Sharing an extension?

I am playing with the thought of sharing the extensions I wrote/talked about in my previous entry. I feel like at least one other person could benefit from it!

But on the other hand, I'm feeling unsure of myself: I based the idea on a very useful Firefox extension (Copy Link Text), and I based the final working code on another Google Chrome extension (Auto Copy).

And then there's the matter of putting up $5 to be able to submit to the gallery! (It's not purely the cost, but it's the cost being enough of a speedbump that I'm making myself think about whether I want to do this or not).

I want to share, but I also feel like I don't have sufficient whatever to share. Ugh. Will try this again after getting some rest; that sometimes helps.

Shared an extension!

I paid the (one-time thankfully) $5 fee, and have submitted the Copy Link Text Chrome extension to the gallery. Happy to have received some stars \o/

I've also created a git-hub repository for the extension.


I've been trying to spend some of my free time doing open source stuff that's not DW, so I can see what's out there (maybe introduce some things back into here, maybe not!).

So far, it's been fun. My biggest, er, thing, is that I apologize a lot. I'm trying to turn that around into thanks, so instead of saying, "I'm sorry I got my extension idea from a similar Firefox extension", I'm trying to say, "I loved that extension, I think it's fantastic, thank you for it! (In homage thereof I have written one for Chrome too *g*)"

Or, instead of saying, "Sorry for grabbing your lovely icon from the icon set you're offering for free", I'm forcing myself to see that "Gorgeous icon set, great icon that fits my needs exactly, thank you :DD" is the more appropriate response.

And instead of saying, "Hey, I noticed this issue, and I wrote a patch; the github documentation says to use forks for this, I don't know if it's right or if I seem rude. I'm sorry for even bringing it up x_x", I have a message which basically goes, "Hi, I loved $extension. There's just one little thing that makes it less than perfect, and it's $issue_I_ran_into. *contributes patch upstream*"

THAT KINDA THING.

Anyway, it's ridiculously hard to not apologize all the time. Ridiculously ridiculously hard! But I'm trying to turn it around, because while it feels inappropriate not to apologize (it really really does), it feels even more inappropriate to apologize. Before, I'd have just decided it was not worth the risk of offending someone by being awkward, and just backed away without ever having said anything. Now, I'm forcing myself to acknowledge that hey these people shared these things for a reason, and the polite thing to do is to use them ;-) (And give back too)

AND THAT IS THE REALLY LONG WINDED STORY BEHIND WHY I AM PUTTING MY EXTENSION ON GITHUB.

Article on introversion

The article "Revenge of the Introvert" is certainly making its way through my circle. Like many others, I had a lot of lightbulb moments throughout this article.

( Some sections hit close to home )