The problem with all of these people who are walking out the door at MySpace isn’t so much the number of them, because MySpace is trying to replace them by hiring more people. It’s the fact that the best people are leaving, and taking a lot of the knowledge base with them.
Three star senior employees [...]
Tags: Absurdity, Departures, Execs, Fluff, Internal Politics, Jeff Webber, John Faith, Level Management, Looking For A New Job, Management Structure, Mid Level, Middle Management, Morale Problems, Myspace, New Projects, News Corp, Owen Van Natta, Recent Quote, Rock Bottom, User Experience
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In December 2008, Six Apart acquired Pownce, a microblogging service that never managed to attract a large following. Pownce was shuttered after the acquisition, but its two-person team joined Six Apart to help integrate the technology into Six Apart’s blogging services. Today Pownce founder Leah Culver has written on her blog that she’s [...]
Tags: Acquisition, Alum, Blog, Blogging, Contract Basis, Departures, Full Time, Integration, Iphone, Leaves, Mark Hendrickson, Mike Malone, Motion Products, Person Team, Pownce, Private Beta, Technology, Typepad, Web Based Irc, Web Based Irc Client
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