Ian Rogers - Super Cool…Super Dad
I had the pleasure of meeting Ian shortly after I joined Yahoo!. Ian and his team were working on the Yahoo! Music Engine (now called Yahoo! Music Jukebox). I was doing a bunch of testing of the internal builds before it had been released to the larger world. One morning, I got an IM from Matt New telling me to come down to URLs to see what he and Ian had whipped up on the latest version of YME. I went down and hung with Matt and Ian for a bit, Ian showed me all the cool stuff they were working on. In that short time sitting with Ian, you could tell he was totally into it. Music, Yahoo!, everything. It was cool, like meeting a celebrity and having them not let you down.
Today I read Ian’s “Happy Birthday” to his little girl. While the note is sweet and touching, the pictures blow me away. On the one hand, it’s incredible to see how close they are. On the other, it’s sad to think how close my father and I used to be.
