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Brian Rice | 23 Aug 10:32

Fwd: Personal Changes

Hi all,

I'm sorry I haven't helped out with the recent discussions. Here at  
least is my latest update for those who are curious.

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> From: Brian Rice <water <at> tunes.org>
> Date: August 23, 2006 1:11:01 AM PDT
> To: Slate project discussion <slate <at> tunes.org>
> Subject: Personal Changes
>
> I have quit my job, for reasons I should not disclose but basically  
> amounting to a loss of confidence in the arrangement, and am taking  
> a break by going to the Burning Man festival next week (for the  
> first time).
>
> Hopefully this will help me sort out what I'll be doing next, and  
> that it will include something cooler for Slate than I've been able  
> to do before.
>
> If you're going to Burning Man, try to look for me! (Or email me  
> ahead of the weekend so we can figure out how to find each other.)

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-Brian
http://tunes.org/~water/brice.vcf
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Brian Rice | 21 Sep 21:16

Re: Personal Changes

Burning Man was great; my head feels pleasantly rewired. However, I  
think I've come to realize that I'm not going to be happy writing  
tools for developers, the same developer community that keeps the  
status quo. It's irrational, but seemingly true.

I've already started a project to start a business. Unlike previous  
ones, this one won't have to be such a damn secret. I'll inform when  
it's ready to talk about.

In the meantime, I'd like to know if there is any interest in  
adopting Slate or parts of it, and what I can do to facilitate that.  
What do you think?

On Aug 23, 2006, at 1:11 AM, Brian Rice wrote:

> I have quit my job, for reasons I should not disclose but basically  
> amounting to a loss of confidence in the arrangement, and am taking  
> a break by going to the Burning Man festival next week (for the  
> first time).
>
> Hopefully this will help me sort out what I'll be doing next, and  
> that it will include something cooler for Slate than I've been able  
> to do before.

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-Brian
http://tunes.org/~water/brice.vcf
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Mark Haniford | 21 Sep 23:23

Re: Personal Changes

Brian, I sympathize with your decision.  When "Java Joe' is still trying to figure out if adding closures to the language is a good idea, it's not a stretch to think
that Slate might be ahead of its time.   Not only that, but there's so many resources that have to go into a programming environment these days compared to, say, fifteen years ago.  Good luck in your endeavors.  

Lee had left a somewhat cryptic post on LtU about "rethinking" some of his ideas, so maybe he's not out of the game completely. 

On 9/21/06, Brian Rice <water <at> tunes.org> wrote:
Burning Man was great; my head feels pleasantly rewired. However, I
think I've come to realize that I'm not going to be happy writing
tools for developers, the same developer community that keeps the
status quo. It's irrational, but seemingly true.

I've already started a project to start a business. Unlike previous
ones, this one won't have to be such a damn secret. I'll inform when
it's ready to talk about.

In the meantime, I'd like to know if there is any interest in
adopting Slate or parts of it, and what I can do to facilitate that.
What do you think?






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Sam Phillips | 23 Sep 11:59

Re: Personal Changes

On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 12:16 -0700, Brian Rice wrote: 
> Burning Man was great; my head feels pleasantly rewired.

Burning Man has a way of doing that to people.

> However, I think I've come to realize that I'm not going to be 
> happy writing tools for developers, the same developer
> community that keeps the status quo. It's irrational, but 
> seemingly true.

Keeping the energy to work on open source projects all the time
is hard.  You should be proud of the how much was accomplished,
and the effort that you and everyone who has contributed put into
it.  It's definitely best that if the project stops being fun that
you probably should let it go to someone else.

> I've already started a project to start a business. Unlike previous  
> ones, this one won't have to be such a damn secret. I'll inform when  
> it's ready to talk about.

Good luck.  And have fun.

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-- 
Sam Phillips
sam <at> dasbistro.com
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