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One last interview

I think that this should be the last of my posts regarding my recent notoriety. Tech news site BetaNews interviewed me about the entire affair yesterday, and the interview has just been posted on their site.

On October 23, Michael “Woody” Hanscom posted a picture to his Web blog, intended to garner a chuckle or two from a few close friends and colleagues.

The reaction the picture drew from his employer can only be compared to a kind of Orwellian nightmare where anything an individual does online can come back to haunt them. That nightmare is the reality faced by an increasingly vulnerable corporate world where the Web can be used as a tool to disclose potentially sensitive and damaging trade secrets to the masses.

Thanks to David Worthington for conducting the interview.

Posted in 15Minutes, Life. See also: We all have our priorities | Red wine | The MovableType/Mac conspiracy… | Hit the showers, Harry! | Things are changing these days .

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  1. BeSpike said

    Michael I have been trying to contact you by e-mail. Please Email me at spike6114@yahoo.com

  2. John Hanscom said

    If you can go back to college in a year or so after all this, by all means major in education, but don’t neglect either rhetoric or creative writing. Your mom and I agree you are excellent at both.

    Love

    Dad

Continuing the Discussion

  1. Reflective Reality linked to this post on November 1, 2003

    Sacked blogger interview

    Michael “Woody” Hanscom (www) the infamous blogger who got sacked for posting a pic of G5’s being unloaded at microsoft on his humble blog has been interviewed by betanews right here. He’s has some time to think….

  2. Reflective Reality linked to this post on November 1, 2003

    “I love this company”

    This rather new story reminded me of this old video, so I went digging for a link…. Where Steve Balmer dances on a stage like he just bagged a $20M bonus. Is this why some companies have a no cameras clause!?! I’ve seen far worse at christmas parties…

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