I’ve written before about my passion for programming, and my love of programming languages. But I’ve been thinking lately about what drives someone on, in the context of a passion project. If you’re a lover of games, perhaps your passion project is to win as the Celts in Civilization 4. Or if you love Game of Thrones, maybe your passion project is to write lengthy forum posts justifying your head cannon. These typically wouldn’t fall under the description “passion project”, but rather an interest or a hobby. I’ve come to realize that there is a large overlap between my nerdy interests that involve creation of something new, and my nerdy interests of consuming that which was already made for me.
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The many forms of past-time passions
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I’ve written before about my passion for programming, and my love of programming languages. But I’ve been thinking lately about what drives someone on, in the context of a passion project. If you’re a lover of games, perhaps your passion project is to win as the Celts in Civilization 4. Or if you love Game of Thrones, maybe your passion project is to write lengthy forum posts justifying your head cannon. These typically wouldn’t fall under the description “passion project”, but rather an interest or a hobby. I’ve come to realize that there is a large overlap between my nerdy interests that involve creation of something new, and my nerdy interests of consuming that which was already made for me.