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WiX Working Group Wrap-up, October 23rd 2008

This wrap up is mostly content free but maybe the context is interesting.

If it hasn't been clear from Bob's weekly highlights, we're all about fixing bugs in the WiX toolset right now. Not much to report this week but next week should have more interesting details... and I'll hopefully have my hair cut.

"Its more about context than content."

Qik is working on my phone again so I thought I'd try getting back on the video horse. I conned Bob into holding the phone for me. But, I was still nervous about starting. So, we were talking a little bit and I realized that I was starting to address a comment left on my blog a long time ago.  The comment went something like, "I prefer when you write blog entries instead of embedding video content because I can digest the text better than the images."

To loosen up a bit, I told Bob to record and I'd take a shot at answering the comment:

So to summarize, these videos aren't really intended to deliver technical content. Instead they are attempts to provide more context about the people that are doing the technical things. There is a lot more to the people that write the letters that appear on your screen and I'm experimenting with ways of expressing that.

I'm obviously still experimenting with the new technology here so your feedback is very interesting to me.

 

Promoting from within.

For most people this isn't going to be a surprise and many may even ask what took so long. To be truthful the keys were granted a few weeks ago, I'm just finally getting around to blogging about it.

Over the last couple years, Bob Arnson has become a vital member of the WiX toolset going far beyond the call of duty. His first core role was taking ownership of the WiX UI providing some key functionality to the WiX community. Bob also became the regular "answerer of questions" on the wix-users mailing list taking a huge load off my shoulders. In the last year, Bob has contributed to all facets of the toolset and participates in or leads all major decision making for the WiX toolset.

Needless to say, Bob has become a vital member of the WiX community and I appreciate his efforts whole heartedly. I rely on Bob's contributions so much that three weeks ago I promoted him to co-administrator of the WiX toolset on SourceForge

Like all good promotions, nothing really changes (well, there is a 100% increase in pay). Bob has already been doing this job for a while now and we're really just improving our bus factor.

Seriously, though, this is recognition of Bob's outstanding work on the WiX toolset. If you haven't sent a happy thought to your friendly neighborhood WiX volunteer, send a happy-gram to Bob and thank him for his efforts.

 

WiX weekly builds back on track.

I just received notification that this week's weekly build of the WiX toolset has just been released. Since SourceForge moved their servers from California to Chicago we've been having issues getting builds posted regularly. The mistakes were all on our side (we missed the memo about some key configuration changes) and after a few goofed builds we appear to be back on track.

Sorry for any trouble these issues might have caused. Now back to the coding.