One year ago I decided to offer myself a very special birthday gift: I accepted a full-time position with Raincity Studios. The wrapper looked cool, the card was inviting and it sounded good when I shook the box.

Little did I know what was to come when I accepted the offer... We were a crew of six at that time, occupying the cosy 525 Seymour office and working on small and engaging projects. Then talented new team members and soon-to-be-friends joined our gang. Next there was the fruitful Bryght acquisition and, more recently, the opening of the Shanghai office. We are now a family of 27 hard-working, dedicated and fun-loving people, collaborating together on larger exciting projects. It feels like I'm still unwrapping the gift...

Halloween last, RCS Lead Drupalist Francis rousted up the local Drupal community for a successful de-bug fest. The momentum rolls on here with the newly-anointed "Drupal Day Thursdays." After a mighty Bar-b-q feast with our neighbors, we turned off client work and switched to community work.

Digression: Of course, this (shocking!) behaviour benefits our clients tremendously in the long run since the work is contributed back - in the case of a custom module, contributing back means the client's code will continually supported, maintained, and possibly improved.