Many people don’t realize it, but Dale and myself live on opposite sides of Canada. I live near Vancouver, Canada, and Dale is about an hour outside of Toronto. To see Dale requires that I hop on a plane and spend the better part of a day flying out to his part of the world. Unfortunately, that means Dale and I only get a chance to see each other twice a year or so. The last time we were together Dale flew out my way and we spent the weekend organizing WordCamp Vancouver. We decided to launch WPtouch Pro then, for symbolic reasons, at around 1am on the night before Dale flew back. That was June.
We haven’t had a chance to get together since then, so tomorrow we are both getting on planes and heading to the Mayan Riviera for a little working vacation. Truthfully, it costs us nearly $800 every time we go to see the other person, not including any meals or drinks. So, to pay $1,000 to go to a Mexican all-inclusive resort is just that much easier for us.
I’m actually in the process of giving up my life in Vancouver and am going to be traveling and working for a year, visiting WordPress and WPtouch users across the globe as I move. So, this trip is probably the last time I’ll get a chance to hang out with Dale until April, when I’ll be swinging through New York City for my birthday.
As Dale and I spend a lot of our day on the phone or iChat, working remotely is no obstacle to how BraveNewCode operates. In fact, in a lot of ways it’s an advantage, because I can field questions from time to time after Dale has gone to bed, and he can deal with the occasional issue before I wake up.
So, by tomorrow night Dale and I will both be enjoying a few beers in the Mayan Riviera, strategizing about what next year will bring for WPtouch, BraveNewCode, and a few other of the items we haven’t announced yet. Rest assured, it’s all exciting stuff, so a big thank you to all of our customers, friends, and long-time supporters.
