Category Archives: germany

Good-bye AdvantiPro, Hello AdvantiPro!

After nearly a year as Director of Internet Technologies, I move to Chief Technology Officer and, along with two partners, step into an ownership role! Hold on tightly, folks! Continue reading

Today’s Readings

The latest installment in my “Today’s Readings” series, offering my rants and thoughts based on findings from around the world-wide web. Happy reading! Continue reading

Germany: Two Years and Counting…

With fresh eyes, everything in Germany was new & lovely! Two years later, any change? Continue reading

San Francisco, I Guess We’re NOT Coming Home, Yet…

When I wrote back in July about us leaving Germany and returning to San Francisco, our minds were made up and our plans were finalized: We were finally heading back to our home by the Bay, to our friends and … Continue reading

San Francisco, We’re Coming Home!

In the years that have passed since Marianne and I left the San Francisco Bay Area (and there have been 12 of those years!), we have called many places home: Silver Springs, MD; Bethesda, MD; the Upper East Side of … Continue reading

Germany: An Update

Any time you move somewhere new, there are signs to yourself that you’re “settling in”, things like: No longer needing the GPS every time you drive somewhere… Walking into the grocery store and knowing where to go to get the … Continue reading

Ingenious Things I’m Loving About Germany

Just over four weeks into our residence in Germany and the most common word my wife and I find ourselves using when we encounter something new and different is “civilized”… Not the word I expected to use. I expected “efficient”, … Continue reading

Hi Germany, Nice to Meet You!

It has now been nearly three weeks, and (astonishingly, we’re told) we already have an apartment (really a townhouse, for some reason, basically our last 3 apartments combined), both passed our German driver license test (which we’re told some fail … Continue reading

The Start of a New Beginning

My iPhone says it’s 5:58pm. It’s Friday, November, 18, 2011. I stand on the subway platform under Rockefeller Center waiting for the D train to take me to Harlem, taking me “home” to a friend’s house where my wife waits. … Continue reading

Moving to Germany, Looking for Connections

Well, after six-plus years in New York City, my wife and I are packing up the gypsy wagon once more and moving to Germany! She’s been offered a great job opportunity and it was just too good to pass up. … Continue reading