Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Ah, back to work today. A million and one things to do - the challenge is to focus on the road ahead through the mist.
The hardest part of being responsible is dedicating large chunks of time to the things you dislike doing when there are more than enough things you like doing to keep you occupied. The only answer I fear is to bite the bullet and spend some serious time improving the situation.
One of my patches to Muse-Mode got accepted and now my name's in the AUTHORS file - which still makes me smile every time it happens. Free Software can give you a real kick out of the things that are mundane in the day to day. The reason for this is anthropoligical rather than technical - you get micro-payments of kudos to feed your soul.
I'm fairly certain that peoples happiness is dependent on shared experience. The experience of bug fixing on your own, for your own project can be dull or even depressing. Having someone to tell about your fix; having someone understand your fix; having someone say, "Hey, cool!" - these things make you happy.
