Is this thing on?

May 17, 2009

So, for the 3rd time since the inception of this blog I’ve not posed anything up for a couple of months.  Once again, work/travel schedule has sapped my intentions, with me focusing more on the “work” stuff more that the “fun” stuff of which I include writing either here or doing books/columns/presentations/etc.  That’s not a bad thing as I get paid for the work stuff (although I do feel that in some respect the writing is still a part of “work” – must still be the academic left in me), but something has to slip.

In any case, work has got very interesting as after being on a few good IR and PenTest gigs at the beginning of the year I’ve transitioned (temporarily) into a product/architect role within the larger MFE company.  It’s good getting back to my software engineering roots as well as bringing some of my consulting expertise to a product.  I don’t think I can say much more about it right now, but it’s going to be exciting when I can and I’ll certainly talk more about it in the future.  Also expect some other releases from me in the not-so-distance future.

Other than work though, I’ve (finally) been on vacation   Taking time off from work for me is an odd thing, as I don’t really work per-se – I enjoy what I do as my hobby as well as a job, so although having down-time is good I don’t need too much of it especially in one big block.  A certain person in the Andrews’ household insisted we have a “proper” vacation though (the last “real” one I’ve had that hasn’t been tacked onto the end of a work trip was in 2006), so we’ve been in Australia for the past 3 and a bit weeks, which is another reason for not posting.  That’s not to say that I didn’t concede to a little bit of work (it was just reading documents – honestly), as the photo below shows when Tara caught me on the balcony at our hotel in Hamilton Island   I’ll write up a full trip report in the next few days.

It’s nice to be back – stay tuned.

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