Over the past 9 months I’ve been working on iTunes 9. Which shipped 9/9/9. Weird.

As of this week, however, I’m now working in the iPhone group, back in my old stomping ground of building 2. It’s so weird to be back there. It’s been reconfigured a bit since I was there last, but otherwise, it’s the same old place I remember. I was even visiting some old co-workers of mine and noted that my original office was right across the hall. That was (gulp) just over 13 years ago! I think the building was pretty new at the time too (completed in 1993 or so?).

So yeah, I’m in the same building (different floor), and seeing a lot of the old people I used to know. But there are way more new faces than OGs. It all the same, yet different.

But the most important thing in all of this is this: now that I’ve just about settled in I’m starting to have some serious fun. I haven’t looked forward to doing my work this much since… probably since the last time I worked there. Yes, I’ve done interesting stuff and had fun times in between, but this is a whole different level.

I’m home again!

A few weeks ago, I finally met with the folks at Tapulous to discuss Tweetsville and as of that meeting, I’ve got control of the source once again. The existing app will remain in the store, but the source code is mine to do what I wish. At this point, I’ve been outdone over and over in the Twitter app space, not to mention I still work at Apple, so I’m not 100% sure what to do with it yet. At a minimum I might dole out parts as simple open-sourced thingies people would be free to take and use or improve upon. I guess time will tell.

I do want to take this opportunity to thank the Tapulous guys for their open, honest dealings with me and this situation, as well as their willingness to hand it back to me.