{"id":5707,"date":"2014-05-27T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=5707"},"modified":"2025-07-21T13:50:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T20:50:45","slug":"welcome-ariel-nomad-couch-surfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/welcome-ariel-nomad-couch-surfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Ariel: Nomad, Couch Surfer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5708\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/blog-ariel.jpg\" alt=\"blog-ariel\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/blog-ariel.jpg 560w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/blog-ariel-300x139.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"bzdropcap\">Ariel has a beautiful home in Oregon, yet we lured him to the San Francisco Bay Area to work for Backblaze as our new Purchasing and Inventory Manager. As he gets settled into the Bay Area, Ariel has become somewhat of a nomad, making the couch de jure his latest home. He doesn&#8217;t have to be a couch surfer, but he really seems to like it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why did you move here?<\/strong><br \/>\nMy fianc\u00e9e and I love San Francisco and the Bay Area. We visit frequently and have often daydreamed about living here. We are drawn to the higher energy, vibrant arts, and the fantastic food of the Bay Area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What attracted you to Backblaze?<\/strong><br \/>\nI\u2019ve actually been a Backblaze customer for a number of years. Needless to say, I appreciate the product and really like what we\u2019re doing. I used to be fascinated reading the blog posts about Pods.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did you get into computers?<\/strong><br \/>\nI remember the joy of my parents buying me a Commodore 64 when I was in 5<sup>th<\/sup> grade. That was really exciting at the time. We also got a Mac Plus shortly afterwards, which got me hooked. I\u2019ve been heavily into computers since then. In 1988 my family moved to Cupertino, and, well&#8230; I guess it\u2019s in the air.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite place you\u2019ve traveled?<\/strong><br \/>\nThere are certainly a lot of places I still need to see. Throughout my travels I felt a real affinity for the Scottish Highlands; Tallinn, Estonia; Riga, Latvia; and Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite hobby?<\/strong><br \/>\nI love filmmaking. I\u2019m particularly drawn to cinematography. Music and photography are also favorites of mine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you won the lottery tomorrow, what would you do?<\/strong><br \/>\nI\u2019d buy an Arri Amira camera package and start traveling the world with my fianc\u00e9e, making films.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s hope that if Ariel wins the lottery and starts traveling the world with his fianc\u00e9e, he gets over his couch surfing ways and gets a room. In the mean time, he&#8217;ll be a welcome addition to the Backblaze family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ariel has a beautiful home in Oregon, yet we lured him to the San Francisco Bay Area to work for Backblaze as our new Purchasing and Inventory Manager. As he gets settled into the Bay Area, Ariel has become somewhat of a nomad, making the couch de jure his latest home. He doesn&#8217;t have to&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/welcome-ariel-nomad-couch-surfer\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Welcome Ariel: Nomad, Couch Surfer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":5708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[131],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backblaze-bits","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Welcome Ariel: Nomad, Couch Surfer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ariel has a beautiful home in Oregon, yet we lured him to the San Francisco Bay Area to work for Backblaze as our new Purchasing and Inventory Manager. 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