and play a bunch of other games. Our next adventure will be Lego video games (they are super fun and creative too!)

Playing video games makes me feel like a kid again! (I’m still a kid at heart, haha)

She doesn’t let just anyone go up you know 🙂 I’m afraid she has very high standards.

Have you gotten invited to go with her to the moon yet? That would certainly be an amazing honor 🙂

Children’s imaginations are amazing. In recent weeks my eldest daughter has spent hours going to the moon and back in her space rocket. Whilst there she has met the man who lives on the moon and brought back various space rocks.

To the uninitiated observer, she’s just getting in and out of a large cardboard box and walking around our living room, occasionally interacting with her dad who is wearing a ridiculous santa hat.

As developers I think our imagination is probably our most important tool. Creating anything starts with picturing a hypothetical future. Once you have that vision, getting there is all about taking small steps towards it. Reading about the latest javascript framework, cloud service or API sparks new ideas and opens doors to alternate futures and then we get the fun bit of trying different approaches to see which works best.

Still can’t beat a trip to the moon though.