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January 22, 2006

Welcome.

Updated (3): Joined Comast as SVP and Chief Software Architect.

Updated (2): Departing AOL. Details here.

Updated (1): New(-ish) job - Included in my group at AOL are: Desktop Client infrastructure (OCP), Host infrastructure (SOA), Instant Messaging and Realtime communications (AIM), Publishing systems, Search development, Mail Host infrastructure, and the new Billing and Business Infrastructure.


So I have a blog. (AKA testing.. 1... 2.... 3).

I'm Sree Kotay.

I work(ed) at AOL developing software (design, UI, engineering, qualifying, shipping) as a Senior VP in the Technology group.


Before that, I was at Viewpoint as CTO, building the Viewpoint Media Player - original specs, code, vision, etc.

Before that, I was Director of R&D at Metacreations, nee' Metatools, nee' HSC Software. We did some good stuff - folks would be surprised how much that work continues to reverberate even today.

Before that, I was President of a small software company called Intrepid Systems. Mostly pre-press and high-end graphics workflow software.

Software I've worked on, AKA run my code/designs in some meaningful way even now (mostly graphics code - hence the blog title; trying to earn some cred'):

- AOL stuff (more discussion of that shortly)
- Meta-stuff (Bryce, Carrara, Poser, et al.)
- Mapquest (Yep - they render maps with my code, though that's about it)
- Viewpoint (Viewpoint Media Player, SWF Player, Tools, etc.)


30 comments:

Anonymous said...

Gotta give you credit for the Metacreations software, and Mapquest.... but Viewpoint Media Player? Everytime I found that software on a machine, I just figured it was spyware and deleted it because I couldn't find a practical purpose for it, and nobody ever remembered intstalling it themselves. I have even found it on my own machines and wondered how it got there. F- dude. But A+ on the other stuff.

Sree Kotay said...

Hah.

Yeah, its getting a little (probably fair) abuse these days.

FWIW (and I realize the road to hell is paved with good intentions), it wasn't the plan. The Viewpoint Media Player was a multimedia graphics and display engine. It supports SVG, Flash, 3D graphics, video, etc. in a composited way such that it blends right in with HTML as a first class citizen.

Think of Flash Player, but then some. At least that was the idea.

We built it BEFORE Spyware was a big thing, and ironically, in our pursuit to be "clean" we got slammed. I required that we make minimal registry changes and install ourselves cleanly in one obvious location in c:\program files\viewpoint

I also wanted to make it easy to remove, so it showed up in Add/Remove programs.

Unfortunately, as people didn't know (a)what it was, or (b)how it got there (usually because some company like AOL or Adobe installed it for operation of their software, as they might any DLL or ActiveX control) - well people freaked, especially when Spyware took off.

For a while, it was really just good intentions gone awry.

And then (some time after I left) Viewpoint started installing Browser Toolbars aggressively...

So, now, I'm proud of the design of the tech and content we built (back in the day) - and a little defensive about its current perception.

Ah well, you win some, you lose some.

Anonymous said...

Hi Sree,

Good to see you things are popping at AOL!! I have to say that I was disappointed how Viewpoint Media Player and the company played out. I believe that we would have been more successful if we really focused on being the web/graphics delivery vehicle and build a business model around that, rather than the usual 90 day-"let's change our business model" company. Many of the graphics companies were onboard with us if we would have focused more....Look at the CAD area....they are still talking about VET and using it! But all in all, it was a great experience working with you and the rest of the engineers!

Sree Kotay said...

Hey Palndub - yep, Vector Effects was my software, and sadly, no longer around :/ you're out of luck.

And Chris - yeah, fwiw, "chase the press release" and "focus" are not problems that were endemic to Viewpoint, as I'm sure you've found.

Success takes, more than anything else, commitment. Ah, well - it was fun :)

Anonymous said...

Heya Sree,

Jim Tierney here, I worked with you awhile back doing QA at MetaTools. I'm now running a small Photoshop/After Effects plugin company called Digital Anarchy.

It'd be great to hear from you if you've got a second. jim (at) digitalanarchy.com. We're doing some fun stuff over here and I'd be very interested in your opinion on some things.

Hope things are well...

Jim

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Anonymous said...

Very cool blog. A little over my little head, but interesting.

Hey Sree, wasn't StripIt your baby? That program paved the way for one successful dude. Happy for you!

Now make it easier to use that damn Comcast ticket ordering site to get tickets.

Exactly what parts of the Comcast software business do you get involved with? Internet access, settop boxes incl. the new TIVO stuff, web site and tickets, limiting user download speeds, etc.?

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