Well…. Oh, really doesn’t matter what brought me here today as most don’t care. However, realize no matter who you are, no matter what you do, your lifestyle, your friends, family, and everything else in life; Time Changes One.
For many things I’ve been “locked” behind a wall due to commitments and agreements with companies I’ve made. The chains are off, time for me to be, well me.
Living in a world today where everyone takes anything negative personally; it is more rough than growing old being who I am. Direct. Nothing personal in what I say and if it becomes personal you will know it as I will say clearly and concisely “It is now PERSONAL”. I may not be an English major but I have control of the language to use the words I mean to say. What I say is the words I said; there is never anything underlying except in the case of sarcasm and well you will now sarcasm if you read me enough or talk to me enough. That is called “getting to know someone”.
I’ve lived my life on two rules having to be met before I take something personal:
- You must personally know me, whether through online communication and getting to know one another or physically in person
- You must find someone who cares about your “opinion”
This may seem like a harsh list; it is not. Rule one is an absolute must and rule two; well not everyone making it past rule one meet rule two as that is determined my myself based on context of what you give your opinion of me about.
It is not harsh to expect when someone gives advice and/or an opinion of who you are, something you have done to give it with logic I understand why they conclude what they said. Remember, because you see something does not mean everyone else does. Columbus believed the world was round in a world believing it was flat. They didn’t believe him because he could not give context in a logical way they could understand why he felt it was round. Instead he kind of proved it was round. So much for majority opinion as that didn’t even prove the one person wrong.
Yesterday was one of those “Time Changes One” days for me.
For a couple weeks I kept thinking of my coming birthday (yesterday); thinking; wholly crap, 65 is a big number. No, I do not feel old. Yes, I’ve been getting to 65 one day at a time over the last 65 years. But this is an age few think of as they move through life. When you’re young; only old people get that old as it can never happen to me. Middle age, life in full swing and you’re not thinking of getting older. Then suddenly you wake one day and wholly crap 65 is a big number.
Now one day past 65 isn’t so big anymore. There are more years to come. However, the mark I’ve left on some people, places I’ve worked and companies I’ve represented; well that is not enough. My mark could have been so much bigger and wasn’t because they chained me rather than let me do what I do. They defended rather than seeing I only want their improving and nothing more.
Money is not everything. Sorry to all of you thinking it is. I decided what I needed in life, what I need has been met. Then I decided what I wanted, reasonably. Not the cheapest, not the most expensive; but somewhere in between at my price and always a result that exceeds my expectations. So money means no more to me because I have enough. If it means more to you, I suggest you ask yourself what does that bigger house, salary, newer car, more trips really mean with the hours you lose for what really matters; people? In the end you have more and have less, ending up chasing your tail because more will always fix less. Unfortunately those thinking like that will never know when they have enough and that will keep them in the loop endlessly.
So some changes are coming.
AniMap will be rewritten using Neo.msj and I will post my journey. I’ve followed Neo since early years and having now matured over the past six years it is ready for primetime exposure.
I will share more about frameworks I’ve used, experience, both good and bad. Sorry, Sencha but you are now heading completely in a wrong direction. If you were listening as you told your MVP’s you would change course, instead you only prove you’re not listening over and over again. After 8 years as one of your MVP’s; well I’ve had enough. The only way I see helping Sencha now is being honest, the continued road will lead to Idera having a fire sale; after all Idera is only venture capitalist wanting more money.
More is coming on life, government, etc. Sorry, I’m done not talking about problems. I’m done seeing everyone heading off a major cliff and our nation being the cost of the jump. Hell, who we are is the cost of this jump.
Blizzard and Diablo 4, yes more coming about my experience with it. Clearly that development team is heading in the wrong direction. The forums are controlled by cupcakes where everything is an insult and insult Blizzard, well look out… Actually, you may not insult Blizzard but give the cupcakes a bad feeling because they didn’t get a cookie because they “woke up” in the morning.
A long post for a long absence. Time Changes One.
