Thanks Europe, that’s a wrap. — The last blog post I wrote before life got busy in Munich was about our moving process. But instead of following it up by more blogging, we focused on being in the moment. But now that we’re back — here’s the scoop on what I can remember! After arriving, we…

Our attempt to document some of the gotcha’s. — Your identity and stuff Compared to the United States, if you are an educated working professional — it is pretty easy to get a VISA that allows your to work in Germany (especially if you are in technology or science, see the blue card). I’m told that even if you want to go for…

We didn’t leave San Francisco, we went to Munich. — In 2006 I graduated from college, and within 48 hours I was headed to San Francisco to work in tech. I’ve never looked back, and I have no regrets. I had long been inspired by technology, especially that of the epic saga — Pirates of Silicon Valley. Before I knew…

I’m joining Betable, to disrupt gambling tl;dr - I took the job as VP Engineering at Betable, and I’m really excited about it. It had been a long time since I last seriously considered a new job opportunity. The last time around my priorities were focused on product considerations; open source, developer tools and cloud services…

The Android Experiment, Cold Turkey iPhone. My friends have always been divided, either you use the iPhone and can’t imagine otherwise, or you use Android (and swallow the jokes about battery life and clunky UI) — but you tout the ecosystem, and features like tethering. …

Backpacking Europe, Tips and Gear I did essentially no research before heading on my trip, so I thought it might be useful for someone out there if I wrote up a brain dump of all my conclusions regarding travel logistics. Enjoy. Airports First things first, dealing with the airport. Carrying a giant backpack, if you…

Google’s “Project FI”, Can you hear me now? A month or so before I started considering a trip abroad, I read a blog post about Google’s “Project FI”. The concept that Google wants to become it’s own cellular carrier (or even become an abstraction over other carriers) — is quite an interesting move, especially — given my history…

A Farewell to Sauce Labs Five and a half years ago when I started at Sauce Labs it was a small group (in a small office) with a mission from god to not only build a cloud service for test automation, but to build a global community around CD (continuous delivery). …