Yes indeed, I am back. Was I ever gone? Well, yes, I’ve been rather busy for the last 15 months.

But December 31 was my last day at Values of n. I’m really pleased with the work I did there. Sandy in particular, was a pleasure to work with. I really think that the work that Rael and I did with Sandy has been important work. Dare I say potentially paradigm-shifting? At any rate, I’m convinced that Sandy is really going to go places. If you haven’t signed on to become her client, do try. Though I will no longer be as intimate with her as I have in the past, we’re still going to keep in touch—I’m still her client. And Rael will do a great job pushing forward with her.

So why did I leave? Well, the truth is that, after Julie’s dad died in July, I found that I no longer had the resources to commit to the 80-100 hours/week required to work in a startup. It was just no longer that important to me. Don’t get me wrong, it was rewarding work, but my priorities completely realigned. It was vital that I continue helping Rael to get Sandy’s career launched, but once that was done, it was time for me to move on.

And what am I doing now? Well, first and foremost, I’m taking a few months off. I’m going to spend a lot more time re-acquainting myself with the two terrific women with whom I share a house, and just generally reset myself. Take a few deep breaths. Relax and enjoy life a bit. Sleep in now and then. That sort of thing.

That’s not to say that I’ll be sitting on my ass all the time. I have a very long list of things I want to do during this time, including catch up on my blogging (hence the title of this post), fix some bugs in Bricolage and help get 2.0 out the door, update my Perl libraries (I’ve got some great ideas for improving SVN::Notify), finally get all my digital photos organized, etc. I already spent much of last week revamping our mail system (I outsourced it to FuseMail). And all that’s leaving aside all the things Julie and I want to get done around the house. That’s the really important stuff.

But do watch for more blog posts in the coming months, too. There are a few interesting things I want to write about, and I’ve got some serious catching-up to do. Interested in following along on my adventures? Follow me via Twitter.

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