It’s official — Cindy and I just got word yesterday that we’ve closed on a new house in Woodinville, just about 7 miles from work. We’re psyched!
It’s a 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath tri-level, with a terriffic back yard, two car garage, open floor-plan, and a big rec-room downstairs that will serve as my home-office. We take posession at the end of the week, and movers arrive on Monday.
We can’t wait to sleep in our own bed again. 
Big news in Jake-land: I’ve accepted a new job as technical program manager at Microsoft, working on the MSN/Windows Live team, and Monday morning I begin my first day of work.
It’s been a very productive six years at UserLand, which has seen blogging go from obscurity to commonplace, RSS and XML-based syndication go from experimental to mainstream (even required), web services go from dream to business model, and podcasting go from non-existent to the big time.
UserLand has been influential, and at times an innovator, in all of these technologies, and I’ve been very proud to have played a part in these early developments, however small my part may have been.
Thanks UserLand!, and Thanks Dave! I’ve learned a ton, and I must tip my hat with great respect, before moving on.
Hello Seattle.
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