Downtime
April 10th, 2007 · Posted in Meta ·My most humble apologies to the dozen-odd people who have been bugging me to write something - hopefully this post and the next will explain the ‘why’ and the ‘what now’ as to the content drought this little blog has been experiencing.
Why?
I don’t want to just be a link regurgitator - pointing out the novel and the amusing, there’s plenty of others who (among other things) are fantastic at pointing out the new and noteworthy, and they do a far better job than I.
I want to write things that provoke thought, or are of interest to me* and those who read my posts. Lately I haven’t had much in the way of interesting content to write about - I’ve had plenty of ideas, but haven’t output anything.
Work has been busy lately - the company I work for was acquired by one of the largest software companies in the world, and there have been… several… changes to requirements - most of which directly involve my team and I. Because of this I’ve been spending most of my brain power on work, and what’s left at the end of the week just wants to veg.
I’ve also started work on a side project that I’ll probably reveal at some point, but for now it will remain cloaked in secrecy (woooo… mysterious)! It’s taking up a chunk of my time as well.
I’ve also been playing frisbee with Matty, who is getting pretty decent at it.
So that’s why I haven’t been posting much.
RodeoClown: Drained
*I realise that those things that interest me may not necessarily promote thought, hence the distinction here.
April 10th, 2007 at 1:54 pm
oooo… side project … looking forward to hearing about that…
April 11th, 2007 at 1:07 pm
Ian — good for you for taking a little time to just “be” (aka veg) in your off-time. Thanks for the update, though. I was beginning to wonder if Australia melted
April 11th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
No, Australia hasn’t melted - it’s actually pretty cold at the moment (for this time of year anyway).
the ‘What Next’ post will be coming soon - another thing I’m trying to do is take my time with posts, ensuring they’re baked fully before putting them out there.
April 17th, 2007 at 9:10 am
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April 18th, 2007 at 9:07 am
Dez posts a nice comment here.
April 18th, 2007 at 3:33 pm
You did use your “internet magic”!!