Hi. Welcome to my website. I’m Justin Ward. I work at Google and live in San Francisco, CA, and please note that all writing, photos, or links found on justinward.org are mine alone and never that of my employer.
I lived and worked at FeedBurner in Chicago for a year or so before the company was ultimately acquired by Google in June, 2007. For a while, I was still working for Google in Chicago until I made the decision to move out to the Bay Area in May, 2008. I grew up in Geneva, a suburb of Chicago near Aurora, IL (made famous by the movie, Wayne’s World), and I have many good friends, family, and favorite restaurants in the city of Chicago and the surrounding areas.
Back in July, 2004, I started a music blog aptly called Live Music Blog.com after the breakup announcement of a band who’s music touched my soul and brought my love for music out in a strong way. That band was Phish, and I started the blog as a bit of musical therapy to allow me to start focusing some energy into finding again that one band or experience that could fill my soul in the way that band could. The site is still going strong, thanks to the help of some fantastic writers and a newfound love and respect for a lot of music outside of the scope of what I was listening to back in the day. Stop by and check it out to let me know what you think.
As for this website, I hope it serves as a more personal collection of thoughts on my day-to-day life, things I find interesting while working on the web, and everything else I hope to share with the rest of the world before my time here is done. I sincerely hope you enjoy stopping by from time to time.
Thanks,
—Justin
Links:
- 5/08: Songkick Blog: Interview with Live Music Blog (Chicago blogger)