Done yesterday (20101020 We)

[mdlbear]

1020 We
  * snuggle; up 7:10; W=196.2; drugs, nose; laundry, dishes, coffee
  * Spirit day -- wear purple
  @ rowanf: More thoughts on the Eight Verses
  @ Interactive mirror simultaneously increases narcissism and productivity
    Technology Review: Blogs: Mims's Bits: The Future of Interfaces is
    Mobile, Screen-less and Invisible ... um, no.  Via haikujaguar
  @ When's the Best Time to Get the Flu Vaccine? via (coworker) Dan
  @ Spain's Solar Deals on Edge of Bankruptcy as Subsidies Founder
  *- going -back to CRC- _forward to CIC_ at end of fiscal year
  : New facehugger arrived
  @ HOWTO: Securing A Website With Client SSL Certificates
  @ haikujaguar: Retooling Old Writing Strategies
  & long IM with Kat; get her set up with chaoswolf.org in her home directory
    and under git control.
  * bed 11ish; snuggle; bath; bed 00:45ish; snuggle

It felt like a very long day, from getting up early to having a hard time getting to sleep and getting up for a hot bath, which worked as it usually does. But it was productive, even if slightly frustrating.

And I made the big career decision that's been hanging over me for the last month or so: deciding whether to continue in my current job in a production environment, or go back to R&D at the start of the next fiscal year, next April. I chose to go back -- or rather forward, because the research lab I came out of has a new name now, and a focus more on advanced development and innovation than on research. Since I've always been more of a tinkerer and a toolmaker than either a researcher or a product developer, it was a fairly easy decision.

I'll miss the people, the thrill of working on real products, and the short commute. I won't miss the 9-4 core hours and the software engineering work style. I'm not a software engineer, and I'm not even a terribly productive programmer anymore. I make a better mentor and architect than I do a code monkey.

In other news, my new facehugger mask arrived (and worked well all night), and I helped Chaos set up chaoswolf.org and kat.savitzky.net under her own home directory on Dreamhost, and under git control. Go me.

Some good links up there under the cut.