A Long Overdue Update

21 August 2006 at 20.05 • in Trifle

A lot has changed in the months since I last posted here. I’ve been rethinking my life and my work, and a lot of things are now up in the air. One thing is clear, though: my indie-development experiment is over. I won’t be completing or shipping Trifle.

Why not? I realized that I wasn’t enjoying the development process, and recognized the feeling from when I burnt out at Microsoft years ago. This gives rise to two theories: (1) Programming just isn’t for me and this second burnout shows that I should find a completely different line of work. (2) Programming itself isn’t the problem, it’s the surrounding circumstances: at Microsoft the problem was that I had no life to balance my work; now (perhaps) the problem is that I’m working alone, and I’d rather be part of a team. I haven’t decided which theory I think is right.

What now? Good question. I’ll probably wind up with a day job of some kind while I try to sort out longer-term plans. I hope to finally attend a workshop or two at Centerpoint, which I’ve wanted to do for years.

What about this blog? I enjoy blogging and I plan to resume posting on a regular basis in September. With my move away from indie development, the focus will naturally shift, so if you’ve been reading this for the programming-geek content, you may be disappointed. I can’t say much about what will replace it ’cause I don’t know myself yet.