David Stiller’s blog

You know the interesting phenomenon, when you learn a new vocabulary word — “ubiquitous,” say — and it suddenly starts appearing everywhere?  You hear it on the radio, read it in the paper, experience it in conversations around the water cooler.  For me, a similar thing is happening right now, but not with words:  with opportunity.

Last Wednesday, I put in my notice at work — on very good terms, no bridges burned.  I’m going full time freelance, which is exciting and somewhat nerve-wracking all at once.  Ultimately, I’m more confident than I am anything else.  My wife supports me in this decision, I’ve hedged my bets, and so far things seem to be falling nicely into place. 

Community MX has invited me to become a partner, which means I’ll be writing an article for them every two weeks, and also contributing to their support forums.  (I’ll still be writing here, too, and contributing to the Adobe forums.)

I was videoing my daughter’s final swim class this afternoon and ran into someone I hadn’t seen for two and a half years.  He was another dad, doing the same thing, and we instantly recognized each other from a foster care class we had taken before Meridian was born.  He happens to work for a local video production company with access to green screen facilities and other useful tools.  Naturally, we exchanged contact information.

I was recently signed to co-author a Flash reference book with my buddy Chris Georgenes (Focal Press publishing company, due out this year or early next).

All these tremendous opportunities!  Looking back, I see this as a culmination of a lot of hard work, a bit of luck, and plenty of support from a great number of friends and helpful people.

Thanks!  Really, thank you!

And now, let the games begin.…

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