Breaking the ice. Blank page syndrome.
I haven’t written in this blog for some time now, and I’ve been wanting to get back into it, but I didn’t want to approach it as strictly some sort of diary. Instead, something more akin to stream-of-consciousness: whatever is on my mind at the time. I still struggle with perfectionism, as mentioned before, but I think I’m getting better at that.
Why now? I think because I retired a month ago, and that’s a fairly big life event. Not only do I have more time on my hands, I also have a lot of thoughts that have perked up in the past that once again spring to mind. My hope is to be able to write about them instead of just letting them fade away once more.
There probably won’t be too much technical content, as I’m not engaged in the world of tech as I had been when employed. I still like coding, though, and have started working on updating a very old project: Dabo. It was first developed in 2003, but has been stagnant for at least the last decade. It’s an amusing enough of an endeavor to hold my attention, and I have no expectations for it. Just something to keep the brain sharp.
Please, do not menospreciate Dabo. It is a very needed tool.
I was expecting that somebody take it again, and finished. I never understood it, because can’t take the whole pack with some directions to install and execute it. Just little pieces spreaded everywhere in the cloud.
Please, continue. Thanks a lot.
Luis
We only let it go unmaintained because we were both busy with our jobs, which didn’t involve Dabo at all. Now that I’m retired, updating Dabo is a fun way for me to satisfy my technical side.
What would be helpful is to ask about something that you might want to build in Dabo, and I could maybe put together a small demo app to help you (and others) along.