Wow – this one’s going into my ego-boost file. Thanks, Kevin!
A few thoughts on this:
– It was great to watch Kevin bloom over the years at AOL, going in the time I knew him from a fairly junior front-end developer to one of the real technical leaders of the place. It was good to watch, and nice to know I played a part.
– As the comments above show, Kevin took whatever I did for him and paid it forward. There were many developers at AOL who benefited from Kevin’s input and mentoring – I should know, one of the first things I did on leaving AOL was to hire away one of his best protoges.
– Best of all, of course, was that working with Kevin was never a one-way street. I got a lot from him over the years, starting with exposure to the Cluetrain and moving on from there.
All of which is to say: Kevin, you are more than welcome!
Joe Dzikiewicz