Thursday, February 14, 2008

FriendFeed’s Google Connection

FriendFeed, as blogged about earlier, is a really addictive site, letting you track what people are doing or reading by compiling their various RSS feeds and diggs and status messages and so on (you can apply for a Beta sign-in). What’s interesting to note is that this start-up consists of nothing but ex-Google employees. From their Team page:

• Ana Yang. “Ana worked on product marketing at Google for four years, leading Gmail marketing for three years.”
• Bret Taylor. “Bret was a Group Product Manager at Google, where he launched Google Maps, the Google Maps API, and founded Google’s Developer product group”
• Jim Norris. “Jim most recently was a Software Engineer at Google for four years, where he launched Google Maps and worked on Google’s core infrastructure team.”
• Kevin Fox. “[W]orked at Google, designing interfaces for Gmail, Google Calendar, Reader, and other products.”
• Paul Buchheit. “[T]he engineer behind Gmail. Paul is also responsible for Google’s famous ’Don’t be evil’ motto and the first AdSense prototype.”
• Sanjeev Singh. “[W]orked at Google on Gmail and the Google Search Appliance”

From left to right: Ana Yang, Sanjeev Singh, Bret Taylor, Jim Norris, and Paul Buchheit

Kevin Fox to the right

FriendFeed is also currently hiring, by the way. They look for pragmatic developers experienced in Python, C++ and JavaScript who “Care deeply about users and the user experience.”

[Photos with thanks to FriendFeed!]

FriendFeed’s Google Conne ... by Philipp Lenssen | Comments (6)

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