Mike Zamansky, who is well known to Irreal readers for his excellent, some say definitive, Using Emacs Series just announced that he is planning on retiring at the end of the Spring semester. In a series of three posts Zamansky lays out why he is retiring, what he feels he’s accomplished, and what his future might hold.
Irreal has focused almost exclusively on his Using Emacs Videos but I read all his posts and several of them are interesting even if not Irreal fodder. If you’re interested in CS education and how best to train new engineers, you should definitely be reading his blog. It’s low traffic so it’s easy to keep up with.
From a purely selfish point of view I hope he devotes all his newly found free time to making new Emacs videos but realistically we’ll be lucky and happy to get one every now and then. Whatever future he decides on, Irreal wishes him the best and is happy to recognize his many contributions to Emacs and CS education.