So long, Adam Kinney...
- Posted: Sep 12, 2007 at 2:26 PM
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Just as you need someone behind the scenes to articulate the motions of a MuppetTM for the screen, you also need someone to sit behind a web site and get it to do stuff.
Adam Kinney was such a man (for the web thing - he has not, to my knowledge, except possibly at a few parties, ever been in control of a MuppetTM).
Adam toiled away for years in the Channel 9 boiler room, knocking pipes with his cyberwrench and other tools, all of which begin with "cyber" to indicate that I'm not
really talking about a boiler room. It's a metaphor.
And now he's going. Not very far since his new job leaves him in the same building, in the same office, and so only about ten feet from where I sit, but now it feels like there's a great distance between us.
This is Adam's farewell.
We talked about life as a Channel 9 geek, life in his new shoes, his attempt at conducting business inside
Second Life, and more.
For serious, we're going to miss Adam around here. That's going to be cheapened a bit by him still roaming the halls and waving, but we can still pretend he's gone.
Goodbye, Adam Kinney.
I'll see you tomorrow.
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Good luck in your new team.
Perhaps we will see you again in Ch9 videos to tell us about Client side stuff. WPF/Win Forms/sliverlight..etc.
Its kind of shocking to see you leave C9 before the beta became gold , but..
I hope you remain as a member of C9. [A]
PS: Good to see Rory. Hope all is well:)
Does that happen a lot at MS?
Adam works for Dr. Sneath now. He's still in DPE and is still on Steve Cellini's team (Steve is our Grandboss...).
It's been a pleasure working with you, Adam. Something tells me you'll be seeing more of Adam on C9 in the future....
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Good luck on figuring out what it is you're now supposed to be doing, Adam! Sure you'll enjoy it anyway.
My next Silverlight prototype I have will be a farewell present to the Niners. And similiar to not moving offices its a pretty easy farwell to Channel 9 since I'll still be hangingout here just in a different context.
Long live the 9 guy!
Mike, Fellow Sampson, put in a good word for me
Hehe.
<honestly>
<p>
I'm actually going to be applying for a job at Microsoft
in the new future I think. I'd love to work with the c9
team too.
</p>
<p>
Gotta work on my portfolio a bit more, so that Sandquist
can't resist me when I apply
</p>
</honestly>
Have fun, and release alot of videos for C9, ok?
bu ne
Take a parachute and watch for sneath attacks. Don't ever get coffee for Tim. Cross-dressing may keep him at bay. Enough of my sage advice.
Enjoy yourself and imagine your new chains are rewarding.
Keep a 9-guy on your desk.
Yes more cartoons, that's a good idea
Cartoons... what kind are we talking?
But Adam... why SecondLife? And more importantly, why a non-human in SL? I'd hate to accuse you of becoming a furry or anything, but what other explanation is there?
//SecondLife is scary
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