The last month has given me a great opportunity to speak with a range of companies about the work they're doing, and the things they see as important to the future of the Internet in the next few years. I talked with big and small companies, from startups to the Fortune 500, and was honored to be offered the chance to work with many of the people with whom I most enjoyed talking.

I am very happy, then, to say that I'm moving to Silicon Valley to pursue what Six Apart taught me was my dream job: technology evangelism. I'll be joining a good young company that I've heard has some potential. I'll be working as a Developer Programs Engineer for Google's social properties-- everything from the big products to a lot of the exciting underpinning technologies, like Brad Fitzpatrick's Social Graph API that infinitely decreased the time necessary to build Mnikr.

So while I'm sad to leave my friends behind in Boulder, I'm excited by the possibilities that come next, and the things and people that I'll be able to work with at Google. In two weeks, I'll be starting there, though I don't think I'll refer to myself as a noogler (despite the offer letter encouraging it). In the meantime, I'll be packing and moving myself, my computer, and my cats; the rest, apparently, Google "has people for," which is certainly pleasant; in general, all their perks (not just the famous ones, like food, but the ones that blogs don't cover, like how they handle relocations) give the impression of actual human beings running HR, which is certainly a nice change.

Oh, and for those of you who wonder: If you type Google into Google at Google, you do dereference unto the void; however, the void also dereferences unto you. :-) (Yes, I tried it. Also: guest WiFi that can do 10MBps upstream is pretty awesome for interviewees.)