Jani Patokallio was first bitten by the travel bug at the age of 8 months and hasn’t managed to shake it yet. Halfway by means of racking up 650,000 flight miles as a telecommuting guide, he jumped ship to become co-founder and managing editor of pioneering print-on-demand travel publisher Wikitravel Press , with OpenFlights as a aspect venture. Previously Publishing Platform Architect at Lonely Planet , Jani now works in Google’s Cloud team in Sydney.
By 2009, the writing was on the wall and we began on the lookout for a manner out. Evan already had successful on his hands with / StatusNet , and towards the end of the yr I received an offer from Lonely Planet — to not acquire the corporate, however to deliver me on board a revolutionary publishing challenge of their very own. I jumped on the likelihood, resigned my managerial positions (however hedged my … Read more
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