Jaffe Juice: The layoff chronicles brought to you by Twitter

February 13, 2008

The layoff chronicles brought to you by Twitter

...and thanks to Twitter, he shared his entire experience with the rest of us.

Here are some of the tweets:

Y! layoffs today, I'm "impacted". I'm heading into work to pack my desk, get my severance paperwork and hand in my badge...more to come. about 10 hours ago

On the plus side, my commute just got a lot shorter. about 10 hours ago.

Walking around saying good bye to some great people and good friends. about 9 hours ago

Waiting for the call from HR so I can go pick up my paperwork....C'mon, c'mon! I'm busy here! Let's get this over with. about 8 hours ago

Thanks to everyone sending the positive tweets. I've got plenty of free time now so just let me know if you want to meet up for lunch. about 8 hours ago

Ugh. I have a 1GB flash drive and 2GB files to back up. That is teh suck. about 7 hours ago

Heading into my HR meeting. The room is called Lucy. Cute, eh? about 7 hours ago

Finishing meeting with HR. Need to go clear out desk now. about 6 hours ago

Dammit. I was hoping to hook up the free Flickr Pro account before I got canned. Major fail. about 6 hours ago

Lots of whispered conversations. Like people are afraid to ask who's gone. about 4 hours ago

Dear Blackberry, What great times we had. I'll miss you. At least until tonight when I stop on my way home and buy an iPhone. Love, Me about 4 hours ago

I'm going dark in a few minutes. The HR guy is on his way over to confiscate my laptop. about 4 hours ago

Last free triple non-fat latte from Beantrees. Sniff. about 3 hours ago

Signing off from Yahoo!. Fade to black... about 3 hours ago

I'm not sure what exactly to make of it. Is it warped? Is it del.icio.us? Is it the Web 2.0 equivalent of TMZ or the National Enquirer?

Whatever your thoughts, one thing's for sure...you now know who Ryan Kuder is and hopefully will give him his next job.

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I think it makes for fascinating voyeurism, but I can't help but feel sad for everyone who lost their jobs. Thanks for sharing these tweets.

Posted by: Rob Robinson

I know Rob. But hopefully Ryan will get a job based on the buzz he's getting from his tweets.

Posted by: Joseph Jaffe

Hi,

That is a classbook example of a journalistic scoop.

I have written about this in blog post entitled 'Sourcing Twitter For Scoops'.

http://blog.reportwitters.com/2008/02/24/sourcing-twitter-for-scoops/

Journalists can do very well out of Twitter, especially because they can source informaton that people care about and which they don't just throw online to get traffic. It's a brilliant tool if you know how to mine the data.

Great work!

Posted by: angelique van engelen

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