The Way Things Were

Chris, amused. [Katharine Bidwell]

This was taken not so long ago. Our first pilot, in fact. Friday, May 6. I am in motion, which does not imply industry, but that I have most likely forgotten something. Then Mary — who with any luck is off the coast of Maine right now and not obsessively checking our web stats — then the implacable David, then Chris, looking like Jesus among the disciples, facing forward and bearded. Which makes me — turned away and moving — Judas, into which there is no need to go. To the right of Chris is Jake, the most important member of Open Source you’ve never heard of; he used to produce for Chris and Mary and then left to be a king of public radio. And then the impossibly young Robin. Missing are Katherine, who is I think has run to grab printouts[Ed. Katharine is taking the picture, which I had previously credited to Jake. Jake, of course, can't possibly take the photo credit, as he is IN THE PICTURE.], and Chelsea and Vanessa, who weren’t yet running anywhere, for us at least.

I’d like to tell you all the things we’ve learned since then, because May seems like a very, very long time ago. But then I’d have to sound really wise, and I don’t know if I’m up to that right now.

But I do like this picture. More in this Flickr photostream.