You see, when I started to write for the dot, I wrote very liesurely about all of my topics, and it was well received by many. No pressure at all. Now, however, I have become aware of the sheer number of people that read my work (whereas before I was somewhat ignorant of the whole thing) and the whole task now seems rather daunting.
I've really only published two things since Akademy, while I have rough drafts for a dozen more that I am simply not happy with. The problem is that I've now become my own worst critic in the worst possible sense. Every paragraph I lay down is crap in my mind, and I'm letting good articles fester while I write, rewrite and then get annoyed that it never seems to be good enough. (My apologies to the Krita folks, who are patiently waiting for my article on that topic...)
On top of this, Ars Technica has now officially (soft)launched their dedicated open source journal, with a tentative name of #open.ended... these articles are supposed to be rather informal and informative about the events going on within the open source world. The problem is that I'm trying to write each of these articles like they are my life's work, and as a result, I am not writing a lot. I really need to get on this thing, since it is seriously lacking any real KDE content so far... :/
Oh well. On the other side of the coin, my "real life" activities, including my geophysical field work, are going quite well. Still no sign of my luggage from the Akademy trip though.
And now you're up to date. I wonder when Wade will bring out the next 'Gearheads' comic :)
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