Jason Shellen Says Goodbye To Google

Jason Shellen, one of the Blogger six who came over to Google four and a half years ago, has left the company. Jason announced the move on his blog, giving the whole story of how he joined Pyra Labs as an unpaid consultant because he really liked the company, and was working hard there three years later when they were the first company Google acquired along with its staff.
Jason worked hard on Blogger for years, especially after Blogger’s founder, Evan Williams, left to start Odeo, and eventually, Twitter. Jason later came into his own, developing an outright hit in Google Reader, the most popular RSS reader on the web today. With his pedigree, he’ll probably be able to get good funding for a startup, which seems like his plan after some well-deserved time off.
Congratulations, Jason, on making the big move! I don’t know if he got […]

Original post by Nathan Weinberg