December 1, 2007

Vimeo Founder Jakob Lodwick Fired From Vimeo, Becomes Pot-Smoking Hippy

It's hard dealing with job loss and most of us have to do it at some point in our lives, but Vimeo (high-def video platform) co-founder Jakob Lodwick dealt with his dismissal in a fashion destined to become classic. Rumor started yesterday that Lodwick had left Vimeo, but the reasoning behind his departure was an unknown. Techcrunch reported today that he was indeed fired after not seeing "eye to eye with the IAC brass on creative issues" and a dispute with IAC chief exec Barry Diller. Vimeo is IAC-owned for those of you who didn't know, just to clarify the above statements.

Obviously being let go from your baby, so to speak, is a tough nut to swallow and it showed as this great picture was included with Jakob's farewell post on his blog (it seems to be gone now).

I love it man, but just start something new. Don't dip into the dangerous world of drugs. All kidding aside, things got even better when girlfriend Julia posted on their joint blog that she didn't particular appreciate finding out about his demise from his blog. Stay tuned to JakobandJulia.com for updates on the fights I'm sure this will cause.