I’m joining Clearspring as the Developer Community Manager
For a little over a year now, i’ve been working for the government contractor CACI International as a full-time on-site contractor supporting the Library of Congress.
Well… at the end of the month, I’ll be starting a new chapter of my life. I have accepted the position of Developer Community Manager at Clearspring, a widget and social application platform startup company in Tysons Corner, Virginia.
I’ll still be based out of Washington DC but I’ll be traveling across the country, talking to developers about widgets, talking about Clearspring’s platform, and trying to understand how the process of creating widgets and social applications can be made easier. I’ll be picking up from the work of Clearpsring’s very own widget rockstar Will Meyer who has moved over to the engineering team.
You can expect me to do quite a bit of on the job blogging and online video. I’ll be working to develop some of my own bad ass widgets and social apps. I’m going to be attending quite a few user group meetings and conferences all across the country. It should be a lot of fun.
I look forward to getting out there, talking with, and getting to know as many of you as possible. If you see me, please introduce yourself.
I’ll truly miss all of the heroes I’ve gotten to know at the Library of Congress. This is an extraordinary place with an extraordinary mission. I know that regardless where I am in my life I’ll be an advocate and cheerleader for the Library of Congress and all that it sets out to accomplish.
Congratulations on the new job!
Jeremy
January 14, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Congrats and good luck.
ross
January 14, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Congrats! Sounds like a great job!
John Resig
January 14, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Congratulations!!! This is awesome news!
vanderwal
January 14, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Congratulations, Justin! If you’re ever out here in Tysons Corner, come hang out with the Mixx crew.
Jason Garber
January 14, 2008 at 12:49 pm
CONGRATS!!!!! Um, so.. Thursday… we celebrate after Refresh!
Samantha Warren
January 14, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Way to go dude.
Are you selling the option to haveyour resumes sent into Library of Congress for your old job?
Just kidding.
John F Croston III
January 14, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Congrats Justin!
Doug
January 14, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Congratulations, Justin! It’ll be great to have you out in this part of the area
M. Jackson Wilkinson
January 14, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Congrats!
Shaun
January 14, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Congrat Justin, I know you will be a star……best wishes.
Kevin
Kevin
January 14, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Congratulations, man! I know you are stoked! Sounds like great things are ahead for you.
David Russell
January 14, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Congratulations! I’ve used clearsprings widget stuff before, I think it is a solid technology with a future. Good luck!
Matthew Martin
January 14, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Congrats, Justin. Welcome to the glorious world of not-government contracting …
Brian Wynne Williams
January 14, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Congratulations! I’m really happy for ya.
Zvi Band
January 14, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Justin,
Congrats, that is awesome news. I have met Will a few times , and you are the perfect guy to take his place.
Now that you will have a location in VA, we can catch up for lunch or a beer!
Will
Will
January 14, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Congrats!
Justin
January 14, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Hey Justin, that’s great news and a fantastic opportunity. Enjoy!
Henny
January 15, 2008 at 3:54 am
great news, justin. Clearspring has a very cool product. No doubt you’ll do great things for their community.
- Deb
productfour
January 15, 2008 at 8:52 am
Congratulations, that certainly sounds like an incredible opportunity to spread the word about widgets and to meet new developers in the industry.
Rodney Degracia
January 15, 2008 at 9:09 am
*SIGH!* Our loss, Clearspring’s gain. Rats and congrats, Justin! Keep in touch with your old pals at the World’s Largest Whatever_we_are…
Sayers
January 16, 2008 at 8:07 am
We are super-psyched to have you joining the team, Justin! Here’s to fun-times ahead…
Will
January 16, 2008 at 9:45 pm
congratulations!
Avery
January 16, 2008 at 10:05 pm
I concur with everyone else on the “congrats”! Sounds like an exciting opportunity and I look forward to hearing more stories about your world travels
Emily
January 17, 2008 at 5:14 pm
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