An enforced change
This is weird - my own blog after 4 years of writing one hosted by the company I used to work for, Interesource. Last week, Interesource was placed into administration just 40 days or so after being acquired by Global Beach. That came as a massive shock to all concerned, presumably apart from the directors, and so suddenly I find myself without a job for the first time in my career (since 1991 if you can believe it). Many of my colleagues have been severely hit by this turn of events, particularly those with mortgages or kids. I would like to record my public thanks to Clive Jackson, CEO of Global Beach, for the humane way that he handled this process - he went way beyond what he was obliged to do, and that meant a lot to me and to everyone else concerned. There were some very talented people at Interesource, and I know that they’ll be in great demand now that they’re on the market.
During my time at Interesource, I developed a Content Management System called IrPublish that powered a large number of sites. Two stand out as particularly good examples of the work that we did, work that I’m very proud of - DoggySnaps and My Telegraph.
I have now been asked to help the Telegraph to secure the work we did for them so that My Telegraph can continue its life without Interesource. Everyone who worked on it is disappointed with the way things have turned out, but there are exciting ideas that are just waiting to be implemented. I really hope that we get a chance to do that. If you’d like to know more about My Telegraph, I’ll be at the Political Bloggers’ Evening at the Telegraph tomorrow evening, but probably no one will see this post before then, even with the miracle of blog search engines.
I’m going to take a little bit of time to get used to the idea of blogging as an individual rather than as the representative of a company. Hopefully I will carry on writing about issues that are relevant to C# developers, particularly those writing ASP.NET apps. I have some interesting experiences with memcached to talk about in the coming weeks.
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Dude - good to see you’re back blogging. I need to sort myself out with one… (not a dig!). Look forward to seeing you this evening. Is today your first day?
You are a gentleman. As you’ve stopped blogging for the Man, can we have a bit more venom please? I’ve forwarded you a special picture for inspiration.
Mx
Hi, James
Let me be the first to leave a comment. Yeah, found your blog last night. Bad news all round, but I see you’re retaining a positive outlook.
If it’s any consolation, you were one of the key selling points at IR’s tender all those years ago…and we weren’t disappointed!
Hope you find something else soon - I’m sure it won’t be long.
James,
Thanks for working on our website for the last couple of years. Please drop me a line to discuss possible employment.
Regards,
Andrew