20? meh – Just another day
Posted: May 20, 2011 Filed under: Microsoft, Personal Leave a commentI’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again.
1991 was a big year for me.
I got married.
I bought a house.
My first child was born
AND
I joined Microsoft on May 20, 1991
Today marks my 20th year anniversary at Microsoft.
As I have done for the past few years (19, 18, 17, 16. 15, 14, 13), time to reflect a bit on my time at Microsoft. Yes, I still *love* the job.
The resume stays the same, but I’m now back in Australia, based in Melbourne.
| May 1991 | Sep 1993 | Microsoft Canberra, working as a Systems Engineer |
| Sep 1993 | Aug 1994 | Microsoft Corp, @ Executive Briefing Center |
| Aug 1994 | Oct 1995 | Microsoft Corp, in the Advanced Technology Group, working on Interactive TV |
| Nov 1995 | May 1997 | Microsoft Australia, MSN Technical Director |
| Jun 1997 | Jun 1999 | ninemsn CTO |
| Jun 1999 | May 2001 | Microsoft Region, Digital Media dude |
| May 2001 | Aug 2007 | Microsoft Australia, Developer & Platform Evangelism (DPE) |
| Aug 2007 | Current | Microsoft Corp, Director – DPE Field Community & Readiness |
This year, I find myself in a different situation — I don’t have an office, so no 20lbs of M&Ms sitting in a bowl outside my door to share with my work colleagues.
It’s kinda weird that I have no one to share the moment with. It’s just another day.
But, I did get a rather large and heavy parcel sent to me.
which had another box inside
and inside that box was another box addressed to me
it was like a Babushka doll!!
So – what’s in it?
Well – it’s my 20 year “crystal” from Microsoft. (yeah – crappy photo, I know. I’ll take another one in the morning)
So – 20 years down, and the future looks promising – skype is joining the family, kinect is going gang busters with it’s own SDK , windows phone is getting Angry Birds soon.
Seems like there’s a lots to still do, and I’m pretty excited to continue doing it.
Plus, now that I’m back in Australia – I can get along to some local events, such as DDD Melbourne, PREMIX & REMIX
Bring on the next 20! Maybe I’ll get some M&Ms just for me and the kids!…
Mayorships up for grabs
Posted: March 21, 2011 Filed under: Geek, Personal Leave a commentI love playing foursquare, and I have just started using a wonderful foursquare app on my Windows Phone called 4th and Mayor.
So, I am the “mayor” of a bunch of places. At one point, I got to 30 venues.
Anyways, since I’m leaving town, the mayorship of the spots will be up for grabs.
I would love to see how long it takes for all these go – a week? a month? a year?
Happy Foursquaring.
Wait, What?
Posted: March 21, 2011 Filed under: Personal 1 CommentSo, I’m sitting in a hotel room in downtown Kirkland, wrapping up my affairs, and getting ready to move back to Australia.
Wait, What?
Yup – I’m heading back down under. Now, I say *I* because the rest of my family already went back nearly 2 months ago.
Wait, What?
Here they are at Sea-Tax airport when they were heading out on their journey back to Australia.
So I stayed behind to get the house packed – it was karma really, since I left Moira alone to pack when we moved from Sydney to Seattle. Hopefully we’re even now 
We had a lot of stuff to pack. The final tally was 256 boxes and 251 wrapped items for a grand total of 507 items, which took up a 40’ & 20’ container and which weighed something like 20,000 lbs. Yes – That’s a lot of stuff!
Now the boxes are loaded, the containers are full, the house is empty and clean and I’m waiting for the confirmation that the sale is complete.
Soon my second Seattle adventure comes to an end, just as the local weather starts to improve and Spring begins.
What’s next?
Well – I’m heading back to Melbourne this time around. It’s my hometown. I left Melbourne in 1990 with my then girlfriend, Moira Brice. Now, I’m heading back to join Moira and my 4 kids. They are all loving it, so I cant wait to join them.
I’m also changing jobs, but I’ll save the details about that in another post.
G’day
Posted: January 28, 2011 Filed under: Personal Leave a commentso here I am taking to plunge with WordPress.
Wish me luck 🙂
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