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Radar Networks, my former employer, is finally going public with what they’re up to. To be honest, at this point even I have no clue what they’re launching. I’ve been gone for a while, and they seem to have been massively busy and hiring the past 9 months. I’ll be watching intently, [...]

No, not Wisconsin.
Nor the Happy Cows of California.
I’m heading to Switzerland next week.
Finally, I get to actually use Dopplr. I’m one of those remote-type web workers, so this international trip is chance for me to actually have some face-time with my boss.
“Stop by my office before you go home” doesn’t work so well in [...]

I got back from my first ever JavaOne, and I’d have to say it was a success.
First the obligatory “look how cool I am” section…
Name dropping
Misc
Drank too much with Hani of the BileBlog. Congratulated Cameron & John Purdy at the Tangosol party. Finally met Phil Dodds and Brett Porter, from DevZuz. Dan [...]

Today is May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day. It seems like a good time to reflect upon work.
Particularly since I don’t get the day off.
My wife comes from a long line of railroad workers. Her father worked at the railroad until his recent retirement. His father also worked at the [...]

I’m going to be in Austin, Texas all next week for the Day Job. Seems like most folks I used to know in Austin have moved to Houston or other places. If you are in Austin, and particularly if you want to buy me some beers, let me know.
I don’t know the area, [...]

Monday morning, I woke up to find myself transformed into a Red Hat employee.
Yes, that’s right, I’ve joined Red Hat. More specifically, I joined JBoss, a division of Red Hat, to lead up JBoss.ORG. You may recall that a little more than a year ago, JBoss acquired the Drools business rule engine. [...]

Well, as of this evening, I’m willfully unemployed. At least for a few days.
For about the past 18 months, I’ve had a kick-ass time working with the smart folkses over at Radar Networks. It was my first-ever experience in a funded startup and was certainly exciting. I watched us grow from about [...]

Recently I’ve been doing a fair amount of work in Ruby. And yes, I’ve felt super-productive. Particularly compared to Java.
The downside of working in Java is the 100% Pure Java(tm) mentality. In the search for a clean and cohesive system, we take the attitude that if it’s not pure Java, it’s crap. [...]

Wow.
I’m finally home after a trip to San Francisco to meet my co-workers. It truly was surreal, in that I’ve been working for The Job for about a year, and had never met a co-worker, aside from Pete. When I joined, the team was 3 other people, and we were all in different [...]

My luxurious jet-set lifestyle is taking me to the San Francisco area in a week. September 10th through the 14th, I’ll be in the general area of all things 2.0. I’m truly excited to finally get to meet my coworkers. Yes, I’ve worked for Radar Networks for just about a year now. [...]