Apr 6, 2011
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Gannett Blog: USAT | Lead apps developer jumps to Twitter

Unless you work for Gannett, this site probably won’t make much sense, but it is basically the unofficial rumor mill for Gannett, USA TODAY’s parent company, where anonymous tips are given about layoffs, staffing changes, and other company business dealings from internal staffers. The commenters are almost always anonymous as well, and this particular comment amuses me greatly:

Enough already. Those pics are legit. They’re all in common areas. The people should be at their desks working, not perusing the hallways. There is a lot of empty space, but the building was built with a 20 year horizon - so the space had to be planned for. The real question is - why wasn’t Couch working?

The linked photos were from my interview, during a tour of the building. Additionally, the post incorrectly states my start date as March 2009 (it was March 2008), and the 10:33 AM commenter correctly notes that I’m not a lead developer on the apps—that would be the fantastic Mercury Intermedia—I just worked with them a lot on the interface, design, and user experience of the app. However, I do develop and design web apps, and that will constitute a large part of my new job at Twitter.

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