It bloggles (you see that? you see how funny I can be at 7am?) my mind how quickly the Summer came and went. So much has happened and so much more
needs to.
I do apologize for neglecting you, Mr. Blog. Though, I happen to have some good news, some bad news and some very bad news for you!
First the good, our friend
Caleb got a job with SOE-Austin. This is also sort of the bad news, as he was our main and best programmer on
TOTO. We could design and metagame and do mockups in photoshop all day long, but Caleb was the one who would consistently squeeze out the results. He will be sorely missed on the project and I'm not even sure he'll be replaceable.
Still, I maintain it's only a 10-90% bittersweet ratio. It's awesome that he broke into the industry and I really think he'll go far. Plus, next year when I graduate, he's totally going to get me a job and/or internship (I am unsure if he knows this yet).
With Caleb off getting his job on, as well as hitting some busier-than-normal finals, supplemented by a couple other speedbumps, for now, TOTO is in sort of a transitional period. I don't want to say the project is dead, but it is in a comatose state. The original plan was to reassess our progress and future at the end of the Summer semester. That's where we are right now. My main concern is finding the talent necessary to take us to the next step. That sort of dedication is in short supply, unfortunately.
I'm getting fairly confident in my higher-level programming skills. I'm hoping to progress down a bit and become more comfortable with that new fangled C++ stuff I keep hearing about.
In the mean time, I'm working on a couple smaller projects. One of which I'm pretty excited about. It's primarily text and mockups, something I feel I've grown quite good at. Progress has been made quickly, so hopefully it will be up on my website soon.
As for you, Mr. Blog, I'm going to try to visit you more. I promise.
What's that you ask? What's the "very bad news"? Read the title of this post.
HOW DOES THIS EVEN HAPPEN.
I'm so hungry. =(
