Gust v1.2 go-live week…
- Monday, gym, Mia went to gym holiday camp and did some kids yoga, dropped Mia at Naulene’s house, coffee with Dirk, water pipe burst, lots of wet towels and mopping, supper at The Slug and Lettuce with Werner and Janette.
- Tuesday, gym, work, work, work – mostly polish for v1.2 release.
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“We was always taking long walks, and we was always looking for a guy named ‘Charlie’.” — Forrest Gump… about our friend in payments which we can never find.
- Wednesday, Cape Town post office visit – had to get a new key, it’s been about 18 months since I collected snail mail, lunch at Zucchini, Cape Chamber of Commerce Luxembourg ICT workshop – very impressive, a glass of wine at Stomme Jonge with Werner, burger at Apres.
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“Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done.” – Linus Torvalds
- Thursday, up at 4:30, almost inbox zero, big day, Gust go-live day, gym, Blue Crane dev meeting, design session at Mill House with Nico, Mia and Francis went to watch Epic, Col’caccio’s with Mia and Francis, we released Gust Pay v1.2.0 on the iTunes and play stores.
- Gust v1.2: only one week late, we migrated about 475 Gust v1.1 user accounts. A bit of an uneventful launch and migration day (a very good thing). Real artists ship… followed by long afternoon naps.
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“What’s the biggest motivator?… Progress.”
- Looks like Gust will be at a well known festival this year. Rock ‘n Roll.
- Friday, took Mia and Francis to gym camp, gym, Stellenbosch PayPoint upgrade day, Gusted a coffee at Mill House, used Gust for lunch at Simply Asia and a Fizzer at the Mxit Gust Snoepie, upgraded the Ster-Kinekor PayPoint, Friday drinks at Brampton, a burger at Apres, Trumpet Tree, dead tired.
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“Sitting is the new smoking.”
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“Seek simplicity, and distrust it.” — Alfred North Whitehead
- Saturday, bachelor weekend, R&R day, watched Cocktail again.. great movie, watched Jack Reacher.. good, nap, watched the rugby at Jan Kats, gelato, babies don’t sleep this well.
- Sunday, watched Superman with Dirk.. good movie, did some Gust PayTag debugging.
- Dirk asked me if I played rugby at school. Yeah, I played 8th man for the 5th team. Similar game strategy to Pierre Spies. Cautious.
Have a fun week, crazy kids.