It's difficult to come back to the blog after an absence without explaining what I was up to, what kept me from writing. I always feel I owe some sort of explanation for an unannounced silence.
In this case, it was pretty simple: changes are coming in my life and I needed some time to consider them. I find that when I'm sharing my thoughts with others on a more-or-less constant basis that my ability to work through deeper issues is lessened. This is why, every so often, I take some time to myself to just ... ponder. Often I don't realize I need to do this until I'm doing it, which is often why it comes without much warning.
I don't want to overstate it, however. I wasn't engaged in intense 24x7 meditations. I did take some time for family, enjoying mid-winter play with family and friends. Sledding, water sliding, geeking out at science museums with my son; building igloos in the mountains and watching fireworks on New Years with my wife. That sort of thing.
Most of the time, however, I was re-centering myself, finding where my energy is (and isn't) and working out what I wish the next few years to look like. I'm comfortable with the conclusions I have come to, and thankful for the support I've received during this process, particularly from family.
The path these decisions will have me embark on is not entirely easy nor comfortable. It embodies the good kind of the "scary": the tension that comes from doing something really exciting, really out there on the edge of your abilities; something that you can not guarantee a positive outcome for 100%, but which you really, really want to do with all your being and you know is within your abilities if you strive hard enough.
One of the most significant results of all the pondering in relative silence is this: My role within KDE and my relationship to the F/OSS community is going to be changing this year in fairly significant ways.
I will be writing more on this over the course of the week, culminating in an announcement on Friday that I hope you will find as exciting as I do. :)
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Thanks for the write-up Aaron, your absence from the planet was being noticed but everybody should take his private time! Looking forward to your announcement!
Aaron!
We are waiting for your announcement with big excitement and expectations!
I consider you as one of the best programmers of the world and the most important person for the KDE project.
I try hard to self-study code and hence to be able to contribute to KDE and if you don't mind, I would like to tell me which programs you use to inspect and write code.
Is Kdevelop suitable for this?
It is always interesting to read your posts, and I must confess that the planet without your presence is not the same thing (not meant to be offensive to all the other great writers!). I think your role within the KDE project has been fundamental and your leadership (if I can call as such) very positive. Hope changes you are going to announce will push KDE to a next level.
Announcement on Friday... The day when OwnCloud 3 will be released... So obviously the big surprise will be that you'll going to be working for OwnCloud inc. ;)
@GREG BATMARX: don't listen to me too much when it comes to what tools i use .. i'm a bit of a dinosaur, having cut my teeth in the late 80s and early 90s. so to this day i still use vi(m) and konsole. tabbed konsole is probably the biggest innovation i use today from the last 10+ years ;)
kdevelop, however, is a very nice tool that is very capable. just because i've never gotten overly comfortable with IDEs in generally shouldn't dissuade you: give it a spin! if kdevelop turns out not to be to your liking, then try out Qt Creator, which is a bit more streamlined if not quite as general purpose.
cheers and happy hacking :)
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