Kineticode Business Changes

Fellow Bricoleurs,

I'm writing with news of changes in how I'll be running
Kineticode  
and serving the Bricolage community.  The reason for this
change is  
that I have joined Values of n, a startup here in Portland
that has a  
groundbreaking new Web app called "Stikkit."

What this means for Kineticode is that we'll no longer be
accepting  
consulting contracts as of March 19.  Since my new job will
take up  
the majority of my time, Kineticode will be limited to
offering its  
support plans, while I will still oversee the Bricolage
project as  
maintainer. Any new business leads will be referred to other
 
Bricolage developers.

I aboslutely intend to keep Bricolage going, but it will be
more up  
to you, the users, to push it forward than has been true in
the  
past.  So consider this a clarion call for your
participation in the  
project. What new features do you want to see? What bugs can
you  
fix?  Check out the source code from the Subversion
repository and  
code it up. Send patches to the developers list. Anyone with
decent  
coding abilities will get a commit bit. It's long past time
that this  
truly became a community project.

In the meantime, I will be doing less active coding on the
project,  
focusing my energies on Stikkit and reviewing your
submissions to  
Bricolage. I do still want to get a development release out
soon,  
once Christian is able to merge his element occurrence
specification  
Summer of Code project into trunk and the required UI
changes are  
hammered out with Marshall. If you want your favorite new
feature in  
by then, send us your patches!

Thanks for the continued support of the project, and for now
jumping  
in and making Bricolage as good as you think it can be.

Best,

David

On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 10:20:44AM -0700, David E. Wheeler
wrote:
> Fellow Bricoleurs,
> 
> I'm writing with news of changes in how I'll be running
Kineticode  
> and serving the Bricolage community.  The reason for
this change is  
> that I have joined Values of n, a startup here in
Portland that has a  
> groundbreaking new Web app called "Stikkit."
> 
> [...]
> 
> I aboslutely intend to keep Bricolage going, but it
will be more up  
> to you, the users, to push it forward than has been
true in the  
> past.  So consider this a clarion call for your
participation in the  
> project. What new features do you want to see? What
bugs can you  
> fix?  Check out the source code from the Subversion
repository and  
> code it up. Send patches to the developers list. Anyone
with decent  
> coding abilities will get a commit bit. It's long past
time that this  
> truly became a community project.
> 
> [...]
>
> Thanks for the continued support of the project, and
for now jumping  
> in and making Bricolage as good as you think it can
be.

Good luck with Stikkit, and thanks for all the hard work to
date. I've often thought you might be an AI bot, with your
near-immediate at-all-hours responses to mailing list posts
(usually clearly explaining or correcting whatever was at
issue). I guess we're seeing that even you have limits. I'm
sure community will fill the void and push Bricolage
forward. It's a great project, and will certainly benefit
from all the savvy folks in it's community (as it already
has (I'm working on putting some of my work back in as I
type this (Drat! Distracted again!))). Three cheers for
Bricolage's future success as a community project, and for
David's past hard work, and continued success.


-- 

-bch

Method Digital Logic
http://www.methodlogic.net

True!
David, thanks for all the hard work, to me it has been
particularly  
important having your quick replies and support! ;)
Best wishes for this new endeavor!

Pedro

On Mar 14, 2007, at 6:21 PM, brad harder wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 10:20:44AM -0700, David E.
Wheeler wrote:
>> Fellow Bricoleurs,
>>
>> I'm writing with news of changes in how I'll be
running Kineticode
>> and serving the Bricolage community.  The reason
for this change is
>> that I have joined Values of n, a startup here in
Portland that has a
>> groundbreaking new Web app called
"Stikkit."
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> I aboslutely intend to keep Bricolage going, but it
will be more up
>> to you, the users, to push it forward than has been
true in the
>> past.  So consider this a clarion call for your
participation in the
>> project. What new features do you want to see? What
bugs can you
>> fix?  Check out the source code from the Subversion
repository and
>> code it up. Send patches to the developers list.
Anyone with decent
>> coding abilities will get a commit bit. It's long
past time that this
>> truly became a community project.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> Thanks for the continued support of the project,
and for now jumping
>> in and making Bricolage as good as you think it can
be.
>
> Good luck with Stikkit, and thanks for all the hard
work to date.  
> I've often thought you might be an AI bot, with your
near-immediate  
> at-all-hours responses to mailing list posts (usually
clearly  
> explaining or correcting whatever was at issue). I
guess we're  
> seeing that even you have limits. I'm sure community
will fill the  
> void and push Bricolage forward. It's a great project,
and will  
> certainly benefit from all the savvy folks in it's
community (as it  
> already has (I'm working on putting some of my work
back in as I  
> type this (Drat! Distracted again!))). Three cheers for
Bricolage's  
> future success as a community project, and for David's
past hard  
> work, and continued success.
>
>
> -- 
>
> -bch
>
> Method Digital Logic
> http://www.methodlogic.net

David,

To reiterate what others have said, thank you for your
contributions 
to the project.  It is good to know you'll remain involved,
and that 
the transition in development models will be handled in the

professional manner that we've come to expect.  I'm sure
that it will 
take some effort to get updates back to the
"smooth" level they were 
at 9 months ago.

FWIW, Denison University (my employer) ran out a test
instance of 
Bricolage last summer.  This year we are looking to migrate
over to 
it.  So we have a very vested interest in seeing this
project 
continue to evolve and succeed.  Although we're small, we've
started 
by contributing some bug reports and a couple patches.  As
we ramp up 
our Bricolage work this year, I'm anticipating more
involvement on 
that end.

In short, we'll look to expand our role in pushing the
project 
forward this year and hope others will as well.

-Matt

>Fellow Bricoleurs,
>
>I'm writing with news of changes in how I'll be running
Kineticode 
>and serving the Bricolage community.  The reason for
this change is 
>that I have joined Values of n, a startup here in
Portland that has 
>a groundbreaking new Web app called
"Stikkit."
>
>What this means for Kineticode is that we'll no longer
be accepting 
>consulting contracts as of March 19.  Since my new job
will take up 
>the majority of my time, Kineticode will be limited to
offering its 
>support plans, while I will still oversee the Bricolage
project as 
>maintainer. Any new business leads will be referred to
other 
>Bricolage developers.
>
>I aboslutely intend to keep Bricolage going, but it will
be more up 
>to you, the users, to push it forward than has been true
in the 
>past.  So consider this a clarion call for your
participation in the 
>project. What new features do you want to see? What bugs
can you 
>fix?  Check out the source code from the Subversion
repository and 
>code it up. Send patches to the developers list. Anyone
with decent 
>coding abilities will get a commit bit. It's long past
time that 
>this truly became a community project.
>
>In the meantime, I will be doing less active coding on
the project, 
>focusing my energies on Stikkit and reviewing your
submissions to 
>Bricolage. I do still want to get a development release
out soon, 
>once Christian is able to merge his element occurrence
specification 
>Summer of Code project into trunk and the required UI
changes are 
>hammered out with Marshall. If you want your favorite
new feature in 
>by then, send us your patches!
>
>Thanks for the continued support of the project, and for
now jumping 
>in and making Bricolage as good as you think it can be.
>
>Best,
>
>David


-- 
Matt Rolf, J.D.
Web Technology Analyst
Computing Services
Denison University
(740) 587-6537

On 14-Mar-07, at 1:20 PM, David E. Wheeler wrote:

> but it will be more up to you, the users, to push it
forward than  
> has been true in the past.  So consider this a clarion
call for  
> your participation in the project. What new features do
you want to  
> see? What bugs can you fix?  Check out the source code
from the  
> Subversion repository and code it up. Send patches to
the  
> developers list. Anyone with decent coding abilities
will get a  
> commit bit. It's long past time that this truly became
a community  
> project.

Okay: so who wants to help plan the next -- first? --
BricolageCamp?  
Or Bricolage Boot Camp?

   

Background reading for those not up-to-speed on the *Camp
movement:  
http://en.wikipe
dia.org/wiki/Barcamp
Plone Boot Camp: http
://plone.org/events/training/plonebootcamps- 
plone-developer-bootcamp-2


Congratulations & good luck, David. You have been
consistent and  
reliable beyond compare; rarely, if ever, has a question
been left  
unanswered on this list. I hope that we can strive as a
community to  
keep that record intact.

Best,

Phillip.

--
Phillip Smith,
Simplifier of Technology
Community Bandwidth

Yes thank you David for all your helpful responses over the
years,  
and for this wonderful code base. I do you wish critical and
monetary  
success with your new project.

I also hope to do more giving back to the bricolage
community too as  
I move into doing my own contracting (as opposed to working
for one  
site all the time).  This help will probably be in the form
of adding  
new tempates for public use and feedback and creating some
basic  
tutorials. Hopefully this will attract are larger base of
users.

This may be one of those instances where someone leaving a
gap will  
encourage the rest of us to rise to fill it.

Thanks again for your work and for a brilliant project.

Dawn


On 14-Mar-07, at 10:20 AM, David E. Wheeler wrote:

> Fellow Bricoleurs,
>
> I'm writing with news of changes in how I'll be running
Kineticode  
> and serving the Bricolage community.  The reason for
this change is  
> that I have joined Values of n, a startup here in
Portland that has  
> a groundbreaking new Web app called
"Stikkit."
>
> What this means for Kineticode is that we'll no longer
be accepting  
> consulting contracts as of March 19.  Since my new job
will take up  
> the majority of my time, Kineticode will be limited to
offering its  
> support plans, while I will still oversee the Bricolage
project as  
> maintainer. Any new business leads will be referred to
other  
> Bricolage developers.
>
> I aboslutely intend to keep Bricolage going, but it
will be more up  
> to you, the users, to push it forward than has been
true in the  
> past.  So consider this a clarion call for your
participation in  
> the project. What new features do you want to see? What
bugs can  
> you fix?  Check out the source code from the Subversion
repository  
> and code it up. Send patches to the developers list.
Anyone with  
> decent coding abilities will get a commit bit. It's
long past time  
> that this truly became a community project.
>
> In the meantime, I will be doing less active coding on
the project,  
> focusing my energies on Stikkit and reviewing your
submissions to  
> Bricolage. I do still want to get a development release
out soon,  
> once Christian is able to merge his element occurrence 

> specification Summer of Code project into trunk and the
required UI  
> changes are hammered out with Marshall. If you want
your favorite  
> new feature in by then, send us your patches!
>
> Thanks for the continued support of the project, and
for now  
> jumping in and making Bricolage as good as you think it
can be.
>
> Best,
>
> David
>

On Mar 15, 2007, at 16:05, Phillip Smith wrote:

> Okay: so who wants to help plan the next -- first? -- 

> BricolageCamp? Or Bricolage Boot Camp?
>
>   
>
> Background reading for those not up-to-speed on the
*Camp movement:  
> http://en.wikipe
dia.org/wiki/Barcamp
> Plone Boot Camp: http
://plone.org/events/training/plonebootcamps- 
> plone-developer-bootcamp-2

We can do it at OSCON if you like.

> Congratulations & good luck, David. You have been
consistent and  
> reliable beyond compare; rarely, if ever, has a
question been left  
> unanswered on this list. I hope that we can strive as a
community  
> to keep that record intact.

Thanks!

David

On Mar 14, 2007, at 17:38, Dawn Buie wrote:

> This may be one of those instances where someone
leaving a gap will  
> encourage the rest of us to rise to fill it.

I hope so. That would rock.

> Thanks again for your work and for a brilliant
project.

Thanks!

David

On Mar 15, 2007, at 06:35, Matt Rolf wrote:

> To reiterate what others have said, thank you for your 

> contributions to the project.  It is good to know
you'll remain  
> involved, and that the transition in development models
will be  
> handled in the professional manner that we've come to
expect.  I'm  
> sure that it will take some effort to get updates back
to the  
> "smooth" level they were at 9 months ago.

Yes, especially since it takes me an average of two days to
put  
together a minor release (never mind a major one), what with
making  
sure all tests pass, trying the upgrade on a couple of my
own  
installs (and fixing the bugs found therein), writing the
release  
notes, sending out announcements, yadda yadda yadda. It
hasn't  
happened in a while because I have not had two days to put
together,  
let alone a week or two to fix all extant bugs.

> FWIW, Denison University (my employer) ran out a test
instance of  
> Bricolage last summer.  This year we are looking to
migrate over to  
> it.  So we have a very vested interest in seeing this
project  
> continue to evolve and succeed.  Although we're small,
we've  
> started by contributing some bug reports and a couple
patches.  As  
> we ramp up our Bricolage work this year, I'm
anticipating more  
> involvement on that end.

That would be great, Matt. Thank you!

> In short, we'll look to expand our role in pushing the
project  
> forward this year and hope others will as well.

Indeed, as do I.

Best,

David

Enter the challenge: http
://contenthere.blogspot.com/2007/03/changes- 
for-bricolage.html



--
Phillip Smith,
Simplifier of Technology
Community Bandwidth