Saturday, February 26, 2005

Swan Song

Swan Song

Well, after over 5.5 years with Pivia (Swan Labs for the past 4 months following the acquisition of Pivia in November) I have decided to leave to try something new. My last day at Swan was Friday February 25th. It was a difficult decision for me and I will definitely miss the people at Swan, but for me it was the right time to leave all of that behind and move on to something else.

I haven't looked very hard for jobs yet and I am planning on taking a week or so off before I look around much. I did already receive a good job offer from a pretty exciting company in the mobile phone space that I found through a recruiter which may force that process to speed up a bit. I wasn't really trying to get a job offer that quickly but at the same time it feels good to know that I have a job if I want one. They want me to accept the offer really soon, but I feel like I need to wait a tiny bit (1 to 2 weeks) and talk to a few other places before I settle, just for my own peace of mind. I feel like I owe that to myself at a minimum when choosing the place I'll be spending a large chunk life for possibly quite some time. Hopefully they will understand.

If anyone has an exciting job they think I might be interested in, feel free to send me a message at (obfuscated to avoid spamming) my first initial followed by my last name (no spaces or punctuation between them) at mail dot com.

Monday, February 14, 2005

Mirror Image

Mirror Image

I'm currently at Red Robin waiting for lunch (a Banzai burger) and thought I'd post a picture I took in Nordstrom's in downtown Portland this past Christmas while we were out shopping. I know, Christmas has long since passed, but I really just did this to entertain myself while eating lunch and waiting for my burger to arrive. Hopefully I'll have something more exciting to post here soon!