it is easy for me to get caught up in the technology wars, chasing after the silver bullet in technology, the negativity that is associated with having to deal with bad software, bad implementation practices, and much more...
... but, i am getting weary lately of getting bent by all these distractions.
Software is what i want it to be. there may be norms, there may be standard practices, there may be accepted and practiced conventions. But there are no rules. There is only your imagination and your ability to break free of so many of the norms that stifle creativity.
i forgot why i like developing software. i actually do this more times than i care to admit. i do all the bad things i mentioned above. i only have myself to blame when i do this.
i like developing software because there really are no limits or boundaries other than your own imagination and ability. i am talking about developing software as a one person shop, where there are no meetings, no deadlines. A world limited only by your own imagination and skill.
i also, far too often, forget the joy of engaging in an activity where you have total freedom, and total control. kind of like the guys on Swamp people, though probably not as cool as being a gator hunter. i suspect i forget this because i have to spend far too much of my time these days developing things i am just not all that interested in.
work really sucks when you are doing things that are not of much interest. when you have a gig that engages you it is not really work at all. But, with time being scarce and at a premium i still need a development fix that interests me.
i have found a new hobby in hydroponic gardening. i am documentating my experiences and learning. i want to put together a website on the subject. Putting two and two together i just do not want to go the drudgery of yet another website (yaw). I want to try a new user experience for delving into information. i have no idea what that new experience looks like at the moment, but that is half the fun ...
and, like i'm sitting on the beach in the keys with a cold one i have no sense of time or urgency to get anything done :-).
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