New Job: I’m Joining Nokia, Moving To San Francisco
Posted: September 28th, 2006 | Author: Karl | Filed under: Marketing | 18 Comments »I’m pleased to let you all know that I recently accepted an offer to join Nokia and I will be moving to San Francisco in the next few weeks. The role i’m taking on is going to combine several of my very favorite things, the web, video games, and of course mobile phones (or multimedia computers as they are calling them now). I’m going to be working in the video game group, and my role will be about extending and integrating mobile gaming through the web, social media and multimedia. I should point out that my decision had nothing to do with the announcement of the N95, although I will be doing my damnedest to get my hands on one of those babys asap 
From the standpoint of ExperienceCurve I will still be focusing on Social Media and marketing for sure, but I wouldn’t be surprised if a few more mobile focused posts slip through, and certainly some more video gaming posts. Overall though my focus in the new job is more closely aligned with my interests and passions than any of my previous jobs.
I won’t be starting until the middle of October, so I’ve decided to do a road-trip from South Florida to San Francisco in my Mini with my trusty Tom-Tom. The high level plan is escape Florida on October 2nd, take some detours in Louisiana, stop for a couple of days in Austin and visit my friend Erik, through New Mexico, hit the grand canyon, through Las Vegas, on to Los Angeles, and take the Pacific Coast Highway to San Francisco. Sounds much shorter than the 3,000 miles that it is I’m thinking I’ll probably aim to be in San Francisco by October 12th. This does mean that I don’t know where I’m going to be celebrating my birthday on October 8th… maybe the Grand Canyon.
Anyone en-route drop me a line, maybe I can stop for a coffee on the way. Also, any tips on things that I have to see or must eat on the way, I’m open to suggestions.
