At least I'm not stuck in panic mode like the rest of National, as they scramble to iron out the last wrinkles in this release. All software development cycles seem to be the same -- placid development followed by frantic finalization.
I suppose it would help if software engineering was an actual _engineering_ task. I suppose some aspects are, but for the most part the process of creating of complex software systems is not well defined.
Well, Thursday I learned the first four steps in the Tai Chi stick form -- pretty simple stuff so far. Made a few odd muscles sore through repetition.
Friday's dance class was enjoyable as always. Next week we begin a new cycle, with Waltz and a second-level East Coast Swing. Should be fun!
Did some work on Chapter 9, Power Transmission, yesterday. It's going to be a good chapter! Long, too. I'm still thinking about joining with with 8 and perhaps then dividing it along a different line to balance them more.
Also spent some time thinking about the quiz questions.
I have some initial art for the cover on hand, but I don't know if I can show that or not... I'm thinking not. Don't want to ruin the surprise!
But I will be creating it into a birthday card for Nik... just after I write this, in fact. I'm only about a month late on that. Urgh.
Well, just another entry in this peek into the mundane and fairly boring life of me.
Posted by Edwin at March 21, 2004 03:33 PM