The Next Step

I know it's been 2 months since my last post, but things have been really busy for me, mostly because I've just made the next step in my career; joining a development team in Chesterfield, MO (just outside St Louis). It's a move from the DoD Contracting world to Corporate Product Development, one that I'm excited to make.

I haven't had experience yet shipping a product to a large number of end users. That's probably the thing I'm looking forward to the most. On top of that, I get to continue to work with Groovy and may have the opportunity to get some experience in the .Net world.

I'm especially excited to be back in STL. 4 years away from friends and family has had it's pains and perils. My wife & I got an apartment for the time being just a few minutes from work. This area of STL is absolutely great; swarming with restaurants and parks, and clean and nice to look at.

I think that's it for this post. Now that I'm settled in though, you should see my blogs pick back up.

Scour the Web

Thanks to Mashable, I found out about the up and coming search engine Scour.

Scour actually forwards your criteria to the giants you already know (Google, Yahoo, and MSN). What you get is a combination of those results with some additional information and power.

Most importantly, the results are interactive. You can vote and comment on each one. Users' feedback provides Scour with an additional metric on each result in addition to the page rank it has with the 3 giants.

More over, as you participate, you earn points. And yep, you guessed it, you can redeem your points once you've earned enough. Right now, you'll be rewarded with Visa Gift Cards in values of $25, $50, or $100.

Feel free to sign up and give it a try.