Comments for Google Scoops Up Del.icio.us Founder

Google Scoops Up Del.icio.us Founder

2009-01-12T23:01:33Z

News just broke that Google has hired Joshua Schachter, the founder of social bookmarking service Delicious. Schachter left Yahoo! six months ago, two and a half years after it acquired his groundbreaking app. We're excited to see what he does at Google.

]]> Schachter was working on some sort of secret project and worked with Upcoming.org co-founder Andy Baio, also rich and free years after a Yahoo! acquisition of his site, on one of the coolest Greasemonkey scripts we've ever seen.

Photo: Schachter at ETech05, prior to the Yahoo! acquisition.

For more details check out our analysis on Jobwire, our site tracking new hires in tech and new media.

Comment from Jesse W. on 2009-01-12

2009-01-12T23:13:02Z

This does not surprise me at all as Google has always been know for scooping up good talent. They are a company that realizes intelligence is the future. I wish the company I worked for felt the same way!

Jesse W.
http://www.subprimeblogger.com

Comment from Scott Mahler-Datex Media on 2009-01-12

2009-01-12T23:24:14Z

Wow. It's really a small world, when it comes to the technology industry isn't it? It will be interesting to see what he brings to the table at Google. I'll be keeping my eye on this one.

Comment from Susan Beebe on 2009-01-12

2009-01-12T23:51:03Z

wow! that's a interesting move

Comment from Alan Mater on 2009-01-12

2009-01-13T01:49:08Z

Google is always looking to advance in technology to provide the best for it's users. No surprise. That's why they're the number one search engine. It will be interesting to see what becomes of this.

Alan Mater
http://www.replaceyoursalary.com

Comment from Richard Filing on 2009-01-12

2009-01-13T02:21:11Z

absolutely is ... Delicious gets a bit of heat now mainly because Yahoo didn't change it enough in update but that's because Joshua did such a great job setting it up. Who implemented tagging properly before Delicious did? Cannot wait to see the fit - go Joshua!

Comment from John Thomas on 2009-01-13

2009-01-13T12:56:58Z

Must be nice having barrels of cash lying around during these tough times!

www.privacy-web.us.tc

Comment from erichansa on 2009-01-13

2009-01-13T16:35:11Z

Do they not teach people to write proper English at Read Write Web?

Comment from Timothy on 2009-01-13

2009-01-13T17:13:15Z

I love del.icio.us. I hope he has some good ideas that will help out Google. Because I love Google as well.

Comment from Jeffrey Louis on 2009-01-13

2009-01-13T17:57:55Z

Wow... Google getting another top dog! Nice! Google is so smart and will keep getting larger because they keep doing the right things and hiring the right people.

Comment from rob, BtG on 2009-01-13

2009-01-13T18:30:08Z

much needed atGoogle, good move.

Comment from Via on 2009-01-13

2009-01-14T00:52:21Z

I love my Google Bookmarks. With the excellent Firefox extension GMarks, it works well for me. I'd love to see it made more robust with tagging, nesting, and perhaps incorporating recommendations in a non-invasive way.

Perhaps Schachter's arrival will speed up the development of some of these things?

Comment from Best Wallpapers on 2009-01-16

2009-01-16T13:40:22Z

Google People are smart..Nice step taken by them.