Checkmate in 3 moves - I have failed.

[BSF]

Michael,
Missing the deadline for the conversion is no big deal. I appreciate that you put the pressure on yourself and that you strive to fulfill your committments. But to suggest that you have failed the entire community here is a bit of an overstatement.

Meet your work committments first. Things happen and the only ones that won't understand that are the ones that haven't had the opportunity to juggle differing responsibilities. You have your head in the right place to focus on the work responsibilities.

As folks have already mentioned, eat healthy. On top of that, get plenty of liquids. When you are head down on a project, it is easy to neglect yourself. Stand up and walk outside every so often to keep the blood moving, get fresh air and relax your eyes a bit. When work is all done, get some rest. After all that, then think about hitting the conversion here.

You haven't failed anybody in my book.

 

[genshou]

You have to earn a living to be able to eat. We can't starve you just to upgrade the site.

Real life always has to take precedence over things like D&D and fansites. You've done enough for this site over the last several years that you don't have to put that kind of pressure on yourself. If it turns out that real life ends up swamping you too much you can always get help, but don't worry about the site if it's gonna cost you a job. We like a Michael Morris that has a house/apartment/whatever and a belly full of yummy stuffs.

 

[Olaf the Stout]

No biggie Michael. You paid job should always take precedence over volunteer work for EN World. We can wait a little longer. The site is still perfectly usable still. We can still post so all is good.

Olaf the Stout

 

[Eridanis]

Michael - please take this as constructive criticism. This is not meant negatively, as I and others appreciate what you do.

Is there anything in your work plan for the new site that you could have others help you with? There are several talented and trustworthy designers and programmers here on the site whose expertise can be tapped. (I'm not one of them; my skills end at 1999-era HTML!) Are there any blocks of work that could be handed to someone like Dinkeldog that he could take care of, and hand the finished work back to you? In a sense, you'd be like the project manager - one who does most of the work himself, but delegates portions of it to others.

I think this would help ease your personal stress and self-directed frustration. Consider this metaphor: you've built the house, installed the wiring and plumbing, and now you just need a few people to put up some drywall and paint the place. No one will look down on you for asking for help; everyone will know you did the bulk of the work.

Just a suggestion.

 

[jaerdaph]

Michael, everything you do around here is appreciated - don't sweat it!

 

[Enkhidu]

Michael - please take this as constructive criticism. This is not meant negatively, as I and others appreciate what you do.

Is there anything in your work plan for the new site that you could have others help you with? There are several talented and trustworthy designers and programmers here on the site whose expertise can be tapped. (I'm not one of them; my skills end at 1999-era HTML!) Are there any blocks of work that could be handed to someone like Dinkeldog that he could take care of, and hand the finished work back to you? In a sense, you'd be like the project manager - one who does most of the work himself, but delegates portions of it to others.

I think this would help ease your personal stress and self-directed frustration. Consider this metaphor: you've built the house, installed the wiring and plumbing, and now you just need a few people to put up some drywall and paint the place. No one will look down on you for asking for help; everyone will know you did the bulk of the work.

Just a suggestion.

This is good advice. ENWorld would benefit from more hands on the dev team, and it would be a great leg up in your chosen career - at some point you'll need to build up demonstratable project management experience if you want to step up the career ladder.

Bringing a real team on board (an OS support resource, another coder or two) would be a win/win.

 

[Vempyre]

If getting ENWorld 2 laters means it's not gonna be a "must be the clock" but a "solid as nails" release, all the better!

I prefer delayed releases which are solid and working when they do get released

 

[DCrane1]

It's All Good

I don't post a lot but this made me stop lurking. It's no problem Morris. The boards are still working and producing good discussion and good ideas, if they get updated a little bit later, that won't change. You tried to succeed, and you didn't Mike. That's not a problem to me, and it probably isn't one to anybody here.

 

[DaveMage]

Meh.

I'm holding out for EN World 3 anyway....

 

[Mishihari Lord]

Doesn't bother me. Thanks for all your hard work on the site.