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Leaving Clearleft, going freelance, travelling the world
There is just under a week to go before I bid farewell to Clearleft on the 10th March. I have had a very happy and productive two and a half years working here, though it doesn't feel like it has been that long since I started.
Naturally I am sad to go, it has been great fun working and being part of a team of talented people. I've learned a lot and been very lucky to have had the opportunity to work on some pretty cool projects over the years, including WWF's panda.org, the Mozilla Addon's site and so many more.
I feel I have done some very good work during my time here, both for individual project builds, giving talks and workshops on CSS and CSS3, generally helping out with events such as dConstruct and Uxlondon. Also in introducing a systematic approach to web development—writing componentised maintainable CSS and HTML—which we now use for all of our projects.
It is always sad to leave: I really will miss my fellow Clearlefties. We have had lots of fun memories, many team outings, conferences, fridays at the pub, epic adventures at SXSW, in depth debates & discussions, general office banter, dressing up daft for Halloween etc. They have become more than just colleagues, they are good friends.
There are some exciting times for me on the horizon though, in addition to running the Brighton Marathon, working on some personal projects and getting married on June 5th to the lovely Simon Willison, I am also making myself available for freelance work. If you have any HTML / CSS / Javascript projects or need emergency cross browser CSS help—I'm your girl, feel free to drop me a line.
…and if that wasn't enough announcements for you: Simon and I will also be leaving England's green and pleasant land in mid June for an elongated honeymoon travelling the world in search of adventure, interesting food and funny animals. We will also be working as we go round. We don't have any fixed route or return date, but you can be sure there will follow a site that lets you track what we are up to as we journey through foreign lands :)
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A quote from Natalie
Announcing that I am leaving Clearleft, going freelance then travelling the world with @simonw http://natbat.net/2010/Mar/5/new-adventures/
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