dave astels

I’m pleased to say that we are opensourcing our C++ xUnit-style framework. See the official announcement.

Steve Jobs isn’t the only one who can quote Dylan.

… speaking of Steve Jobs and changin’ times… I may be bumping into Mr. Jobs at the local Cupertino Starbucks before long…

Next month I’m heading to California… Silicon Valley to be specific.

After over 3 years of saying “I’m not interested” to Google, I’ve accepted their offer of a position. I’m not sure how public I can be yet about what exactly I’ll be doing… but it will leverage my experience and expertise in Agile Development, TDD, Ruby, Rails, and RSpec.

This change is not without some sacrifices, but we think it’s the right move at this time. One downside is having to end my association with Obtiva… which I have greatly enjoyed. They’re great people and great to work with.

One benefit is that I won’t be having to focus so much on billable hours to cover the bills anymore… so there should be more time for things like RSpec and writing.

As mentioned in an earlier post, I gave a Tech Talk at Google when I was at SD West. It was recorded and is now available on Google Video. I hope you enjoy it.

Early last week (at SDWest) I ran into Gregor Hohpe. I know Gregor from my days at ThoughtWorks. Anyway, some time ago, Gregor moved to Google. Anyway… back to the point. Gregor asked whether I’d like to give a talk at Google. I, of course, jumped at the opportunity.

Friday after his morning talk, we piled into Gregor’s car and drove up the 101 to Mountain View & the Google campus. I gave my “BDD in Ruby with rSpec” talk (to appear on Google Video soon). The crowd was large and very receptive.

We had a great time. Google is truly an awesome place. Nothing I had previously heard did it justice, or prepared me for the magnitude of it.

No… don’t bother asking… I can’t say anything more.