theskeptic's Journal: google blogging

This was quite an unusual story(not sure why slashdot hasn't pounced on it yet..)

siliconvalley.com

Welcome to Google. Now shut up. In a lot of ways, Google is a model of a progressive company, projecting a sense of fun, creativity and higher purpose. But on the subject of what its employees can say publicly, it's a strict constructionist. When it comes to talking about the inner workings of the company, there's one rule: Don't do it. That's the rule newbie Googler Mark Jen apparently broke, and as a result, he's now free to explore other opportunities. In January, Jen simultaneously signed on at Google and began blogging his experiences and impressions on a site called Ninetyninezeros (one zero short of googol). A week later, the blog disappeared, only to return a few days later in edited form, with Jen's explanation that he was trying to respond to some concerns of his employer. Make that trying and failing. Word gradually emerged in the tight community of Google watchers that Jen was frogmarched off the campus in late January. And if a memo has gone 'round reminding employees that blogs may build the company but kill a career, no word has leaked out.

news.com

outer-court.com

zawodny.com- A chat with Mark Zen (zawodny is a yahoo employee)