Comments on: Is it really five years since glasshaus?

By: John Colby

John Colby — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:14:23 +0000

@Matt. I wrote my bits during and after being made redundant – and my experiences of managing intranets were not hampered then by any possibility of being hauled over the coals. The politics of Intranets were then quite interesting where I worked as there were a load of stakeholders doing their own thing, but at the same time not quite in harmony.

I joined UCE soon after the redundancy event.

The company I worked for no longer exists, having been taken over and moved. Such is life, unfortunately.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:40:47 +0000

@John. Strange how small the world is, isn’t it! I did feel really bad for the authors who never saw royalties, though they can take solace in the fact employees only got statutory redundancy.

Speaking of the books. I keep meaning to give a copy of that particular one to some people I know…

By: John Colby

John Colby — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:46:28 +0000

I remember it well – Matt was editing the book I’d contributed to (I didn’t know this until we met a couple of years at UCE, as was) and The promised royalties didn’t show up!

The Glasshaus books are still a cornerstone of my technical teaching – I haven’t discovered a better, more concise and thorough format.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:06:24 +0000

@Dan, great post. The talent working there was extreme. Glad to know you got a horsebox out of the redundancy! What’re you up to now?

@Jerome, yes them too! Though Friends of ED did get reborn in a new Apress-like form.

By: Jerome Turner

Jerome Turner — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:56:29 +0000

And RIP Friends of ED too…