Cough, ahem, if you and parent didn't read all the way to the end:

>Consume Less

>Reading 20 articles a day on game development feels like work. It is work! But it's useless unproductive work, it's not moving the needle.

>Better to spend less time on Gamasutra, TIGSource, r/gamedev/ (or where ever the cool kids hang out these days) and a little more time in your editor getting stuff done.

I'd be inclined to say that Ludum Dare and Twitch or itch or whatever are up there in the "where ever the cool kids hang out these days" list.