Another Blogger Exists Microsoft
Niall Kennedy is the latest mainstream blogger to be leaving Microsoft, of course following Robert Scoble.
Niall was working on some of the various feed features being worked on in coordination with the Windows Live developments. He’s only been there 5 months, April to August.
The Windows Live initiative got off to a huge start, with lots of new services created and an “invest to win” strategy in the new division. There were so many new programs created and headcount opening up Microsoft told Wall Street it would be spending $2 billion more than anticipated in the short-term to cover these new costs including over 10,000 new hires over the last fiscal year.
What will Niall be doing now?
So what’s next? I had a few startup ideas before joining Microsoft and those never went away. I want to change the way the world thinks about personal data, publishing, and search and I might have the right opportunity to do just that. The product(s) will hopefully be profitable in under a year and not rely on advertising revenue to get there. I fully own my IP rights again on August 19, so I won’t be talking much about past inventions until then to limit legal hassles (I invented this before Microsoft, but still playing it safe).
We’ll definitely need to keep an eye on the developments that may be popping out from Niall’s new focus on his own initiatives. I wish Niall the best, but I hope Microsoft doesn’t look back and wish they’d never let him go.
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