December 19, 2009
About Me
All about me. Me me me me me.
Vitals:
Birth date - October 24, 1973
Height - 6'1"
Eyes - brown
Hair - dark brown
Complexion - fair and freckly
Brain - wrinkly
Spouse - Laura Ann Katz (maiden name Toenjes)
Kids - Gwendolyn, Roseanna and Zack
Religion - unapologetically atheist
I live in Piedmont CA.
I am the creator of CouchDB.
I am the CEO of Couchio.
My good points:
I am very devoted, loving and supportive of my wife and daughters. I have a very positive attitude and am energetic. I am smart and a fast learner, especially when it comes to math, science and engineering stuff. I love solving really hard problems. I am a hard worker, and I am very passionate about my work. I am very honest. I like to make lots of jokes, sometimes they are even funny. I take good care of myself and exercise regularly. I am athletic. I read constantly (always non-fiction). I have good eye for aesthetics. I am good with my hands and like to make things. I like to bake. I generally try not to take life too seriously.
My bad points:
I am egotistical, judgmental and sometimes have a bad temper (but I'm working on those things). I am vain and self conscious. I don't take very good care of my teeth (but I do floss regularly: once every 4 months, whether I need it or not). I am messy and disorganized. I have a short attention span in meetings and lectures. I take my work too seriously. I am brutally honest (but I'm convinced it's not really a bad point). My self-created list of bad points is oddly short, hmmmm.
My weird points:
While I am pretty athletic (strong, fast, can jump, etc), I'm physically uncoordinated and hence suck at nearly every sport (except basketball, I'm decent at that). I am somewhat shy around new people, sometimes it comes off as being as being a snob. I spend waaay too much time in front of the computer, but that's the way I like it. I drink lots of diet soda, lots. I can't whistle. Sometimes my feet smell like hot buttered popcorn. I once was the proprietor of liquidpoop.com -- the internet's largest repository of diarrhea-related poetry. Although I'm vain, my wardrobe mostly consists of stained, freebie t-shirts and a few pairs of jeans.
December 16, 2009
Preschools in/near Piedmont?
Anyone know of a good preschool in/near Piedmont CA accepting applications for January? This is for our 2 year old girl, born Aug 2007.
December 12, 2009
Relaxed Inc.
So something interesting happened recently.
I, Jan, and Chris are building a startup around Apache CouchDB and Redpoint Ventures has invested $2 million. Pretty cool huh?
What are we going to do with that? Well, we are still figuring that out. For the most part we are going to try to grow a large and healthy CouchDB ecosystem and then build our own business(es) within that. We are working with Satish Dharmaraj on some basic strategy stuff right now, and we aren't trying to be secretive or "stealthy" as TechCrunch said. It's just very early and I'm also very busy planning a move. Which bring me to my 2nd and 3rd announcements.
2nd Announcement: Yes, I've left IBM.
To the projects at IBM using CouchDB, please continue to feel free contact me at anytime. IBM has been very good to me and the CouchDB project and I want IBM and its customers to be successful. That hasn't changed.
To Anant Jhingran, David Fallside and especially Sam Ruby, thank you for your early support and getting IBM behind CouchDB. We'd never have made it this far without you.
3rd Announcement: California here we come! I, Laura, and our 5 yo, 2 yo, and 9 mo (for those counting at home, that's 5 people) are moving to Piedmont CA the first week of January. We have everything all settled, other than a million small details that Laura has to deal with.
We still need some recommendations for a good local family doctor, ophthalmologist and dentist. And does any know where you can get them to convert your car to a lowrider that goes bouncy bouncy down the street?
Anyway, exciting times ahead. Follow me, Chris and Jan on twitter as we figure all this stuff out.
