Google Blogger Snuffed

Mark Jen started work at Google last week on Monday, January 17.

He decided to keep a diary in the form of a blog about what it was like.

He did - but he only lasted a week.

That is, his blog only lasted a week.

Google discovered it last night and instantly disappeared it down the memory hole.

He managed to get up five posts, including one describing his first day on the job, before he was discovered.

Wonder if they fired him - or worse....

Luckily for us, the blog's contents had already gone out by RSS (whatever the heck that means - it's way above my intellectual internet pay grade) and so are still available here.

Absolutely fascinating.

What would it be like if Big Brother was not scary and oppressive but, rather, warm and welcoming?

Read Mark's blog and you'll find out.

[via SB]

This just in: joehead SC informs me that an hour ago, Mark's blog went back up, with a sort-of apology to Google.

I - and Mark - am impressed with Google: they did not ask him to take anything down.

[via SC]