Now, when I started this blog, I decided every once and a while I would do a spot piece on someone that I felt was very important to the Mono project, and wasnt getting the recognition that they deserved. I have been a bit lax in maintaining this goal, but here I go again :)
Unlike most of my blog enteries that concern themselves with pretty pictures of MonoDevelop, or of bits and pieces of Mono I'm working on, this one focuses more on what I will call, a division of time issue.
Obviously people are limited in what they can do, and how much time they can spend doing it. This is no secret. What is interesting is that some people are able to do more than others in the same time, and other people work best under pressure of a deadline or other constraints. I find that I work best when I'm in a relatively decent mood and have a deadline looming in the distant future, too close and you can get panicked, too far and it doesnt seem important yet.
For the past couple months (the last week or two excluded) the amount of time I have been able to spend on mono projects has been near nothing, however in the last two weeks I have been able to dedicate much more time to what I love. I would assume that has been fairly obvious by the amount of time I have spent blogging and showing pretty pictures.
So, without any futher noise, I bring you my second Unsung Hero of Mono, my ex-girlfriend Natasha.
She and I broke up a bit ago, and I must say it was as mutual as these things come, I left the relationship fairly pleasantly and without too many histrionics (spelling?). Since we broke up, I have been able to do so much more with my time, including rounding off some gac stuff, getting the MonoDevelop project up off the ground, and spending more time playing catch with my dog. All of which are very important to me.
And before anyone takes this entry as a dig on her, please recognize that it is not, and was never intended to be. It is just a statement of fact, Mono is not my fulltime job (I wish), and job + girlfriend + sleep leaves less time for Mono than I would like. When you subtract girlfriend from the equation, Mono gets more attention, after all, the similarities between a big coding project and a girlfriend are greater than it might appear at first glance.
And for those of you addicted to pretty pictures, don't worry I hope to have some more for you soon, thanks to Natasha :)
Posted by tberman at December 18, 2003 11:10 AM