We have a big release we're pushing out, so this'll be short and sweet.

• Oakland 7, San Diego 34 (-9) (42.5 O/U)
• Washington 10, Baltimore 24 (-5) (35.5 O/U)
• Jacksonville 10, Chicago 23 (-6.5) (40.5 O/U)
• Minnesota 20 (-7.5), Detroit 16 (46.5 O/U): Detroit had this one, but realized that would ruin the perfect season. It was fitting that they got the ball back with about 30 seconds left, and ended up getting sacked on both plays they ran. That about sums up the season.
• Houston 24, Green Bay 21 (-5.5) (47 O/U)
• Cincinnati 3, Indianapolis 35 (-13.5) (42 O/U)
• Atlanta 25, New Orleans 29 (-3) (51 O/U)
• Philadelphia 20, New York Giants 14 (-6.5) (43 O/U)
• Cleveland 9, Tennessee 28 (-14) (37.5 O/U)
• Miami 16, Buffalo 3 (-1) (42.5 O/U)
• Kansas City 17, Denver 24 (-9) (48.5 O/U)
• New York Jets 14 (-4), San Francisco 24 (44.5 O/U)
• St. Louis* 10, Arizona 34 (-14) (48.5 O/U)
• Dallas 13, Pittsburgh 20 (-3) (39.5 O/U)
• New England 24 (-4.5), Seattle 21 (43 O/U)
• Tampa Bay 23, Carolina 38 (-3) (38 O/U)

Results Summary

• Picks (this week / season): 11 - 5 / 133 - 75
• Spread (this week / season): 7 - 9 / 104 - 99
• Over/Under (this week / season): 8 - 8 / 105 - 96

And moving right along: this week's picks.

• New Orleans vs. Chicago (-3) (45 O/U)
• Tampa Bay vs. Atlanta (-3) (44.5 O/U)
• Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore (-2) (34.5 O/U)
• Denver vs. Carolina (-7.5) (47.5 O/U)
• Washington (-7) vs. Cincinnati (36.5 O/U)
• Tennessee (-3) vs. Houston (44.5 O/U)
• Detroit vs. Indianapolis (-17) (45 O/U): 17 point favorite! That's a large spread.
• Green Bay (-1.5) vs. Jacksonville (45 O/U)
• San Diego (-5.5) vs. Kansas City (45.5 O/U)
• San Francisco vs. Miami (-6.5) (41.5 O/U)
• Buffalo vs. New York Jets (-7.5) (41 O/U)
• Seattle (-3) vs. St. Louis (44 O/U)
• Minnesota vs. Arizona (-3) (41 O/U)
• New England (-7) vs. Oakland (40 O/U)
• New York Giants vs. Dallas (-3) (45 O/U)
• Cleveland vs. Philadelphia (-14) (38.5 O/U)

Check back next week for results and more picks. Only two regular season weeks left!

Tags: NFL | Picks | Odds

Over the past couple of months, I've been participating in a virtual book club. We had been reading Steve McConnell's book on Software Estimation, and having weekly discussions about the chapters we've been reading. The pace has been reasonable - two or three chapters a week, which equates to about 40 pages of reading per week. Now that we've moved on to the next book, I figured it was time to finally post about the first book.

Mike Eaton was the organizer of the book club, and it's been a great experience thus far. Usually, I'll read through a book, but not have a way to find out what others are thinking. On occasion, I'll come across a blog post reviewing the whole book (kind of like this one!), but I've never really had anyone to discuss the ideas in the book with. By reading the book as part of the book club, I got the chance to just that on a weekly basis.

I think we all started out thinking this was going to provide "The Answer" to how estimates should be done. In reality, there are no silver bullets, and if that's your reason for reading the book, you'll walk away disappointed. The book is more of an encyclopedia of techniques to use during estimation, giving the pros and cons of each, but never really gives an opinion about what the best way is. I guess that makes sense when you consider that every situation is different and unique.

There was one good takeaway from the book that we all kept coming back to: The Cone Of Uncertainty. This essentially says that early on in a project, your ability to accurately estimate a project is extremely low. The further you get into the project and discover the previously unknowns, the more accurate your estimates will be. This makes logical sense when you think about it, but sometimes it takes having it laid out in front of you to truly grasp it. The book also put a number to that uncertainty. At the cone's widest point, there's a 16X difference between the two end points, meaning that any estimate you give early in a project could be 4 times over or under the actual outcome. That's very significant, especially if you're used to putting numbers on paper at that point and committing to dates! It then shows that as you move further in design and nail down what needs to be done, that you can get to a point where your variability can get down to around 25%, which is much more acceptable to start moving forward with commitments than 400%!

Overall, I think the book was worth the read, although I could have done without most of the second section. Reading part one, the first chapter or two in part two, and then the last two chapters would have been a good approach. Those middle chapters were repetitive and drawn out - they went over different estimation techniques, discussing where they apply and where they don't. I think if I was in an estimation situation, I could use that middle section for guidance, but just reading them through didn't do much for me. Still, it was a good book and worth my time.

Now, we're moving on to Working Effectively With Legacy Code, a book I'm really looking forward to discussing!

Tags: Estimation | Book Club | Book Review

This past Monday, we had our 7th GR Tech Lunch, and had some great guests: Ben Gott and Rick DeVos. They both did a great job, and we had our biggest turnout since we started. I didn't count, but we had somewhere between 30 and 40 people.

Ben and Rick did a great job explaining how they got started, how they got in touch with each other, and what they're working on together. Then they talked a bit about the lessons they've learned along the way and answered lots of questions specifically about what they're doing and starting a business in general.

Ben offered up his biggest lesson learned, and it really struck home for me. he said, "Don't build software you don't use." It seems so obvious, but you'll be much less effective building something that you don't want to use. And it's not just the overall software; Remember that on features too, especially early in development. Maybe once your application is more established and has a solid customer base, you can start to add features you wouldn't use because it has a bottom line implication. Early in the project though, when you don't have a clear view of where revenue will come from, build what you will use. It sees some so obvious now.

Anyway, it was a thrill to have those two speak, and I wanted to thank them publicly. For those that don't know Ben and Rick, I'll give you some background (as best as I know it). In 2005, Rick and a few of his friends came to NuSoft to get help with an idea they had: build a site for independent film makers and their fans. The result: Spout.com. Ben also came to NuSoft to help build out his idea: build a site where independent music artists could sell directly to their fans. The result: Indistr.com.

Sense a theme? I started to: Find a group that provides something others need and allow them to connect directly with those people. Apparently they did too, because after those two things, they joined forces. A while later they launched TheCommon.org, a site focused on community members relating their needs and allowing other community members to meet those needs. It's a great idea, and it sounds like they are getting pretty good traction, at least in the Grand Rapids area. I definitely plan to recommend it to my church!

Anyway, if you were at the lunch and I didn't get to say hi, sorry! Leave a comment though and let me know you were there. Also, next month, we have another great speaker lined up, but I'll leave that announcement for the Grand Rapids Tech Lunch site. So, if you're interested in attending, make sure to subscribe to the RSS feed or check it often. For this last one, we used the comments as the reservations, and filled up fast!

Tags: GRTechLunch

What a crazy weekend. I ended up sick most of Saturday and Sunday, so only watched a little bit of one game. But I still have results.

• Tennessee 47 (-11), Detroit 10 (44 O/U): The way our Thanksgiving works out is that we end up traveling in the afternoon, so I miss seeing the Lions play every year. Yeah, I think I'll get over it.
• Seattle* 9, Dallas 34 (-12) (46.5 O/U)
• Arizona 20, Philadelphia 48 (-3) (46.5 O/U)
• San Francisco 10, Buffalo 3 (-6.5) (43 O/U)
• Baltimore 34 (-7), Cincinnati 3 (36 O/U)
• Indianapolis 10 (-4.5), Cleveland 6 (45 O/U): How could Indy almost lose to Cleveland? Someone should remind The Colts who they are and who they're playing!
• Carolina 35, Green Bay 31 (-3) (43 O/U)
• Denver 34, New York Jets 17 (-7.5) (47.5 O/U)
• Miami 16 (-8.5), St. Louis 12 (44 O/U)
• New Orleans 20, Tampa Bay 23 (-3.5) (47.5 O/U)
• New York Giants 23 (-3.5), Washington 7 (41.5 O/U)
• Atlanta 22, San Diego 16 (-4.5) (49 O/U)
• Pittsburgh 33, New England 10 (-1) (39.5 O/U)
• Kansas City 20, Oakland 13 (-3) (41.5 O/U)
• Chicago 14, Minnesota 34 (-3) (42 O/U)
• Jacksonville 17, Houston 30 (-3) (48 O/U)

Results Summary

• Picks (this week / season): 10 - 6 / 122 - 70
• Spread (this week / season): 8 - 8 / 97 - 90
• Over/Under (this week / season): 11 - 5 / 97 - 88

On to next week's picks.

• Oakland vs. San Diego (-9) (42.5 O/U)
• Washington vs. Baltimore (-5) (35.5 O/U)
• Jacksonville vs. Chicago (-6.5) (40.5 O/U)
• Minnesota (-7.5) vs. Detroit (46.5 O/U)
• Houston vs. Green Bay (-5.5) (47 O/U)
• Cincinnati vs. Indianapolis (-13.5) (42 O/U)
• Atlanta vs. New Orleans (-3) (51 O/U)
• Philadelphia vs. New York Giants (-6.5) (43 O/U)
• Cleveland vs. Tennessee (-14) (37.5 O/U)
• Miami vs. Buffalo (-1) (42.5 O/U)
• Kansas City vs. Denver (-9) (48.5 O/U)
• New York Jets (-4) vs. San Francisco (44.5 O/U)
• St. Louis* vs. Arizona (-14) (48.5 O/U)
• Dallas vs. Pittsburgh (-3) (39.5 O/U): As I write this, I'm actually in Pittsburgh. It's too bad I'm not sticking around through the weekend - going to a Steelers game would have been a lot of fun!
• New England (-4.5) vs. Seattle (43 O/U)
• Tampa Bay vs. Carolina (-3) (38 O/U)

Check back next week for results and more picks.

Tags: NFL | Picks | Odds

Yet another week goes by with no technical content. But at least I have my picks!

• Cincinnati* 10, Pittsburgh 27 (-10.5) (34 O/U): Note to self: When someone questions your abilities, it's best not to drop the F-Bomb in your response.
• Carolina 28, Atlanta 45 (-1) (43 O/U)
• Philadelphia 7, Baltimore 36 (-1) (39.5 O/U): Wow. McNabb gets yanked. I bet a lot of people lost fantasy games because of his performance (I was one of them!).
• Houston 16, Cleveland 6 (-3) (50.5 O/U)
• San Francisco 22, Dallas 35 (-10) (46 O/U)
• Tampa Bay 38 (-8.5), Detroit 20 (41.5 O/U)
• Minnesota 30, Jacksonville 12 (-2.5) (40.5 O/U)
• Buffalo 54 (-3), Kansas City 31 (43.5 O/U)
• New England 48, Miami 28 (-2) (42 O/U)
• Chicago 27 (-8.5), St. Louis 3 (43 O/U)
• New York Jets 34, Tennessee 13 (-4.5) (40.5 O/U): Thanks, James! So much for picking Tennessee every week!
• Oakland 31, Denver 10 (-9.5) (42.5 O/U)
• New York Giants 37 (-3), Arizona 29 (49 O/U)
• Washington 20 (-3.5), Seattle 17 (40.5 O/U)
• Indianapolis 23, San Diego 20 (-2.5) (49.5 O/U)
• Green Bay 29, New Orleans 51 (-2.5) (51.5 O/U)

Results Summary

• Picks (this week / season): 10 - 6 / 112 - 64
• Spread (this week / season): 8 - 8 / 89 - 82
• Over/Under (this week / season): 12 - 4 / 86 - 83

There's very little better than Thanksgiving day football. Of course, it always includes the Lions, so there is a downside

• Tennessee (-11) vs. Detroit (44 O/U): Yeah, even if Tennessee does seem to be falling apart and infighting, it's the Lions. Nothing boosts a team's confidence like playing the Lions!
• Seattle* vs. Dallas (-12) (46.5 O/U)
• Arizona vs. Philadelphia (-3) (46.5 O/U)
• San Francisco vs. Buffalo (-6.5) (43 O/U)
• Baltimore (-7) vs. Cincinnati (36 O/U)
• Indianapolis (-4.5) vs. Cleveland (45 O/U)
• Carolina vs. Green Bay (-3) (43 O/U)
• Denver vs. New York Jets (-7.5) (47.5 O/U)
• Miami (-8.5) vs. St. Louis (44 O/U)
• New Orleans vs. Tampa Bay (-3.5) (47.5 O/U)
• New York Giants (-3.5) vs. Washington (41.5 O/U)
• Atlanta vs. San Diego (-4.5) (49 O/U)
• Pittsburgh vs. New England (-1) (39.5 O/U)
• Kansas City vs. Oakland (-3) (41.5 O/U)
• Chicago vs. Minnesota (-3) (42 O/U)
• Jacksonville vs. Houston (-3) (48 O/U)

Check back next week for results and more picks. And happy Thanksgiving!

Tags: NFL | Picks | Odds

Another week of being just about too busy, but I had to get my picks up, right?

• New York Jets 34, New England 31 (-3) (42 O/U)
• Denver 24, Atlanta 20 (-6) (51.5 O/U)
• Detroit 22, Carolina 31 (-14) (40 O/U)
• Philadelphia 13 (-9), Cincinnati 13 (42 O/U): A tie - for the first time since 2002, which is cool. But seriously? Tying Cincinnati? That's bad!
• Chicago 3, Green Bay 37 (-4) (45 O/U)
• Houston* 27, Indianapolis 33 (-8.5) (51 O/U)
• Tennessee 24 (-3), Jacksonville 14 (39.5 O/U): Tennessee continues their solid run this year.
• New Orleans 30 (-5), Kansas City 20 (50 O/U)
• Oakland* 15, Miami 17 (-10.5) (38.5 O/U)
• Baltimore 10, New York Giants 30 (-6.5) (42 O/U)
• Minnesota 13, Tampa Bay 19 (-3.5) (39 O/U)
• St. Louis 16, San Francisco 35 (-6.5) (44.5 O/U)
• Arizona 26 (-3), Seattle 20 (47.5 O/U)
• San Diego 10, Pittsburgh 11 (-4) (43 O/U): 11-10? What kind of score is that?
• Dallas 14 (-1), Washington 10 (44 O/U)
• Cleveland 29, Buffalo 27 (-5) (42.5 O/U)

Results Summary

• Picks (this week / season): 11 - 5 / 102 - 58
• Spread (this week / season): 9 - 7 / 81 - 74
• Over/Under (this week / season): 7 - 8 / 74 - 79

On to this week's picks.

• Cincinnati* vs. Pittsburgh (-10.5) (34 O/U)
• Carolina vs. Atlanta (-1) (43 O/U)
• Philadelphia vs. Baltimore (-1) (39.5 O/U)
• Houston vs. Cleveland (-3) (50.5 O/U)
• San Francisco vs. Dallas (-10) (46 O/U)
• Tampa Bay (-8.5) vs. Detroit (41.5 O/U)
• Minnesota vs. Jacksonville (-2.5) (40.5 O/U)
• Buffalo (-3) vs. Kansas City (43.5 O/U)
• New England vs. Miami (-2) (42 O/U)
• Chicago (-8.5) vs. St. Louis (43 O/U
• New York Jets vs. Tennessee (-4.5) (40.5 O/U)
• Oakland vs. Denver (-9.5) (42.5 O/U)
• New York Giants (-3) vs. Arizona (49 O/U)
• Washington (-3.5) vs. Seattle (40.5 O/U)
• Indianapolis vs. San Diego (-2.5) (49.5 O/U)
• Green Bay vs. New Orleans (-2.5) (51.5 O/U)

Check back next week for results and more picks.

Tags: NFL | Picks | Odds

I almost forgot to get these posted before the game tonight. Getting up and running in a new job is always a time consuming proposition, but I'm getting there!

Anyway, here's last week's results. I did pretty good - except over/under, where I was horrible!

• Denver 34, Cleveland 30 (-3) (46 O/U)
• New Orleans 20, Atlanta 34 (-1) (50.5 O/U)
• Tennessee 21 (-3), Chicago 14 (38.5 O/U)
• Jacksonville 38 (-6.5), Detroit 14 (44.5 O/U)
• Seattle* 19, Miami 21 (-8.5) (43 O/U)
• Green Bay 27, Minnesota 28 (-2.5) (45.5 O/U)
• Buffalo 10, New England 20 (-3.5) (41.5 O/U)
• Baltimore 41, Houston 13 (-1) (42 O/U)
• St. Louis* 3, New York Jets 47 (-8.5) (44.5 O/U)
• Carolina 17 (-9.5), Oakland 6 (37.5 O/U)
• Indianapolis 24, Pittsburgh 20 (-3) (41.5 O/U)
• Kansas City* 19, San Diego 20 (-15.5) (47 O/U)
• New York Giants 36, Philadelphia 31 (-2.5) (43 O/U)
• San Francisco 24, Arizona 29 (-9.5) (46 O/U)

Results Summary

• Picks (this week / season): 11 - 3 / 91 - 53
• Spread (this week / season): 8 - 6 / 72 - 67
• Over/Under (this week / season): 4 - 10 / 67 - 71

And right into this week's picks.

• New York Jets vs. New England (-3) (42 O/U)
• Denver vs. Atlanta (-6) (51.5 O/U)
• Detroit vs. Carolina (-14) (40 O/U)
• Philadelphia (-9) vs. Cincinnati (42 O/U)
• Chicago vs. Green Bay (-4) (45 O/U)
• Houston* vs. Indianapolis (-8.5) (51 O/U)
• Tennessee (-3) vs. Jacksonville (39.5 O/U)
• New Orleans (-5) vs. Kansas City (50 O/U)
• Oakland* vs. Miami (-10.5) (38.5 O/U)
• Baltimore vs. New York Giants (-6.5) (42 O/U)
• Minnesota vs. Tampa Bay (-3.5) (39 O/U)
• St. Louis vs. San Francisco (-6.5) (44.5 O/U)
• Arizona (-3) vs. Seattle (47.5 O/U)
• San Diego vs. Pittsburgh (-4) (43 O/U)
• Dallas (-1) vs. Washington (44 O/U)
• Cleveland vs. Buffalo (-5) (42.5 O/U)

Check back next week, where maybe I'll get the picks up at a decent time.

Tags: NFL | Picks | Odds

Well, no work this week, but somehow it's been busier than just about any week this year! It's sad when you look forward to getting back to work so you can stop working so much!

Anyway, I had a pretty good week last week, and it made me above 50% for all three categories - picks, spread picks and over/under. Not bad.

• New York Jets 26, Buffalo 17 (-5.5) (42 O/U)
• Detroit* 23, Chicago 27 (-13) (43 O/U)
• Jacksonville 19 (-7.5), Cincinnati 21 (40 O/U): Seriously? Wow.
• Baltimore 37, Cleveland 27 (-1.5) (36.5 O/U)
• Tampa Bay 30 (-8.5), Kansas City 27 (36.5 O/U)
• Houston 21, Minnesota 28 (-4.5) (47 O/U)
• Arizona 34 (-3), St. Louis 13 (48 O/U)
• Green Bay 16, Tennessee 19 (-5.5) (41.5 O/U): Once again, I was wrong. I shouldn't have picked against them, but I did.
• Miami 26, Denver 17 (-3) (49 O/U)
• Dallas 14, New York Giants 35 (-9) (41 O/U)
• Atlanta 24 (-2.5), Oakland 0 (41 O/U)
• Philadelphia 26 (-6.5), Seattle 7 (43 O/U)
• New England 15, Indianapolis 18 (-6) (44.5 O/U): Remember when this game would have been the top regular season match up of the week - maybe even of the season?
• Pittsburgh 23, Washington 6 (-1.5) (37 O/U)

Results Summary

• Picks (this week / season): 11 - 3 / 80 - 50
• Spread (this week / season): 8 - 6 / 64 - 61
• Over/Under (this week / season): 8 - 5 / 63 - 61

On to the reason this is being posted on Wednesday instead of Thursday - a Thursday night game!

• Denver vs. Cleveland (-3) (46 O/U): Our first Thursday night game since the start of the season! Good stuff.
• New Orleans vs. Atlanta (-1) (50.5 O/U)
• Tennessee (-3) vs. Chicago (38.5 O/U): Can Tennessee run the table? Somehow I doubt it, but there doesn't seem to be anyone else ready to step up and be competition.
• Jacksonville (-6.5) vs. Detroit (44.5 O/U)
• Seattle* vs. Miami (-8.5) (43 O/U)
• Green Bay vs. Minnesota (-2.5) (45.5 O/U)
• Buffalo vs. New England (-3.5) (41.5 O/U)
• Baltimore vs. Houston (-1) (42 O/U)
• St. Louis* vs. New York Jets (-8.5) (44.5 O/U)
• Carolina (-9.5) vs. Oakland (37.5 O/U)
• Indianapolis vs. Pittsburgh (-3) (41.5 O/U)
• Kansas City* vs. San Diego (-15.5) (47 O/U)
• New York Giants vs. Philadelphia (-2.5) (43 O/U)
• San Francisco vs. Arizona (-9.5) (46 O/U)

Check back next week for results and more picks.

Tags: NFL | Picks | Odds

This week has been just as busy as last week, so another quick hit. But it was a rather decent week. If I'd put money on every game (picking, spread and over/under), I would have had over a 7% return in one week. That's pretty good.

• Oakland 10, Baltimore 29 (-7.5) (36 O/U)
• Arizona 23, Carolina 27 (-4) (43.5 O/U)
• Tampa Bay 9, Dallas 13 (-2) (40.5 O/U)
• Washington 25 (-7.5), Detroit 17 (42 O/U)
• Buffalo 16 (-1), Miami 25 (42.5 O/U)
• St. Louis 16, New England 23 (-7) (43.5 O/U)
• San Diego 32 (-3), New Orleans 37 (45.5 O/U)
• Kansas City* 24, New York Jets 28 (-13) (39 O/U)
• Atlanta 14, Philadelphia 27 (-9) (45 O/U)
• Cleveland 23, Jacksonville 17 (-7) (42 O/U)
• New York Giants 21, Pittsburgh 14 (-3) (42 O/U)
• Seattle 34, San Francisco 13 (-5) (41 O/U)
• Cincinnati 6, Houston 35 (-9.5) (44.5 O/U)
• Indianapolis 21, Tennessee 31 (-4) (41 O/U): James was right. I'll Pick Tennessee from here on out!

Results Summary

• Picks (this week / season): 9 - 5 / 69 - 47
• Spread (this week / season): 7 - 5 / 56 - 55
• Over/Under (this week / season): 8 - 5 / 55 - 56

Here's my picks for this weekend.

• New York Jets vs. Buffalo (-5.5) (42 O/U)
• Detroit* vs. Chicago (-13) (43 O/U): Note the * - that means Detroit will lose, but not by 13. Just wanted to clarify that point!
• Jacksonville (-7.5) vs. Cincinnati (40 O/U)
• Baltimore vs. Cleveland (-1.5) (36.5 O/U)
• Tampa Bay (-8.5) vs. Kansas City (36.5 O/U)
• Houston vs. Minnesota (-4.5) (47 O/U)
• Arizona (-3) vs. St. Louis (48 O/U)
• Green Bay vs. Tennessee (-5.5) (41.5 O/U): Go Titans!
• Miami vs. Denver (-3) (49 O/U)
• Dallas vs. New York Giants (-9) (41 O/U)
• Atlanta (-2.5) vs. Oakland (41 O/U)
• Philadelphia (-6.5) vs. Seattle (43 O/U)
• New England vs. Indianapolis (-6) (44.5 O/U)
• Pittsburgh vs. Washington (-1.5) (37 O/U)

Check back next week for results and more picks!

Tags: NFL | Picks | Odds

About a month ago, I came across a post from Joey Beninghove that caught my attention. Actually, it was a tweet of his referencing his blog post. Anyway, it was about a job opening where he works, and what caught my eye was that it was a telecommuting position. As some of you may know, I enjoy working in the The Dungeon when I can, and the opportunity to make it permanent was very appealing to me. So I decided to contact him to get some more information, and ultimately decided to apply.

Fast forward a month. Last Friday, I accepted an offer from TrackAbout, and will start there on November 10th. This week, I turned in my notice at RCM. I'm extremely excited about the opportunity. Ironically, I could copy the changes Joey posted about when he started at TrackAbout and use them as my own. This is a pure software development job - no more consulting for me, which is a scary prospect. All I've done throughout my career is consulting, so it's a big change for me. But I've felt the tug to "settle down" and get deeper into the code, and learn what it means to write maintainable code. Now I'll get that chance.

I will definitely miss the time I've spent at Sagestone/NuSoft/RCM. I've been there for over 6 years, and learned just about everything I know about software development while I was there. I've had a chance to help change the way software is developed there, and I've worked on a few very cool projects. Me leaving has more to do with what TrackAbout offers than it does with what RCM lacks. I'll definitely miss working with the people at RCM, but the good news is that it's easy to stay in touch with them through Twitter, Facebook, etc. so I'm not really worried about losing touch. Still, it's not the same as working with them every day.

Anyway, I'm very excited to get started, and looking forward to working at home. Plus, how many people can say they found their job on Twitter?