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I've been busy for the past two weeks dealing with two completely different projects.

1) I was laid off and thrown back into the job market. Actually, Alacritech treated us all very fairly and continues to be supportive of everyone they had to let go. For example, my key still works and I can still access my computer. This is the second time I've been laid off so I know the routine. It's also the second time I was laid off from a company I was recruited to, leaving my previous company voluntarily. Even so, I have absolutely no regrets about my decision to leave Sunrise Telecom. Sure, if I knew then what I know now, I might have changed my mind (or at least used the opportunity as leverage with Sunrise), but I am absolutely positive that I made the right decision at the time.

2) I went to DunDraCon over the holiday weekend. I don't think I'll be writing a convention report as my writing energy has been going toward cover letters that go along with the resumes I've been sending out. I did manage to spin out a quick feature description for a game assignment system. This was inspired when the DunDraCon system broke following a power outage Friday night, but I do believe that the system is flawed based on anecdotal evidence I've collected over the past 15 years. In general, I don't trust anecdotal evidence, but I do trust in the perception of users. Whether flawed or not, people whose opinion I respect perceive it to be flawed. And in product marketing, a product that is believed to have a problem is just as bad as one that actually has a problem.