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Happy Camper Studios and Rising Tide Software are to be no more.
Everything is being done amicably; this was a pragmatic choice based on business conditions. I would have preferred this journey had a different ending, but it was still a good and valuable trip.
I think the world of David and Logan and expect them to go to greater things.
While the Happy Campers were prime movers behind Monkeybars and Rawr, as individuals we will still be looking after them. We may not all have the same chance to use them in daily production work, so enhancements may be slower in coming. On the bright side, the code has reached a stable state, so they’re in good shape already.
Go read what Logan has to say on the demise of RTS and HCS. It’s quite interesting, though I don’t agree with all he says.
In particular I disagree about having a partner. So far my experience is telling me that the magic number is two. It really helps to have someone else to bounce ides off of, someone who can cheer you on when you’re down, and vice versa. Sure, three people can do that, but for various reasons it gets unbalanced.
You really want to be sure that everybody gets to partake in discussions, but it’s not as easy with two other people to grab the phone or to pull someone aside when something pops into your mind. With each extra person there’s that extra bit of organizational friction, not in a personal sense, but in a physics lab “work and coefficient of friction” sense. You move a little slower, people get out of sync.
It’s speculation, though. There’s no way to know how any business would have been different with this or that organizational change. You can posit that there would be some difference, but not know if that difference would have been good or bad. (Excusing the pathological cases, of course.)
I’m reviving Neurogami as my consulting operation. I have some projects lined up, but I’m always interested in speaking to people about building things. Still hacking Ruby, plus working on Android apps, staying abreast of new tech, making stuff, and always looking ahead.
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