6a's big day

Today was a red-letter day at Six Apart, as the latest addition to the 6a product family, Vox (né Comet) announced itself to the world, in "preview" form. Not to be outdone by its brash young sibling, twelve hours later Movable Type 3.3 launched its public beta.

I'm proud to have contributed to the development of both products-first as an alpha-tester for Vox (when it was known as Comet) and then QA Engineer for Movable Type. After my years in exile, it's great to be back at a company doing big things. It was great to be in the office today feeling the tension, excitement and dare I say joy as Comet became Vox, and the blogs that had been walled off for three months burst out into the light.

Someone very wise (it might have been Roberrt Heinlein's alter ego Lazarus Long) defined happiness as working very hard at what you love. I think 6a exemplifies that attitude. Riding home on BART right now after tweleve plus hours at the office, I'm tired, but a good kind of tired-satisfied, knowing that whatever happens, at least I gave it my all, and so did everybody else on the team.

"When you do something, you should burn completely, like a good bonfire, and leave no ashes."
—  Shunryu Suzuki