Swapfile for my brain

To date, my wireless setup at home consists of 2 linksys WRT54Gs modded with the OpenWRT firmware + x-wrt (webif2) for a better web ui. One of these routers serves as my gateway/firewall and the other connects my upper floors to the gateway via WDS (basically, its only there so my Series-1 Tivo can get online as the only mod I have for it is a wired ethernet card I also have a server (mythtv) which connects to my gateway via an ethernet cable cleverly hidden under a rug between the living room and study. Something my wife isn’t too happy with!
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We just added a cool feature called Make My Ringtone, where you can turn any MP3 file into a custom ringtone for your phone. It’s free, easy to use, and works on all major U.S. carriers including Verizon.

To check it out,
1. Go to www.mobicious.com/ringtones/new
2. Select an MP3 file from your desktop
3. Choose and preview any 20 second clip
4. Send your custom ringtone to your mobile phone

Yes, I actually am - I think this is the first tme I have ever camped for anything. Not sure if one can call sitting in line for 3 hours “camping”, but is as close as I’ll ever come

For those nearby - the AT&T store on Needham St in Needham MA, only has abou 40 people in line.

So I’ve been working at Mobicious for a week now, and the task list just keeps getting longer Not really surprised by this, as it is a startup. Is actually kinda cool to have this much to do, especially when most of it is interesting. I guess that makes me a workaholic.

Of course, being mostly a Java dev at the last job, I’m having to do a lot of reading and catchup on Rails. We are using Ruby on Rails at mobicious and I can see no overwhelming reason to change this. Scalability will be a concern eventually, but from all I’ve read, Rails can scale, just not quite as well as Java yet. This is not surprising given their relative levels of maturity. If that hasn’t changed by the time we need it to scale hugely (here’s hoping), we’ll re-evaluate then. One option will be to switch to java for running rails, but to do so we’ll have to come up with alternatives to binary rails plugins like RMagick. For now though, I’m sticking with Rails as it does give us an advantage in development time - though not quite there for me personally yet

So far I’m really liking the startup environment, and the people are all really great, the work is interesting, and I’m having fun!

Today is my last day working for TripAdvisor, where I’ve spent the last 3+ years working as a senior software engineer with a very talented group of people. I’m going to miss working with everyone here, but the lure of the startup is just too great

Next stop, is Mobicious, a startup in the mobile space near Waltham, MA (office location still undetermined). I’ll be employee #4, so fun times ahead. Stay tuned as my adventures unfold.