Lecture at the IT University in Copenhagen

Yeah, I agree with LP. Interesting, useful and funny.
I just wonder... you said you worked with (intellectually?)handicapped people, but didn't you work at a library for not so long ago?

Just watched it, it was quite interesting, although I don't completely agree with the part of "trash planning"¹ (at least I am not saying this through a private message  )

¹said the man who also spent a lot of time with an unfinished RPG... 

said the man who also spent a lot of time with an unfinished RPG... 

That's a lot more common than you might think. I used to work on a classic pencil & paper RPG, and planned on making a videogame out of an episode of the series, but never made anything for it (didn't last for 2 years, but still pretty long).

Planning game development is only useful for complex projects, and complex projects (such as RPGs) are usually best made by a group, where written plans help share ideas and establish rules. If you program by yourself, while others work on artwork only, you can safely leave everything in your head: it will still work out reasonably well and come out faster.

I'd argue that at the very least, instead of directly working on pixel sprites, you could still make character sketches; they may be useless for the game, but people generally appreciate concept art.

I got a chance to watch half of the video at school, but I still haven't been able to watch the second half because of my blechlich internet. But what I saw is interesting and entertaining even for me, someone who doesn't and never has made any games.

I've searched the forum for "vimeo", "lecture", and "copenhagen"...I didn't find anybody who posted this:
http://vimeo.com/9440930
 

Damn, first LPChip's site goes down, then my internet won't load vimeo. I really hope I get a chance to watch this.

Here's another indie developer with an "(over)planning is the enemy" message:

http://boingboing.net/features/morerock.html

- reminded me of Nifflas' lecture! :-)