Wow 2021?! I keep paying for hosting and domains but I wind up forgetting I have them after a spell. No one is here anyway but I still feel kinda bad. I created this with the best intentions but it just didn’t have the priority that other goings-on had for apparently four years. Let’s recap:
- I’ve still been tinkering. I’ve got a whack of new projects I’ve started and stopped, put aside, moved on, came back and cannibalized and then Frankenstein’d into another project that suffered the same fate. The cycle continues.
- Godot! Wow I really like Godot. Still trying to figure out if I like gdscript or C# though. C# is my primary language but every time I create a new project I flip a coin on which one I am going to use. So much time wasted rewriting things I’ve made in one language then the other
- Self-awareness. Kept beating myself up about not finishing things for the longest time. I’ve largely let that go and started to appreciate that every time I start a project and leave it behind, I take with me the skills that I’ve refined or acquired. Each new endeavor isn’t starting from zero, it’s starting from last project + 1.
So what’s this for? Not sure. I feel like I have ideas to share and no one in my immediate circle who has the capacity listen or appreciate. I want to collaborate but I want ownership. That’s selfish and I’m not putting that out there on anyone. I need to cultivate my own ideas. That leaves me with action and reflection:
Action: Do or make something, get it done, get it working.
Reflection: Let it cool off then step back and evaluate, critique, make a plan to do better or enjoy feeling good about what was done.
What to expect?
Nothing really. I like the idea of using this as a proper blog, a place where I can just put stuff down and get it out. I want to share small things but there’s anxiety associated with putting an idea on the pedestal within the forum of public opinion for the world to walk past and make frowny faces at. Is it good enough? Did I spel it right? I gotta get over that and I’m hoping I will.
I’m looking to share neat shit that I find, do, or realize and I am hoping that some of those frowny faces will turn into inquisitively raised eyebrows. That or maybe just for jotting some stuff down for future me to reflect on. There value in both cases. There’s value in a lot of things that we don’t tend to realize in the moment so why not set it aside to be assessed under seasoned eyes.