Hello I’m a Mac

So today is my last day at Citrix.  Over the past month or so I’ve been interviewing with Apple’s iPhone team and have accepted a position on the Wireless Technologies team.  My official title is “Tools/Automation QA Engineer”, which basically means I’ll be writing software to test the iPhone’s Bluetooth and WiFi features.  I’m pretty excited about the opportunity, after all I get to work on the world’s best phone and live in one of the greatest cities.  But there’s a lot that needs to happen in these next couple of weeks.

My first day on the job is July 27, a little less than two weeks away.  In about a week the movers will ship all of my stuff out west and I’ll be jumping on a plane shortly after.  I’ll be staying in temporary housing till I can find a place in San Francisco, hopefully this wont take long.  I really can’t imagine what this experience would be like without the help of the relocation staff.

So between getting ready for the move and enjoying my last few days in the warm Atlantic Ocean, I plan on spending some time on NetPoint.  It’s a bit aggressive, but I’m going to try get the NetPoint v2.5.1 update online and give the Neutex web site a facelift.  The v2.5.1 update will have some bug fixes and basic integration with OneOrZero’s help desk system.  As far as the web site goes, I think there are a few things that can be done to help market NetPoint better.  I anticipate the first month or two at Apple will be crazy, so finishing this before I head out to the valley will definitely save me some grey hair.

As far as Shannon Ma Virtualized goes, you probably wont see much new content on XenApp.  However, I still plan on developing tools like NetPoint that will alleviate some of the common problems IT Pros face and you can be the first to hear about them here.  I also have some other ideas for topics that I need to look into a bit more, so we’ll see how that pans out.