Yeah, I know I haven't blogged in a loooong time, I've just been too preoccupied getting things wrapped up here. Lots of activity in Kolb-land.
Today I turned in my badge and left the Cisco office for the last time. In about two weeks the family and I move back to Illinois. The roads are too nice in New England and the politicians are too honest, it just didn't feel like home.
Anyway, I was pretty much forbidden to talk about anything at Cisco until it was all said & done, which killed just about any impetus I've had to blog as a side effect. But I'm officially a free agent now, so the embargo has been lifted.
I can't believe it's already been two and a half years since we sold Latigent to Cisco, the time has flown incredibly fast. The reason I left Cisco is purely selfish: I wanted to move back to Chicago, and Cisco's development organization is very focused on keeping people in the same physical location, the two goals didn't mesh well. But I have nothing but good things to say about Cisco and the people who work there, they truly are world-class and there are some extremely exciting things in the pipeline, I look forward to watching them hit the market.
I suppose I should briefly touch on the question I've been getting incessantly over the past couple of weeks, which is "what am I doing next?"
To be honest, I'm not entirely sure.
I have a bunch of ideas which have been percolating for a long time, so I really need to sit down and figure it out. I definitely intend to get back to blogging more often, and I'm really excited about having some time to code for fun again. It's something I haven't done in a long time.
More to come as things progress, but don't expect much over the next couple of weeks as we'll be focusing on moving the family.
I'd just like to take one more opportunity to thank all the wonderful people I met at Cisco for the opportunities, help, and encouragement I've received over the past two and a half years, I'm incredibly blessed and thankful for everything.
