Experiences at Rare Bird Enterprises

I help technology development teams align what they ship and how they ship it with the business they support. Quick results, working with business models and a broad portfolio of development tools & techniques with training and practical experience in change agency. Consulting, transition projects and interim technology management....

None or unlimited. However much I can make of what I offer, that's the limit. Yet there's no one to catch and no ladder, one higher than the next guy. So, depends on what "advancement" means.

The fun ones I never miss - Biznik, BoingBoing, Groklaw (I can't help it. The SCO trial is better than professional wrestling.) Vallywag, Cool Hunting & Lifehacker.

12 x 12 office with a door. Walls lined with tech books, huge blackboard (Actual slate - you write on it with stuff called "chalk."), enough chairs for a small meeting.

More local (Seattle) work. Long-term clients have included LA, NYC, Iowa City, & Bethlehem Pa. Industry events have includes Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Phoenix, and Sophia, Bulgaria. Nice, but not home.

Wasn't one. I knew the boss somewhat, since he is me. It was more like an audition, actually.

I know I'm doing some good because my clients don't have to pay me. Every gig is different, so I'm never bored. Time and freedom to learn, write and publish - including after years doing only PHB stuff, now I get to geek-out again, too.

Writing a book: "Effecting Change in Technology Development Companies: Learning on Purpose"
Everybody seems to know what they want to change to, yet can't make it happen. This is about the getting there part. (Most of the time the "change to" is over-designed as well, but that is a different book.)

30 seconds walking to the downstairs office. Or a five hour flight to a client site. Not much in-between.

Recruited and relocated to Seattle during the dot-bomb, then took a layoff during "the worst recession in the region in 30 years." Meanwhile, I discovered I like living here. Since things were tight in tech at the time, I started saying "yes" when someone asked if I could help. That stuck.