Hello World!

Published on Feb 28, 2010 5:07:08 p.m. by Robert 26 comments
Filed under: Personal

After literally years of development, I am really happy to have my very own first FLOW3 based application online: this blog! But although a Hello World post would be the perfect place for telling the story behind this site, the title refers to something completely different. It's the reason why I won't be at the T3BOARD this year, so ...

Almost three weeks ago my wife and I had a very special release on our own: the birth of our daughter Smilla. While some already knew that I'd become a father, others might now understand why I was so hard to catch during the last weeks. And well, what can I say, it's so great to have little baby daughter. What young parents always keep telling you is so true: your whole focus changes, nothing is like before. But fortunately that seems to be only true in a positive sense, in our case at least. Despite this little, uhm, shortfall in sleep budget, I really can't complain.

Although my focus shifted a little during the last weeks, I am still passionate about TYPO3. I'm confident that I'll find the right balance between job and family life. In that sense it was very important for me to stay with my girls during these first weeks, even if I had to pass this year's snowboard tour. So, I hope you don't mind that I follow you from this side of the net, and rest assured that I do envy you – just a tiny bit ...

If you like you can see a few more photos in Smilla's Flickr album ...

Comments

  1. Olivier | 28.02.2010

    Hi Robert! All the Best for you and your little familly. Have fun!

    Can we get the source code for the flow3 blog? :-)

  2. Andreas | 28.02.2010

    Hi Robert,

    congratulations and all the best for you and your family.


    Cheers,
    Andreas

  3. François | 28.02.2010

    Congrats! And good luck, it's a big change in life!

  4. Julian Kleinhans | 28.02.2010

    Hi Robert,
    i wish u and your family all the best!
    My daugther is 3years old.. the last 3 years was the best time in my life, so, enjoy the next time ;)

    FLOW3 Small Business Edition --- AWESOME shirt ;-)

    cheers
    julian

  5. Peter Niederlag | 28.02.2010

    Congrats! That indeed is a very good reason to miss t3board. Thx for your Passion and good luck for the Time with your Girls.
    Peter

  6. Berit | 28.02.2010

    Hey Robert & Heike & Smilla, all the best for you three. =)
    Berit

  7. ben van 't ende | 28.02.2010

    Hey Robert,

    WOW! Both is great news. Enjoy these days and relax! It will do you good.

    gRTz

    ben

  8. Kasper skårhøj | 28.02.2010

    Fantastic. Im so happy for you guys. I'll have to come visit you soon.

  9. Marc Infield | 28.02.2010

    Congratulations on the "small business edition"!
    Kids are the best. Though some nights may seem long now they grow so fast.

    -marc

  10. Robert Lemke | 28.02.2010

    Thank you guys for the good wishes!
    And thanks again to Andi and Clemens from netlogix for the Small Business Edition body ...

  11. Daniel Pötzinger | 28.02.2010

    Very sweet! Many congrats and the best wishes for you 3!

    And no worries: the sleep budget will increase again next year.

  12. Tim | 28.02.2010

    Congratulations.... Enjoy the first days of your daughter.
    Regards,
    Tim

  13. Falk | 01.03.2010

    Hi Robert!
    Congratulations! My best wishes to you and your family. You are in for a very interesting ride. Enjoy it, and remember, family always comes first :)

  14. Bastian | 01.03.2010

    Hey Robert & Heike,
    Congratulations once again, Smilla looks really gorgeous. On the last Flickr image you can see what she's thinking: "One day I'll by a fluent code artisan, just like my dad" ;)

  15. Thomas | 01.03.2010

    Hey dude,

    congratulations to Heike and you! And of course a warm welcome to little Smilla. We wish you all the best!


    Ani and Thomas

  16. Volker Biberger | 01.03.2010

    What a poor Project Scheduling. :) We timed the Release of our son to AFTER the T3BOARD (9.3.2010 to be exact).

    Honestly. Congrats on that. It is great to have kids. It's one way to keep sane in this stressful area of work. I wish you enough time with your family, enough time for TYPO3 and that you can find a good balance between the two.

    My regards to your wife and kid also.
    Volker Biberger, Ravensburg

  17. Søren Malling | 01.03.2010

    Hi Robert,

    Congrats and all the best to you and your family!

    Cheers,

    Søren

  18. Paul | 01.03.2010

    Hi Robert,

    Toutes nos félicitations... great even, great release, great functionalities !

    CU

  19. Emil "carco" Sirbu | 01.03.2010

    Olivier++ i.e.
    all the best for your little hacker and I want to see the code behind this blog (I try to work with flow3 and I think that your code will be a good start)

  20. Sebastian Gebhard | 01.03.2010

    Hi Robert,

    it makes me happy to hear that great news. When we got our Quentin, I really changed my mind about what life is really about. From the bottom of my heart I wish the best for you and your girls.

    BTW: Best "Hello World"-Showcase ever!

  21. Emil "carco" Sirbu | 01.03.2010

    By the way, in our country (Romania) today is The day of Mărțișor (The little March, a small amulet), I can't sent a "martisos" but I can give your girls this Romanian legend http://thekittycats.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/martisor/

  22. Robert | 01.03.2010

    @Emil A nice tradition!

  23. Jan | 01.03.2010

    Hey Robert,

    that's GOOD NEWS! Congratulations, all the best to you and your family! And thanks for sharing :-)

  24. Thomas Fritz | 05.03.2010

    Hi Robert!

    Congratulations and i wish you all the best for you and your grown family! ;)

    Btw: Great work on FLOW3 so far! Thank you and the whole FLOW3 Team for your work!

  25. Michael Cannon | 17.04.2010

    Congratulations for the latest addition to your family. Enjoy fatherhood.

  26. Marcus Biesioroff | 16.03.2011

    LEMKE3 ver.1.1.0 :D

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