|
In october 2008 I published the last release of the Photoshelter Lightroom export plugin, since than no new version has emerged. This is not because it is perfect, far from it, I think there is still a lot to improve.
The reason is simple, I have been extremely busy with work. In november 2008 I started on a project for, at that time, a client. This client is located in a different part of the Netherlands and required a lot of time to commute.
Besides that, it turned out to be a demanding project. This massive project was running for 3 years already, and nearly everything that is vital to lead such a project to succes, failed. No clear specification, no project leader and too much work for to few people.
Initially I was hired to do simply one thing, get one of the modules iready to show to a customer. That is just what I did. In a few months time redesigned and rewrote the software for the module, resulting in a succesfull demonstration for the customers.
Fixing this module however didn't fix the project. It became clear that other modules in the system also required rework inorder to get a product ready for market release.
I really love and enjoy doing this project, albeit a very demanding and time consuming one. And I got rewarded, in august last year they offered me a job. Which I hapilly accepted, since I really believe in the product under development. Besides how many people did get a job offer during the peak of the financial crisis. Yes, I am proud of it!
It did however bring additional changes for me and also for my wife. Professionaly it became even more demanding, since not only getting the product ready for the market was an issue, also getting the entire development process had to be restructured. Lucky for me I was able to get a group of competent software developers together and create a commited team out of it. With the help of scrum (an agile software development process, introduced by one of the team members) we got the team focussed on finishing the product. We are almost there, and I hope to be able to announce the official release on the 1st of april.
Meanwhile my wife and I had another problem. My new job allows us to live closer to her family, but in order to move we first needed to sell our house. In a time where the house market is completely down not a task to take lightly. But my wife did an excellent job to get our house ready to sell. The estate agent managed to convince a couple that our house is the perfect house for them. So to our own surprise our house is sold being on the market for just over two months. How lucky can you get?
So here we are today, packing our belongings and getting ready to move out. At the end of the week we are moving out. We having found a new house yet. But we found a place to live, well at least for the next month that is. It will however be closer to work, so we should be able to find more time to search for new place.
And, if all goes well, I will be able to find time to develop a new version of the export plugin. What would ypu like to see added to the plugin?
|
