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		<title>Twitter &amp; Immediacy &#8211; Getting Fired from Yahoo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Paterson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was young the only people who got fired had done something really bad. Today most of us have been fired or layed off.
But if you haven&#8217;t been layed off yet &#8211; this is what ii can be like as Twittered by a person at Yahoo (Thanks to Mike Butcher  who Twittered the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When I was young the only people who got fired had done something really bad. Today most of us have been fired or layed off.</p>
<p>But if you haven&#8217;t been layed off yet &#8211; this is what ii can be like as Twittered by a person at Yahoo (Thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/mbites">Mike Butcher  who Twittered</a> <a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/2/getting_fired_at_yahoo__a_twitter_log">the lnk</a>) I find there is a special immediacy about following a person who is experiencing a life moment &#8211; don&#8217;t you? I quote the post from <a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/">Silicon Valley Insider</a> in full so that you can follow Ryan if you want to:</p>
<blockquote><p>Yahoo&#8217;s Ryan Kuder was canned today. A drag for him, but a gift for the rest of us&#8211;because he <a href="http://twitter.com/ryankuder?page=1">Twittered it</a>.  A new form of literature is in the making&#8230;</p>
<p><strong> Y! layoffs today, I&#8217;m &#8220;impacted&#8221;. I&#8217;m heading into work to pack my desk, get my severance paperwork and hand in my badge&#8230;more to come. </strong> about 10 hours ago</p>
<p><strong> On the plus side, my commute just got a lot shorter. </strong> about 10 hours ago.</p>
<p><strong>Ironic that I just got my PC repaired yesterday. Won&#8217;t be needing that anymore.</strong> about 9 hours ago.</p>
<p><strong>Walking around saying good bye to some great people and good friends. </strong> about 9 hours ago</p>
<p><strong>Waiting for the call from HR so I can go pick up my paperwork&#8230;.C&#8217;mon, c&#8217;mon! I&#8217;m busy here! Let&#8217;s get this over with. </strong> about 8 hours ago</p>
<p><strong>This is a serious downer. Trying to drown it in free lattes. Which I will miss. </strong> about 8 hours ago</p>
<p><strong> Thanks to everyone sending the positive tweets. I&#8217;ve got plenty of free time now so just let me know if you want to meet up for lunch.</strong> about 8 hours ago</p>
<p><strong>Ugh. I have a 1GB flash drive and 2GB files to back up. That is teh suck. </strong> about 7 hours ago</p>
<p><strong> Heading into my HR meeting. The room is called Lucy. Cute, eh?</strong> about 7 hours ago</p>
<p><strong> Finishing meeting with HR. Need to go clear out desk now. </strong> about 6 hours ago</p>
<p><strong> Dammit. I was hoping to hook up the free Flickr Pro account before I got canned. Major fail. </strong> about 6 hours ago</p>
<p><strong>Taking my last walk through URLs. Remember that time we sat in that booth to review ad yields? That was great&#8230; </strong> about 6 hours ago</p>
<p><strong>Lots of whispered conversations. Like people are afraid to ask who&#8217;s gone. </strong> about 4 hours ago</p>
<p><strong>Dear Blackberry, What great times we had. I&#8217;ll miss you. At least until tonight when I stop on my way home and buy an iPhone. Love, Me </strong> about 4 hours ago</p>
<p><strong>Oh&#8230;and my badge. He&#8217;s going to take that too. Will I be able to get a latte for the road still? </strong> about 4 hours ago</p>
<p><strong> I&#8217;m going dark in a few minutes. The HR guy is on his way over to confiscate my laptop.</strong> about 4 hours ago</p>
<p><strong>Last free triple non-fat latte from Beantrees. Sniff. </strong> about 3 hours ago</p>
<p><strong>Signing off from Yahoo!. Fade to black&#8230; </strong> about 3 hours ago</p>
<p><strong>Celebrating unemployment with a giant margarita at Chevy&#8217;s. </strong> 5 minutes ago</p>
<p>Follow Ryan&#8217;s future <a href="http://twitter.com/ryankuder?page=1">here..</a></p>
<p><em>Thanks to <a href="http://searchengineland.com/080212-183132.php">Danny Sullivan</a> at Search Engine Watch and <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=7978">Dan Farber and Larry Dignan </a>at ZDnet for alerting us to Ryan&#8217;s log&#8211;and thanks to Ryan for writing it.</em></p></blockquote>

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