Comments | harryh: So long Dens + Alex

harryh

So long Dens + Alex

Apr 16, 2007 01:41

Official announcement from Dens that he + Alex quit Google this past Friday. While I like to think that I was a damn good engineer, my work counted for about 90% of the support they got from Google over the past two years, and that just wasn't enough to make much happen. Good luck to them on their future endeavors ( Read more... )

dodgeball.com

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interimlover April 16 2007, 06:05:46 UTC

fuck man, what a waste... I don't get why d-ball wasn't backed more than it was... especially with the rise of twitter. mega lame.

gleemie April 16 2007, 07:09:02 UTC

I kinda respect the candid honesty about their feelings about the situation conveyed by the photo in their blog.

As for twitter coming up, you know twitter is founded by all the Blogger founders after they one by one left Google and reaggregated at obvious corp?

I just describe the points. You may draw a line if you wish.

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gleemie April 16 2007, 07:24:47 UTC

It's cool. I work for Google. :) There are a thousand things I love about the company and several things I think we kind of blow at. That's a fairly healthy balance, right?

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billetdoux April 17 2007, 06:48:47 UTC

I agree with the first post - they def. should have put more resources behind dodgeball. And it is a shame it went the way it did. On the flipside, welcome dens to the world of advertising for me. It is where it's AT. Silicon Valley is DEAD yo, it's all about MADISON AVE.