May 23 2011
I cast Magical Hack changing San Jose to Roanoke
It is with a mix of feelings I am announcing that as of the end of May I will no longer be working for ChannelFireball. It’s been good and I’ve greatly enjoyed working with Jon, Zaiem, Luis, and the rest. I leave content that matters are in Zaiem’s capable hands and I look forward to seeing great things from CFB.
Starting June 1 I’ll be working for StarCityGames on a contract basis. Evan has a bunch of super cool projects bubbling away in his Breeding Pit of ideas that I’m looking forward to getting involved with. June is going to be very exciting as I find out what he’s cooking up and get up to speed on the inner technical workings of SCG. It was one of those opportunities that come along unbidden that you simply can’t turn down. Working for SCG has been a semi-serious goal since I discovered them shortly after getting addicted to the game.
What do I bring to SCG? I’ve been working in the software field in some capacity for almost 30 years in areas ranging from environmental control and monitoring systems, AI, games, programming tools, web apps and iOS apps. Some of you might know me from the Agile and Ruby worlds where I have my name on the covers of a few books. If you’ve ever used a little tool called rSpec, you know of me. I’ve consulted to or worked for numerous technology startups as well as some big names including Intel, Fannie Mae, Daimler-Chrysler, Google, and Groupon. My goal is to bring that depth and breadth of knowledge to SCG and do some truly awesome work that will benefit the Magic playing community in general.
If you’re at SCG Indy in a couple weeks, find me and say “Hi”. I’m looking forward to meeting many of my online acquaintances a well as new friends.
I’m @dastels_mtg on twitter, dastels on facebook, and can be reached at dastels@starcitygames.com.
Dave
