Going public

As I write this, it's half past midnight, Tuesday night. We're set to go live tomorrow,

Wednesay, the first of May. And the pressure is on.

And it's not just the fact that there's a lot of work to be done between now and then. A LOT of work. The site is not ready, I haven't even started working on the Facebook page, and will I be able to get a mobile site up as well by tomorrow?

Lots of tiny things piling up at the last minute. Details. Things you never thought of. Work.

But that only adds up to a small part of the total pressure. The bigger part is the coming out part.

New Retro Studio has been up and about for a few months, but up until now, it's been kept a secret. Only a handful of people know about it. And tomorrow - the world will know. My friends. My family. Co-workers. Strangers. Everyone.

Tomorrow they'll be able to support, encourage, ridicule, mock, help, ignore...

Tomorrow they'll know.

It was easy keeping it under wraps. As long as it was my secret, I had no commitment. Now, the eyes of the world - for better and for worse - will be watching. And judging. And I'll have to accept that. And live with that.

So, yeah, tomorrow's a big day. Let's hope it will be a good one.

-Shay