I met fellow Vancouverite Stewart Butterfield (of Flickr fame) briefly a few years ago and various friends of mine know him well. So for me it wasn’t such a surprise that Butterfield’s recent resignation letter to Yahoo was a little bizarre, but really, “tin-smithing”? Perhaps Stewart’s next career will be as a fiction writer?
Posted by Mark Busse
Tags: flickr, News, resignation, Stewart Butterfield, Vancouver, yahoo
Joe Uregan (July 16th, 2008)
You’ve completely missed Stewart’s sense of humour and the metaphor that he’s clearly laid out in the letter.
The letter is brilliant and points to how companies start to offer services and products outside of their expertise.
Make sense?
Mark Busse (July 16th, 2008)
Uh, no, I didn’t miss anything Joe. On the contrary. I “got it” immediately and agree it’s brilliant. That’s why I posted it. :-)