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Crazy week

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amro
on September 14, 2008
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So I had my first week at Good Egg and it was great. Everyone’s passionate about the company and its mission — the whole startup atmosphere is there and I love it. I feel a little overwhelmed because I’m jumping into a new code base and trying to get up to speed and do something useful for them quickly, but I’m sure I’ll get it done. Next week will be equally crazy for me with the day job as I really want to make some quick headway on the API I’m working on.

On top of that, Drew and I have been hard at work on the r7 stuff — CastCatcher 1.0 is now for sale, 1.1 was pushed to Apple for review, and we launched the return7 site today. Many thanks to my pal Tyrus for getting the design together so quickly and on such short notice. I decided to use MooTools to build out the client (as opposed to my dear Appcelerator), mainly because I wanted to learn something new and figured using Appc to do it wouldn’t help that much (with the learning something new part, I mean). I think MooTool is pretty cool — mainly like the fact that animations seem smoother than those of Scriptaculous, but it did take more time to do things than it would have with Appc (maybe part of it was the learning curve). Oh, how I missed the state machine.

Drew and I have an idea for our next app, but we’re not sure where to start — might solicite some help from the community (hint: we need some cartoon fish and aquarium decorations — pngs w/ transparent ). Any takers?

Last Day @ Appcelerator, Transition to Good Egg Studios

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amro
on September 4, 2008
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Tomorrow is my last day at Appcelerator. I’ve decided to move on for a few reasons, foremost of which is my wanting a new challenge. I’ve learned a lot from my work and interactions at Appcelerator and very much appreciate the opportunity to grow there. I wish the folks at Appcelerator: Andrew, Dan, Hamed, Joe, Mark, Marshall, Martin, Matt, Tejus, Tyrus, and of course the founders, Jeff and Nolan, the best of luck. I would also like to wish the Accelerator team at Ptek the best, especially Brandon. I think the gents are taking me out to lunch, so that’ll be fun. My intent is to stay on as a core contributor to Appcelerator.

So what the heck am I doing that’s cool enough to pull me away from Appcelerator? Well, a couple of things:

My day gig and my top priority, will be server work at Good Egg Studios. I’ll be working on a game, which is cool but better than that, the company gives a lot back to the community, which I love. It’s still a startup (although a little further on than some), which I like because I’m not a huge fan of bureaucracy. Many thanks to Rob, Craig and Melanie for helping me find a new place to grow and learn professionally.

I’ve also co-founded a mobile software company called return7 with my long time friend Drew Conner. We’ve just pushed the 1.0 versions of two apps to Apple and are awaiting their release (probably another 4-5 days). We’re also looking at the Android SDK to see whether or not we want to enter that market as well.

You can find me on twitter, facebook, and linkedin (I’m sure there are other networks I’m missing) so don’t be shy.