Congratulations Stephen

Today marks 10 years since Stephen Hackett quit his day job to turn his attention to Relay and his other creative projects.

I was so happy when he finally did this. At this point I had been independent for around 8 months, and I was desperate to have Stephen put his all in to what we were doing, because I knew it would make everything better — and it did.

Over the years I’ve always been impressed by Stephen’s ability to maintain a balance in his work. I realise now that some of that balance was driven by his desire to provide stability for his family — something I now understand more acutely.

I implore you to read the article Stephen published today — especially as it details some history you may not know, and also talks about the work he is doing with Underscore.

I would like to close this post with a quote from the end of Stephen’s, because I could not agree more with this sentiment:

I may just be talking and writing about computers while working on a handful of iPhone apps, but if that effort makes someone’s day brighter after reading a blog post about an old Mac, through swiping past a widget with a photo of a loved one, or hearing a joke on a podcast, then the day’s headaches are worth it.