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Back in the saddle
In The Long Middle Part, I shared that I was in a world of hurt due to chronic pain. By the end of October, I wrote that I was in less pain after a few...
Fall Update
It’s been two months since I wrote about my ongoing struggle with chronic daily pain so here’s a quick progress update. In short, I’m in less pain in my head and neck. I’m still in...
The Long Middle Part
The opening of Stevie Nicks “Edge of Seventeen” crackles over an obscured speaker in the surgery center pre-op area. I’m in a recliner with a hairnet on and booties over my shoes. I’m here for...
We still miss you Mike
Five years ago today, my father-in-law Michael J. Fitzpatrick passed away suddenly. It was a shock then and sometimes it's still hard to believe he's gone. I was asked to say a few words at...
Ghosts of Christmas past: 1988
I'm joining LiveJournal as VP of Product Development
From the announcement to the LiveJournal community: We are happy to announce that Jason Shellen will be joining the team as our new Vice President of Product Development at LiveJournal, Inc. Jason comes to us...
The Secret Agency
Maybe you know the story of how Blogger was born out of a small company called Pyra Labs. It wasn't the first or only Pyra product. Google Reader was birthed out of Google's Labs program....
Last day at Google
The response to my last post has been fantastic. I've had a ton of really nice email and an abundance of comments. Thanks to everyone who wrote in and just a few quick follow-ups to...
My time at Google, by the numbers
I joined Google as part of the Blogger acquisition in February 2003. There were only six of us on the Pyra Labs team and we were Google's first acquisition*. Google was only about 600 employees...
Talk talk
...so I'm back from vacation and it turns out I didn't have more time to blog. Pity that, however I'll do a break wrap-up post soon. Meanwhile, I was asked to be on the Heather...
Baby. Baby. Pirate. Aw.. wait pirates are wild!
cutest baby ever!
Newest Shellen! That's right. My brother Taylor and his wife Theresa are now the proud parents of a beautiful baby boy! Jack Taylor Shellen. For more pictures and all the good details go to Jack's...
Jimmy Dean
Thanks for the many kind words from perfect strangers stopping by this site. I am still knee deep in e-mail responses to people, I do know. I have got to work on my pen pal...
I'll take my mid-life crisis now
I fell in love this weekend with a toy that a friends 7-year old son has, called the Know Ped by GoPed. If you have seen them then you know that these are stronger versions...
Coming about
View from the Chardonnay II
Another year whips by...
27, that sounds old. Michael Jackson made Thriller when he was 25. Michael Dell was well on his way as a computer magnate by the time he was 21. Marc Andreeson had already started and...
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