Perforce case study: Vancouver Film School

This is one of the many case studies World Wind Writing has produced for Perforce. Find the complete article here. Vancouver Film School Creatives Pick Perforce Some of the most compelling entertainment produced today is a creative mix of artistry and technical wizardry. Perforce provides the version management platform that lets artists and engineers collaborate …

Intel white paper: The Inner Game of Concurrency

The Inner Game of Concurrency Programming: Optimizing for Intel's Dual Cores While much has been written about the whys, hows, and whether-or-not-to's of threading, there's been little focus on the most productive way to pound a paradigm shift like this one into place. Here's a peek into the Zen of threading for game developers. By …

Girl Geek Dinners: The new-girl network is in full flourish

The new-girl network is in full flourish. At a recent Bay Area Girl Geek dinner hosted by Perforce Software in Alameda, the definition of "girl geek" was more inclusive than ever. From the teenage Cal student simulating Martian life to game developers, from bloggers and new media artists to testers and user experience designers, women are finding …

ThoughtWorks white paper: Agile Program Management

This is one of several projects penned for ThoughtWorks, working with Chad Wathington, managing director of ThoughtWorks Studios, out of the San Francisco office. This "running start" is a typical approach for World Wind Writing (aka moi): "The project manager whose office has become a de facto printing press generating Byzantine reports to stakeholders in the …