On your Marks, get set....go!

Gracious me - no sooner do I read an article in the WSJ today that Google is having to change its processes to ensure promising new ideas are not strangled by the GoogleOcracy (or go elsewhere), and to stem the talent heading for the door as the share price kicker ebbs (many were underwater till their options were repriced), than I read that Kevin Marks, the best known Google Open Social Media blogger is also off to pastures anew. Where to next?

I'll still be working on web standards through the groups above, the Open Web Foundation, the Open Rights Group, and more. Professionally, I'll be coding, writing and speaking on the social web via several new projects.

Best of Luck, Kevin.....its unclear exactly what the to-ing and fro-ings in this situation are, but it highlights the issues the WSJ mentioned. What do you do when you are no longer fast growth, high stock appreciation, or even cool, and you are in the middle of an entire ecosystem that essentially funds new companies to make their employees very rich if they succeed. Why would anyone stay at a corporate?

I recall years ago researching what pre dotcom geeks did - they worked at R&D labs - and in New England / New York / New Jersey there was rampant competition for people. Cable Labs set up in Denver, and essentially replaced competitive options with lifestyle benefits. I understand Microsoft apparently benefits from being in Redmond.

Google to Denver?