Announcement #2: Sorry [updated]

It's with a heavy heart that I do this, but following on from yesterday's announcement, I have to call time on the Micro ISV Digest.

In honour of the digest, I'll do the main reasons in bullet form:-

• The obvious one: I'm leaving V4 Solutions and won't be continuing indefinitely with this blog.
• My new blog is game focused, and most of the Micro ISV Digest content wouldn't be appropriate.

There are some secondary reasons that are a little more selfish. For one, to paraphrase Bob, I just don't need to wear all those hats anymore. My role at Antair is primarily development, game development at that, and I feel like it's time for me to update my daily reading accordingly. The digest always worked for me because the things I included were all the things I enjoyed reading, or felt like I needed to know that week. I don't think that's going to be the case anymore.

Also, I'm a little tired. Aside from a couple of weeks off earlier this year, I've been doing the digest every monday for almost 3 years. I have the kind of OCD personality that makes the urge to get to the 3 year anniversary very strong, but I think I'd end up phoning it in.

I'm a creature of habit, so life without the digest is going to be weird for me. It'll be strange not needing to follow everything the community produces, just reading articles instead of looking for things for Monday, getting that little weekend time slot back... The digest was always my little delimiter at the end of a week, a way of saying "that week is done, now clear the decks and get started on the new one". I hope life doesn't start to feel like one big long week, that would be horrible.

I hope there's someone out there interested in starting something similar, it always felt like a good service for the community, and it always felt great to throw a little google juice to the new products that launched each week. That's the part I'll miss the most, I might even post a few of those for old times sake from time to time.

I don't want to finish this blog post, because then I'll have to post it, but I can't just ramble on all day.

So, I'm really sorry, but Monday's Micro ISV Digest was the last one.

UPDATE

It's not all doom and gloom, folks. This afternoon, Bob Walsh contacted me and kindly offered to keep the Micro ISV Digest alive over on 47hats. It seems like a great fit for Bob's site, and I know he cares about and follows the community closely enough to keep the quality high. It should also be great news for the featured Micro ISVs, as Bob should be able to get their blog posts and announcements in front of a larger audience than I was able to provide here.

I'm looking forward to reading the digest to keep up with the community... it'll feel spooky, but nice.

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