Last night we all had a great time celebrating my release from the company where I've worked for the last 20 years. It was really heartwarming to hear the thoughts of everyone who showed up and read the messages from those who couldn't make it.
I started out my day by waking up at 4:30, which is quite unusual for me, and working on some web code I've been playing with. I'm trying to master CSS, and it's really a pain because of Microsoft. Their Internet Explorer browser seems to have it's own ideas about how to render pages regardless of my style sheet's commands. So I spent 2 hours figuring out (mostly by Google searches and trial & error) that an empty DIV will have a height large enough to contain some text regardless of the height you've set. Sheesh! So resorting to yet another IE CSS hack, I set the font-size attribute to zero and the problem went away.
I'm planning to spend the next couple of weeks clearing my head and planning a new path. I don't know exactly what I'm going to do, but I'm looking forward to some freedom from the restrictions I've lived under for as long as I can remember. I'm considering options like:
- starting a company, probably to provide web apps in a SaaS model
- working for another company that is established, but only if it has laser focus and a commitment to be on the leading edge
- joining a start-up operation
- observing, reporting on, and editorializing about developments in the information and telecommunication technology space (hence the name of this blog)
- working as a consultant (not a contractor) and maybe starting a consulting firm with a few more smart people
I'll try to post something every day that I hope you'll find interesting.
