Archive for July, 2009

Joining Cloudkick

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

cloudkick logo

I am happy to announce that I am joining Cloudkick next week.

It should be a different experience to compared to Joost; Very small company vs Medium, everyone is local vs everyone is distributed, and languages I enjoy (Python, C) vs Ones I don’t (Java, Javascript).

“Fear not for the future, weep not for the past. ” – Percy Bysshe Shelley

Leaving Joost

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Joost Logo

Friday July 31 will be my last day at Joost.

It was a fun ride for the last 19 months.  Starting out working on Joost’s P2P library, later on our Content Delivery over HTTP, and more recently writing Server Side Javascript inside Rhino, along with countless trips to Leiden and New York City.  Thanks to all of my colleagues who I worked with, Joost was a great experience.

As announced a few weeks ago, Joost is changing its focus to white label services.  I took a long look at this, but in the end I decided the new Joost just wasn’t for me right now in my life.

Good luck to everyone who is staying on at Joost.

My new job is with Cloudkick.