It’s my last day working for Synapse. I’m basically just cleaning up and checking things in today. I’ve long since passed on all useful knowledge about this project, and while my teammates say they’ll miss me I’m sure they will carry the project on without a hitch. I’ll be off work for all of July; my first day at Google will be the first of August.

I like Synapse; it’s a good company and I’m going to miss the people here. I’ve learned a lot about embedded software development, and about electrical engineering too; comparing the lights I built for the Shame Project with either of the two previous years’ Burning Man projects makes the difference obvious. I’d expected to spend more time here, but the opportunity to go work for Google is definitely not to be missed.