Dry spell
Wow, I haven’t touched this thing for some time.
It’s not that I have forgotten about it; I have 4 unfinished topics, 2 of which might actually be worth someone reading. Blogging just hasn’t done much for me these past months — or is it years already? Yeah, now that I look back through the archives, my posting seems to have dropped off sharply right around the time 2 things happened; the start of my company and the birth of my daughter. Those happened within 3 weeks of one another. It was a hectic time; perhaps it stayed that way. The only flurries of frequent posts were actually centered around Open Space meetings with Bruce it seems. That stands to reason; those events were oases of peace and inspiration amid the desert that was my first independent contract; quite a soul-drainer, that one.
It certainly hasn’t been a case of not having topics to write about; my encounter and subsequent embrace of Python, my disillusionment (gasp!) with the Rails community after checking it out for awhile, discovering Domain-Driven Design (or did it discover me?) and the revelations that have ensued; tons going on, just haven’t felt inspired to write much.
It seems like the dry spell might be passing, but it’s too early to pass judgement. What I do know is that this is the first I’ve felt like updating this thing in forever.
Missed you. :)
Comment by Tom K. — July 14, 2007 @ 6:14 pm
Ah, Barry. Glad to see you “back”.
Agree on Bruce’s events being oases of peace and inspiration.
So, do tell. What have you been doing with Python? Any chance you’re going to make it to PyCon08? It’s in Chicago, so I will probably get there. And, of course, hoping to see you at CodeMash in January. Doing a Call for Speakers in the next month or so.
Your CB buddy,
Dianne
Comment by Dianne Marsh — July 16, 2007 @ 11:14 am