Yes, this is that big news I hinted at earlier.

(And we pause for a brief, celebratory interlude)

James Brown, ladies and gentlemen, James Brown.

Apparently, everyone that needs to know now knows, so I'm free to share this with the rest of you:
I've got a new job.

After almost exactly three and a half years making orange look good down in Norwood alongside the fine folks at Cramer (and they are fine folks,) I've accepted an offer from Molecular. I'll be wrapping things up over at Cramer for the next few weeks and starting at Molecular on February 1st.

Why? The formula goes like this:

More coding + new verticals + consumer clients + hard problems = I'll take it.

I'm going to miss the hell out of the folks at Cramer (especially the day after Lost airs) but this really feels like it should be a fun move for me. So… I move.

And now you know.

We're doing a little bit more with social media at Cramer these days. I've been enlisted to help out on that front. As part of that effort I've started writing some posts for AWiderNet, Cramer's blog. Today I cranked out my first post:

On Internal Projects, Company Blogs and Making “Stuff”

It's a beauty.

Go. Read. Comment.

I've decided to move all of my writing about the web and web technology over to one place. That place is- HTML + CSS + JavaScript.

Why? I wanted to separate out that stuff so I can present a single point for people interested in those subjects. For example, when I give a presentation it's a lot easier to say "this is where I write about the web," than it is to explain this place.

It also allows me to be a little freer with what I post around here, which will be fun.

So, if you're here because I occasionally write articles about web and web technology, make sure you check out what I'll have going on over there. If you're here because of the art, writing on entertainment and my random musings on sports, then by all means, stick around here. Or read both. I'll have no complaints

I'll likely post a few times a week. Code samples, interesting links with commentary, and editorializing will be the main content. Peruse the web category here for a blueprint.

As with everything I do, it's a work in progress, so please let me know if anything goes horribly awry. I'll be tinkering for months over there getting everything tweaked out properly, so the more feedback I get, the better.

How about both?

Expect some more of these Field Notes sketches to flow through the site over the next few weeks.

I am cranking through some code examples and plenty of research for this thing. It should kick incredible amounts of JavaScript ass. Come to think of it, it's a ninety minute presentation, so it better kick ass I'm going to look at load times, execution times, ySlow scores, codebase and add pure editorial commentary for several popular libraries (at minimum, jQuery, YUI, Prototype, and Dojo), as well as pure JavaScript and my own bare-bones library.

If you're a Boston JavaScript nerd, I hope to see you there.

Here's the description:

Our next JavaScript Meetup will be held on Thursday, April 30th at Microsoft Research Center located at One Memorial Drive in Cambridge. You should come to the 11th floor to be let in. There is also parking available at a cheap evening rate in the building.

Rob Larsen , Principal Presentation Engineer at Cramer, will demonstrate comparisons between raw JavaScript and utilizing the more popular JavaScript libraries currently available.

After the presentation | demonstration, we will go around the room introducing ourselves and asking the group for advice | opinions on any JavaScript-related issues members are facing.

Microsoft will provide pizza again. What a nice company!

Please RSVP and bring guests. We always have lots of pizza left over.

And the meetup.com link:

April Boston JavaScript Meetup Meeting – JavaScript Library Comparisons – The Boston JavaScript Meetup Group Cambridge, MA – Meetup.com