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Changes (Robots!)
As of mid-June, I'm leaving Nokia/HERE and joining Right Hand Robotics; it's both a long-overdue return to the startup world *and* a long overdue career change - though I'll certainly be applying lots of software experience, fundamentally they *build actual things* which will be quite a shift. I'm very excited, the overall enthusiasm level at ( Read more... ) -
Change/New Adventures/Disruption/Opportunity
As the entire world has figured out (I've even seen a translation of the press release in what I think was Thai) MetaCarta has been acquired by Nokia. This is a positive, even rewarding, thing... Nokia brings lots of resources to the table, and is building a global geographic search service ( http:// ( Read more... ) -
Continuing adventures
Since our last episode, I've upgraded cameras again - Canon finally came out with a 20x superzoom, and even after using the SP-550UZ and SP-570UZ for over a year, I'm still happier with the Canon UI. Also, Canon's autofocus algorithms work much better for me (I've gotten far more bird-in-tree shots without needing to resort to manual focus... only ( Read more... ) -
Insert New Hobby Here (alternate title: I CAN HAS BOAT)
I was reminded by catching up with people at the cider party that I haven't updated in rather a while... so:
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Hiring again!
MetaCarta is growing and needs more engineers! Formal job descriptions are elsewhere, but my version of the details is behind the cut (since posting here has turned up people before...)
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