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sol 3 south planet update

Angelo — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:12:46 +0000

So apparently the sol 3 south planet on jigawatt (http://jigawatt.thetr.net/planet/) wasn’t grabbing my feed anymore. In fixing mine I realized that 3 out of 8 blogs don’t actually exist anymore and another hasn’t been updated in 6 months.

Those were the days I actually enjoyed college. When I think of my time at RIT for whatever reason that year and those people are what really stands out. When I get back to Rochester I should fire up the infotron one more time. I haven’t worked on so many side projects since that year — I’m not around enough amazingly driven people anymore. CSH wasn’t even as good.

So, does anyone actually still subscribe to planet sol 3 south anymore? Or is it just me?

Great Migration Complete

Angelo — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:27:44 +0000

I’ve finally made it to Mountain View, CA. I’ve moved in and all. I’ve forgotten how much “fun” it is to move into a new place — so many random things need purchased.

Tomorrow is the first day of my internship at Google. Should prove to be a great experience. I’m sure I’ll have some things to share.

California has been really incredible. I’m really loving the weather and the “feel” out here. It is so much different than Rochester or Pittsburgh and a welcome change. Shella and I spent yesterday in San Francisco exploring the Fisherman’s Wharf area (Flickr Photos).

I have a feeling that these three months just aren’t going to be enough. At least this will help determine if I want to move out here once I graduate. I can’t wait.

The Great Migration

Angelo — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 05:18:05 +0000

The past few months have been quite a ride for me. The path I’m heading down now is nothing like what I even imagined it would be a few months ago. Come Friday my time at BlueTie, Inc will end after 1 year, 7 months and 28 days of generally enjoyable employment.

I’m heading to Google in Mountain View, California for three months on an internship with the Docs team. I’m a pretty hardcore AJAX and Web2.0 developer from my time at BlueTie and my own projects. Going to Google is like making a pilgrimage to the holiest of web app places. I’m quite excited.

And then what happens? Back to school. School has been on the back-burner for too long now. I’ve concentrated on too many other things. I’m still pretty much on track to graduate reasonably on time — so that’s not the issue. The issue is I just want to be done. I really like my Software Engineering courses — but I like actually working so much more. I’ve found trying to do them both at the same time to be a futile effort. I can hopefully be able to wrap up school in about a year and a half or so and then head wherever my heart and career may take me. I’m hoping that isn’t Rochester.

Of course, what’s to say that doesn’t get interrupted again? I always have a number of things going on in the background. One of which might just change my direction again. It’s fun to have options.