Tomorrow
In the last scene of the TV series The West Wing (a show I liked a lot more the first 4 years than the last, but that’s another story), President Bartlett and his wife are aboard Air Force One heading home after 8 years in office. Mrs. Bartlett asks the now former President what he is thinking about. President Bartlett, a man who usually had no issue giving a 20 word answer when 5 would do, looked out the window and said simply, “Tomorrow”. Today, I can relate.
As you are reading this, Nora and I are returning from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, where we attended the 24th annual convention of the Canadian Convention of Southern Baptists. It was the last annual meeting under that name, as messengers approved a name change (to the Canadian National Baptist Convention) and it was also my last official function as Communications Director for the CCSB, a position I held for almost six years.
I came to the CCSB as a 23-year old single fella who thought he knew a lot more than he actually did. Luckily, I was given the opportunity to learn my trade and work on great projects with even better people. I’m particularly proud of our work with e-quip.net, which has expanded to include 15 or so partner sites across North America.
I was also given the freedom to pursue other ventures, most notably my work on SSPAdmin (in 2005) which became SlideShowPro Director in 2006. Since then, Todd Dominey and I have continued to mold Director and SlideShowPro into products that I’m really proud to be a part of. But with continued success came more demands for time in support/development/etc. and toward the end of last year it became clear to me that something had to give. Combined with the monthly travel that my position with the CCSB required, I was burning out pretty quick. So, after months of transitioning to the next Brad, I’m finally a free man and the CCSB is left in good hands. I’ll certainly miss the people at the CCSB, but I won’t miss those 5am wake up calls and four hour flights.
So, what’s next? Well, it’s full-steam ahead working on some really exciting stuff with SlideShowPro and Director (and beyond). Finally being able to devote myself to that full-time is something I’ve been looking forward to for quite some time. Other than that, our personal life will be plenty busy as Nora and I are preparing to move to the US sometime next spring (watch out America, here we come!).
Here’s to tomorrow.
Just a quick note - America is ready - so is your Momma!!!!
Comment left on July 3rd, 2008 at 12:29 pm LinkWell, I haven’t looked at the old blog in a while, mainly because it was never updated…..Glad to hear about your life changes man, drop me a line and lets set up a phone conversation so I can hear more about it. Hope to talk to you, and even better see you soon!
KC
Comment left on July 19th, 2008 at 12:09 pm Link