Ten years ago I woke up to leave for Denmark for the first time. Ten years later I woke up next to my wife and daughter. Just like that, they were there. Just like that it became a family, a family that I hope will continue the pursuit of happiness and dreams and the like. Its a new journey, a wonderful cycle of new and renewal. That this day fated so many sunsets ago i would begin a new life to watch it blossom into an amazing world and career, and now i begin again to a new life in the most literal sense of the world. I cannot wait to see how this life plays out.
some 5 years ago, i started a project that i really called 'project caveman' and really it was a name i gave myself and it wasnt anything super official of a name. It does live on a few internal documents, but i'm sure they all gave it a much more minor, mundane name. I mean, who was trying to reinvent the wheel? I spent almost a year on research, which led to almost another year on development of prototypes and eventually presenting my results to a team which would take it further to market. It was almost a solitary effort at least when i started and with a lot of help when it ended. Driving it was a complete learning experience.
That wheel finally came out, not so far removed from the original but hey, i'm proud of it.
I built it into something for my daughter. The model would gently rock her back and forth and I hope it would put her to sleep. Lots of fun details in it and the like. The part designed ended up being the part that her head would rest on. In function, i would have to put a pillow and a blanket to make sure she was comfortable (and you'll never see it for fear of any ethical repercussion). I found that to be an ultimate parable. That my projects would hold her head, and i hope they do, and i hope that thats how she sees the work that i do and maybe thats how i should see the work that i do. It was pretty cool, the lights of the hub would shine through the pillow and would make a halo effect. I took it apart already, to build more cool things.
Be assured young one, rest your head amongst daddy's world, to help hold you up and bring you your dreams.
