***Live Public draft ***
So here my wrapping-up thoughts for 2025.
The Rebrand + Rewriting. How it is going….
The four (4) years since I have made my rebrand + entire book rewrite public announcement, as pathetically slow as this sounds, I can only apologise.
Firstly, I may recite the good news. I have at least finalised and settled the “PGD” or Preliminary Guided Decision since 2023 – that the brand artifacting is indeed final. And so too all the domain name(s) I could purchase outright.
Likewise – moving the needle on the book’s writing. I am making progress. Though passages-at a time ensuring it is as objectively as relevant (without wavering elsewhere).
But now I think it’s time to give a little spiel on behind the scenes struggle. Namely in the actual work – of front-end.
Oxygen Builder Version 6.0 – time to rebuild everything (again)?
I work in the creative industry. There is a never-ending “hype” when it comes to “new” software, “app”. It’s only a matter of time until everyone is on board one train. Then, it’s time to move onto the next dopamine hit.
Anything “new” entices a generation of questions mostly on “what if’s” and “should I or shouldn’t I?”. But the real question is introspecting whether or not one is ready unlearning and re-learning. Than just blindly jumping on the bandwagon.
Throughout at least six months in 2022 – I invested a lot of personal (intra professional I’d say) upskilling, not one not two but three front-end “no-code” platforms, to prepare myself towards these climate of expectations.
Oxygen builder® version 4.0 – landed as my last option. At least it empathises my current ecosystem of content that one, I am still on WordPress®, saving us all the long reading. Migration to another platform elsewhere would have been a lot of work, that which I am not prepared.
Fast forward the very steep learning curves, the staging of this initiative’s “draft” site in a subdomain is just nearing its “MVP”. For little context this means “Minimum Viable Product”. Think of this as “Alpha” release of a digital product that is foundational just enough to perform its core propositions (in this case a website to funnel its propositions for my book, and thought-leadership hub). Albeit “early” release as such, with compromises undisclosed.
Over the last few months, Oxygen Version 6.0 was released. Just when I thought I am close to reach MVP. This forced me once again questioning whether or not I am prepared “enough” to both unlearn and relearn.
And meanwhile, the actual book….is still not yet complete.
And worse – there is no “upgrade” path button that takes me from my current version to version 6.0 . Everything. Every single design website build. Has to be recreated. Given Oxygen Builder Version 6.0 is apparently, a completely new development code base / “engine” so-t0-speak.
Uncovering new salt to the above? Both of my FCPX Libraries; totalling approximately. just over One Hundred (100) gigabytes of shortlisted Footages ~were corrupted as I am publishing this live public draft.
All my FCPX Projects embedded within the library. That is – also including the media files embedded.
Two libraries not just from Nutritional Humility. I lost count – about more than five years worth of work. But also the library ~ for the next rebrand. Witnessing what “Backups” I have available you’d think Apple® kept their words to their wisdom. The automatic backup systems here specifically on corrupted on FCPX libraries only gave me five months and one year old ~ backups to choose from.
That – is another thing for me to look forward to. On New Year’s Eve starting this midnight.
Other (connected) hopeful projects.
I have already too much in my plate. But, there is always inclination and obligation, that I still have to do more. Or otherwise be left behind.
Namely – my concept IP / intellectual property. Which that revolves around self-journalling with some automated / AI agentic implementation.
As a designer, I could only do so much. Knowing that all this just remains a concept. That which. beckon at some stage, future questioning whether it is viable route for me to actually design upon.
Even though that may not viably come in a matter of months. Defenitely not when my book is still under rewriting. And very likely possibility – of making time somehow at redoing the entire website within Oxygen 6.0.
Next ten years?
Every single day is exhausting. But I do know that the next ten will not be any easier.
My observation suggests, that as you grow older, you are still judged by others aged before you. I honestly do not know what to make of this than to simply existing to be as accommodating as possible. Be nice to everyone.Be thankful. Be grateful.
Appeasing others is one thing. But what that of fulfilling your needs? Is that supposedly, an after thought?
The more I think about it, what really sets an “influencer” apart is not about how many “different books” one could write about endlessly one after another. But ~ reconciling on just one (1) book that started it all. Whatever that one book is could have been the seed for many, many other books.
In conjunction to writing this third and last part I invite everyone to view Ten Years anniversary Writeup. Much of what I would like to conclude this year can be derived the same train of thoughts. I operate and think very differently than most people when it comes to “growing up” , or to be “wiser”. Ever since I was a young, bullied observer – I work from a subtractive, than additive mindset. For this reason, depending of course, the context and moment’s nuance how a signal is passed on or said to me – I am slightly more questionable about saying “yes” to everything.
Because anything “yes” to me ~ is the most egoistic of an answer one could ever give.
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AW
Every virtue spares a vice, and vice versa. Experience has no expiration date. Indeed – all that you do will be outdated. Everyone will forget your name. You must accept therefore that you are always forgettable, but what they’re left with, is how you made them feel. Live-It-forward.