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Usefulness of Meebo


I’ve had a MeeboMe widget in place on the sidebar of this blog for a while without much traffic or contact from others. Recently however, some brave souls have begun to initiate contact in order to let me know what they think of FML. Usually I have no idea who they are, but [...]

Merger fallout


Last week about 45 employees from Endeavor lost their jobs as a result of the merger with Ex Libris. Among them are friends and former co-workers. I am not surprised that some were laid off; what surprises me is why some were laid off and others kept their jobs. Some who kept [...]

Fall of the axe


I haven’t written much for a long time. I don’t feel the need to apologize or explain, really, but I do want to make it clear that I am not abandoning this blog!
The main thing I wanted to note down here is anxiety on my part for friends who are losing their jobs at [...]

Well, well, well


I was surprised to see the announcement, published earlier this afternoon, that Endeavor and Ex Libris would merge under the ownership of Francisco Partners, a private equity fund with a focus on technology. In fact, I am still going through all of the ramifications of this news and haven’t quite figured out what it [...]