In London

I've gotten to London and start in the office in the morning. Stayed in the Hilton near my flat while I moved items back and forth. At this hour I've got everything over and fairly well setup. Made a bunch of runs to the shops nearby, trick on how expensive London is - just don't convert into dollars ;-)

Nice that I already had banking setup prior, debit and credit cards both work after a few calls to the bank over the last few days. Still can't make some online purchases due to addresses not matching. Have to deal with that.

I have to find a way to make TV work, I've got BBC and other freeview channels working but I can't seem to get ITV and Channel 4 to work. A bit of an issue given it's important I have access to them given my company's ownership. I'll deal with that this week. Yes, I did pay the TV license fee.

The other thing I have to deal with is getting a real internet connection, seems with out a prior UK address this may be a bit of a trick. Will be making calls in the morning if I've time.

For reference on where I'm staying, here is the google map

New Position - "UK VOD LLP"

I'm able to say where I'm heading - I'm the new CTO for a company currently known as 'UK VOD, LLP" which is a joint venture between the BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 to supply VOD content to the UK market

There are some rather non-trivial regulatory issues with the company which makes this position just a wee bit risky, all of which are summarized here.

This will either be a great thing for me or my shortest career to date. I can't worry too much about the issues at hand and will let the legal groups figure it out and hope for the best. In the mean time I've got a product to help build and I'm looking forward to getting into it come Monday.

My first meetings are ironically on the west coast so I do not arrive in London until next weekend.