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My honeymoon in New Zealand’s south island was awesome. Allison and I travelled 2035 Km’s which equated to a large portion of the south island. I was able to absorb a lot from the experience but nothing that I can succinctly note. A large part of the experience was standing outside their society as a foreigner and looking in. This gave me a very unbiased view and I was able to see crap television, corny marketting, and human personalities as I had never been able to before.
For a while now I have been aware of the rat race but have not able to really see it. Since returning from my cruisy tour of the south island I have “noticed” the rat race. I think this has been a result of my continuous questioning of society before the honeymoon, my perspective as a foreigner in New Zealand, and then my temporary out of sync perspective after the honeymoon when trying to return back to “normality”. It’s a strange feeling, watching the rat race, and then realising you’re entirely wrapped up in it despite thinking otherwise previously. At least I’ve finally noticed I guess. So here’s what I’m going to focus on:
* Build stuff that people need/want.
* Build stuff in a way that I can be proud of.
Obviously I need to eat, but I think satisfying market demand will solve that issue. The real change will be trying to build something *I* can be proud of. In the past I have simply build stuff out of necessity. That’s a pretty depressing way to live in my opinion, though I know not everyone has the luxury of doing something they enjoy. So here’s to quality software, helping people, and improving quality of life… or something like that.
March 26th, 2006 at 4:30 pm