How many O's?

[jbailey]

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Well, I've hinted at it and told enough friends, I should get around to posting it: As of the end of this month, I'll be moving on from Canonical. By my calculations, I was something around employee #30, the first support tech, and I've had a great chance to build the support organisation up to where Linux Format magazine rated us as tied with RedHat ahead of Novell in this August's issue.

So what's up?

Well, those of you following along might remember a cute little bundle of joy entering my life. A couple of months in, I've realised that I can't stay on top of being with him and growing a 7x24 operation at this critical time in Canonical's growth. I'll be taking the month of August to be with Angie and Leif, and in September will start a new job with Google in the Open Source Program Office. I don't know the details of what I'll be doing there (The Google Omertà, as one friend called it... *g*), but Google as a company is well aware of what happens with brand-new parents and the mad readjustment of priorities.

Angie and I are currently selling our place in Montréal in prep for moving to San Francisco at the end of August. I want to make sure I see people before we go, and if you're interested in buying the place, give us a call. =) Also, if you're in the Bay Area, a vegan, a parent, into Yoga/fitness, speaking French, etc., we'd love to meet you for tea sometime!

Comments

[mmmmtino.livejournal.com]

Holy moly--San Francisco, huh? I guess we won't be within driving distance anymore! *sigh*

I'll have to visit you there. Lots of luck with the move...and love to Angie and Leif.

m

[jbailey.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It should be piles of excitement. The plan right now after Opus/ConCentric is to keep heading west, down past the creationism museum, the along the old Route 66 to SF. But being in the US means I'm more likely to wind up at a conference near you. =)

[mmmmtino.livejournal.com]

You do know the old Rte. 66 runs from Chicago to LA, not San Francisco, right? Interstate 80 will get you there much more directly!

-m

[jbailey.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we're trying to make it scenic and catch a number of stops we would never otherwise do, like the Oral Roberts university and All Souls Tulsa, showing her the buildings that I didn't get pictures of in Albuquerque. Take a quick stop in vegas, and then up to SF. It only seems to add 700km surprisingly, so it's a couple days drive.

If we feel short on time when we leave, we'll keep I80 as a fallback.

[mmmmtino.livejournal.com]

Awesome--it will be a pretty drive. As your resident map geek, you had me worried for a moment.

-m