Nov 20 2007

Firemoss turns One!

Posted by Joe Rinehart at 1:35 PM
6 comments
- Categories: Firemoss

Today's the 366th day of Firemoss, LLC being a company my full-time job. Other than learning my lesson about not blocking off more vacation time, I've got no regrets.

This paragraph was supposed to thank my "customers." Over the past year, I've been lucky enough to work with multiple teams delivering great ColdFusion and Flex applications,. The experience has redefined how I feel about the word "customer" in the role of my business. It's actually hard for me to use. I feel more like we've been coworkers and teammates rather than a "customer" or "client" working with a "consultant" or "contractor."

Over the next year, I'm going to aim to keep this the goal of Firemoss: not being just a technical services provider, but a member of teams that produce great Web-based software.

Some time in the next few weeks, I'll be stopping regular work until January, as I'm going to be taking on a new role with the title of "Dad." Once I've taken a few weeks off, I'll be back to work doing Flex and ColdFusion applications, and I'll be putting the finishing touches on a new framework for an alpha release.

Comments

Dan Wilson

Dan Wilson wrote on 11/20/07 3:51 PM

Congratulations on your milestone!

May you have as much success being a Dad as you have being CEO of Firemoss!

Heres to Joe Jr. 1.0

DW
Peter Bell

Peter Bell wrote on 11/20/07 4:05 PM

Congratulations on getting through the first year, and all of the best with what (I'm guessing) will be the much tougher role you're being promoted to :->
Ryan Stewart

Ryan Stewart wrote on 11/20/07 7:23 PM

Congrats man! I remember getting some inspiration from you starting Firemoss when I did my own (tiny) consulting. I'm happy it didn't stick, but it was fun while it lasted.
Mark Mazelin

Mark Mazelin wrote on 11/21/07 12:46 AM

Congrats Joe. I've been reading your blog for several years and have often gleaned some great things out of it. And of course your contributions to the ColdFusion community have helped me mature as a developer. I still remember playing with Arf! wondering what in the world an active record factory was (and why there is an exclamation point at the end?)... Ah, good times.

Also congrats on the dad thing. Kids are a great addition to life and such a blessing!

Thanks Joe!

Mark
johann

johann wrote on 11/21/07 9:29 AM

Congrats Joe! I know I speak for my entire team when I say that working with you has been great this past year and we look forward to working with you next year!
John Allen

John Allen wrote on 11/21/07 7:38 PM

HappyBD!

Thank Goodness for Joe R!

Make HUGE PHAT amounts of money and be super successful.

Congrats.

John Allen

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