WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Mark Jen is trying to turn lemons into lemonade. The former product manager for Google Inc. has restarted his Weblog and, to take advantage of the publicity surrounding his firing, has added advertising to it.
Suggesting there are apparently no hard feelings, or that he just wants to keep getting checks from Google's account, Jen's become an affiliate of the Google-owned AdSense network. It serves advertisements keyed to a Web page's subject. All of the ads on Jen's blog are, not surprisingly, for Weblog software and related products. "Don't worry, all proceeds will be going to charity (," Jen wrote. Read his Web log.
In the first post to the blog since his firing almost two weeks ago, Jen said, "I want to thank those in the community that have been so supportive." The Web log also drew critics who faulted him for criticizing internal company matters. "I have been trying to get hired at Google for two years," wrote JWFBean. "I can't believe the opportunity you wasted by being a little too verbose."
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