A Year of Big Changes, New Experiences
Today marks a very important day for me.
As of the new year, I am no longer an employee of AOL. I decided to take the voluntary package that they were offering, so that I can take some time to try new things and pursue new ventures.
This was a very hard decision for me to make. I loved working with the AIM team, and it was a dream of mine to be able to work on such big projects for the web. But I realized that I had an even bigger dream than that — and that was to start my own company, and work on my own terms.
It sounds like a crazy thing to do given the times that we’re in, but sometimes crazy is what’s needed. It feels like the right time for me. I’m young, I have my whole life ahead of me. What better time than now to give it my shot? If it all goes bust, that’s okay, because I tried. It’s a decision I know I won’t regret.
So starting today, I will be working full-time in an iPhone venture I’ve started with my good friend Kris Zabala, Feel Every Yummy, LLC. (Quirky name, yes? Quirky is how we do.) I feel very lucky to be working with such a multi-talented guy like Kris, and I’m super excited about what we’ve been working on. We have a lot of fun iPhone games and apps in the works, and hopefully I can show them to you guys very soon.
Here’s to the new year. Let’s do it big in 2010.
