Thanks to everyone who showed up at our “Leaving Seattle” party this week, and a big thanks for Steve for arranging the gathering. I really appreciated the kind words from everyone and it was great to see people in person after two years of working from home.
So, as Alberta, John, and I prepare for the big move across country, I wanted to share a few memories of Microsoft.
I was fortunate enough to work on a variety of projects in my almost seven years, spanning Entertainment to Enterprise, but always focused on “Mixed Reality” (including HoloLens, Social VR, and mobile Augmented Reality).
For simplicity, I’ll break the memories into three groups: Chaplin, MRW, and Power Apps
1) Chaplin
The Chaplin Team, where under Dana’s leadership we delivered Actiongram (for HoloLens) and prototyped several social and storytelling experiences in VR.
2) MRW (Mixed Reality at Work)
The MRW years, where we made the transition into using HoloLens and related AR/VR tech for Enterprise customers (Mixed Reality at Work). This included shipped projects like “Dynamics Layout”, and prototypes like “Mixed Reality Meetings”, “Mixed Reality for Warehouses”
3) Power Apps – Mixed Reality and Metaverse (and WFH)
Power Apps – Mixed Reality and Metaverse is where we brought Mixed Reality to low-code “citizen” developers. This also included two years of remote work.
Seattle and Microsoft have been great to me. I’ve learned a lot, worked on awesome projects, made wonderful friends, started my family, and had many great adventures.
We’ll miss you all… but we’ll be back often.
In the mean time… if things get stressful… remember the mountains.
1 comment on “Leaving Seattle and Microsoft”
Congratulations on the new job! And enjoy this next adventure!
Loved working with you and will always remember you as one of the good ones! Hope we get a chance to work together gain.
You’ve had a profound impact on a lot of people. And at the end of the day I think that is the best measure of a job.