So 2006 is over, BlogRadio is still down and Apple never did fix my laptop (don’t ask) but on the plus side I’ve travelled more in the last six months than I have ever travelled before; I finally managed to visit my own personal Mecca, Silicon Valley, and now find myself employed by Yahoo! as a fully fledged Interaction Designer. If that wasn’t surprising enough, I’m also moving to Sweden to work in mobile with the recently acquired Kenet Works team. No, Yahoo! didn’t buy Chatsum, and no, we haven’t forgotten about it - we just haven’t had a chance to work on it what with commuting between London, Stockholm and Sunnyvale, CA. Once we’re settled in Stockholm we’ll be starting up the production lines again so if you’ve got any leads whatsoever on accommodation in the Swedish capital please let me know.
Oh, and one last thing. Please remember: All views expressed here are my own and do not represent the views of my current employer, Yahoo!
January 2nd, 2007 at 11:53 am
Congrats, but I’m not surprised Yahoo! have collared you after the great work on Chatsum. (btw, I spotted your Yahoo! appointment on linkedin).
January 2nd, 2007 at 11:59 am
Hi George
Congrats on the new job. Wrap up warm ;) Will you be having a London leaving party? When do you go? Where in Sweden do you need to live?
Here are my swedish bookmarks to occupy your time…
Dorkbot Stockholm
http://www.dorkbot.org/dorkbotsthlm/
Crac
http://www.crac.org/
Interactive Institute
http://w3.tii.se/en/news.asp
Viktoria Institute
http://www.viktoria.se/
Hyper Island
http://www.hyperisland.se/
January 4th, 2007 at 5:48 pm
Excellent news George, congratulations!
January 5th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
Good to hear you got a job, I’m guessing because of your work on CS. I will say that a lot of the original users of CS have stopped using it since it sort of stopped growing and you and Lee were no where to be found. That said, when you do start implementing no features or updating it, perhaps sending an e-mail to all registered users to say “Hey, CS is back” might bring back those who tried it but thought it was dead or unused.
February 18th, 2007 at 10:16 pm
Super good news George, keep up the mid-trans-atlantic wine quaff! I’m looking forward to seeing you next weekend at your London address, until then take care duuuuuuude.
September 9th, 2007 at 5:04 pm
Any chance to get some chatsum news ?