http://calacanis.com/2006/11/21/my-favorite-blogger-blog-of-the-moment/ Weblog by Jason Calacanis, formerly of Weblogs, Inc. and AOL. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:27:27 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://calacanis.com/2006/11/21/my-favorite-blogger-blog-of-the-moment/#comment-4935 Ada Lovelace, meet Gina Trapani. — Sethop’s Interesting Times Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:51:47 +0000 http://calacanis.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/my-favorite-blogger-blog-of-the-moment/#comment-4935 [...] While researching Gina’s life (a remarkably easy task, given how much she has written or had written about her in the last decade), I discovered an article that mentioned the genesis of Lifehacker - it turns out she was already working for Nick Denton as a coder when he bought the domain name, and her enthusiasm for the what could be done with it made him offer her the editor job on the spot. Many will realize this was probably one of the best HR decisions Nick made in his life, and it has to be said he’s made some good ones in his time. “The one blogger I wished we had landed at Weblogs, Inc. was Gina Trapani from LifeHacker. I tried every two months for a year I think… no offer was good enough. Very, very frustrating.” - Jason Calacanis [...] [...] While researching Gina’s life (a remarkably easy task, given how much she has written or had written about her in the last decade), I discovered an article that mentioned the genesis of Lifehacker – it turns out she was already working for Nick Denton as a coder when he bought the domain name, and her enthusiasm for the what could be done with it made him offer her the editor job on the spot. Many will realize this was probably one of the best HR decisions Nick made in his life, and it has to be said he’s made some good ones in his time. “The one blogger I wished we had landed at Weblogs, Inc. was Gina Trapani from LifeHacker. I tried every two months for a year I think… no offer was good enough. Very, very frustrating.” – Jason Calacanis [...]

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