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I met one of the FireEagle devs there, at the same ETech event, and he was a really great person. We proceeded to bump into each other a few more times over the
by peteforde 7y ago
I met one of the FireEagle devs there, at the same ETech event, and he was a really great person. We proceeded to bump into each other a few more times over the years, specifically at the Ajax Experience conferences. He really tried to convince me that Yahoo wasn't all that bad, although he eventually did have to move on.
As evidenced by the previous paragraph, I've forgotten his name which makes it exceptionally difficult to reconnect.
Consider this a HN "missed connections" attempt. ;)
- kentbrew 7y agoPossibly Tom Coates?
- peteforde 7y agoDamn, that is a great guess that is so close it hurts: you've made me confident that I'm mis-remembering enough to think I'm actually talking about the FireEagle launch event. The Pipes demo was a different session, possibly a year or two earlier. Either way, the person I am doing a laughably poor job of describing was at the FireEagle event but I definitely remember him being a peer/coworker of Tom's - he wasn't the center of attention that day. Sigh.
- kentbrew 7y agoMaybe check Tom's leaving-Yahoo post? There's a paragraph listing a bunch of the devs: "So I want to personally thank Seth Fitzsimmons, Samantha Tripodi, Jeannie Yang, Chris Martin, Ben Ward, Kevin Ryan, Phil Pearson, Rabble, Arnab Nandi, Simon King, Mor Naaman, Ayman Shamma and everyone else who worked on Fire Eagle at any point in its life. I learned an enormous amount from all of you." http://plasticbag.org/archives/2010/05/my_last_day_at_yahoo http://plasticbag.org/archives/2010/05/my_last_day_at_yahoo
- madrox 7y agoYou're more than likely thinking of Seth Fitzsimmons: https://twitter.com/mojodna https://twitter.com/mojodna