My New Role

Just as I was gearing up to start work on Inbox 3.1, something happened.  One of our great platform developers took a new job, creating a new opportunity for me at NewsGator which I've decided to take on.  I'm now the lead developer of the NewsGator API!

For those who don't know my history here, I started just as the API was beginning to take shape.  Inbox 2.5 was the first client to use our synchronization system via the new API so I've been intimately involved in its testing and design aspects for years. 

I've also built a number of NewsGator client applications that all use the API - Toolbar, ScreenSaver, Desktop, Ticker (not public but very cool).  At one point I even took on a brief project manager role that helped synchronized the API's we use at services.newsgator.com with the API's used on the NewsGator Enterprise side of the house. 

Our API is very powerful, has both REST and SOAP versions, and is also used by some of the biggest media and news companies in the world, along with being the sync engine for NetNewsWire, FeedDemon, Inbox and NewsGator Go.  This is a great opportunity for me to expand my programming experience back on the server side, get involved with SQL again (and our massive database) and - as Greg put it - "scratch that computer sciencey part of my brain that Outlook development does not".

For now I am still the lead developer for my other client products as well, but they'll take a lower priority to API work.  I can't say for certain when anything new will come out of those but my intention is to continue working on them since its work I really do enjoy... but if you have concerns that something you love won't be fixed/enhanced please let us know!