Ever since Intel’s MeeGo-cedes-to-Tizen announcement, I’ve been in a slightly unfocused state. It’s familiar territory– when Maemo was set aside by Nokia for MeeGo, there was the same quandary: what now? Better yet, what next?
After a little over two years of scant free time, I’m finally working normal hours. So that liberates me for more community engagement, aka the stuff I really love. It also frees me up to think. But looking back on the past 5 years of support for open source projects with great promise but ultimate abandonment, I’m left to wonder what to target. Continue reading