Um, why did mike Calvo leave? And why a sighted person in place of him? Gosh. All these companies are making way too poor of choices. > On Nov 22, 2014, at 12:59 PM, Pamela Francis <[email protected]> wrote: > > What is truly sad, is they have risen to be the beacon of convention coverage > and or A T news bragging about how many followers they had, yet are willing > in the wink of an eye to pull the rug out from under all of those people who > have come to depend on them. Mike Calvo, their founder, is blind. He left > the company. Their current CEO is sighted. It's no skin off of his nose to > close the door on a resource that many have come to depend on. Though they > have sworn their employees to secrecy, it sounds to me like they have become > more mercenary with the inability to deliver. I'll bet they didn't bother to > send an email to their paying subscribers letting them know the service was > going to get axed if in fact that happens. They didn't count on blind > bargains printing their story. In order to save face they feel as if they > have to come out with a lame blog explanation. > That in my opinion is 100% garbage. You wanted to be a big boy company > accepting all the big boy accolades? Put on your big boy pants, face the > music. Do a podcast. Bring everyone back, allow them all to explain why they > left with no holes barred. > > Pam Francis > > On Nov 22, 2014, at 12:19 PM, Jessica Miss <[email protected]> wrote: > > That doesn't make sense; they made great software and other services to go > along with it so don't understand why they're splitting up all of a sudden. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Nov 22, 2014, at 12:57 AM, Joe Quinn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Here it is: >> Serotek, the makers of the System Access screen reader and the company >> behind the Serotalk POdcast Network, has parted ways with the majority of >> their staf, leaving the future of the company in doubt. Those losing their >> jobs include Buddy Brannan, Ricky ENger, Lisa Salinger, Joe Steinkamp, and >> Richard Wells. Steinkamp and Enger were let go last week while the other >> three announced their departures earlier on Friday. The staff members let go >> produced and participated in many popular podcasts including The SeroTalk >> Podcast, Triple-Click Home, That Android Show, and End of line among others. >> This leaves a bare-bones staff including long-time programmer Matt Campbell >> and producer Jamie Pauls who remain with the company, at least for the >> moment. We've reached out to Serotek for comment, and inquired about the >> future of the company and their software products and will post more if we >> hear back. We know a lot of you might like to post your memories, comments, >> or well wishes to those who have departed. Feel free to do this in the >> comments. Update to clarify that some of the 5 may have officially resigned. >> That being said, it's unlikely this was done under favorable terms. The end >> result is still the same. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Nov 21, 2014, at 11:45 PM, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> can you please post the link to the article? >>> >>>> On 11/21/2014 10:26 PM, Pamela Francis wrote: >>>> Hello folks, >>>> For those who don't know and our listeners to the Serotalk podcast, >>>> their main team has been fired. >>>> If you follow blind bargains on Twitter, they have the article posted >>>> there. There is nothing on the Serotalk page or the Serotek page to say >>>> anything about the most recent move. Truly a shame. Those guys had good >>>> chemistry. You would never know they were working from across the country. >>>> If you subscribe to any of their services, you're likely to get less >>>> support now than you ever did. I hope it doesn't mean the beginning of the >>>> end for those people. As hard as their founder worked to create it into >>>> the company it has been. >>>> >>>> Pam Francis >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
