From time to time, Microspotting will pop up in the news. Here are a few of the stories that have been written about this blog…

Microsoft Gives PC Guy a Makeover
eWeek, February 13, 2008

With the tagline “Like the paparazzi, but for geeks” Microspotting.com represents a new wave in corporate workplace communications—using Web 2.0 technologies to introduce employees to each other, and to the world beyond the corporate campus. [Read full article]

Microspotting on KUOW’s Sound Focus
KUOW, March 4, 2008 (I’m on 43 minutes into the show)

“… There’s always this back and forth pull between getting your bills paid versus compromising your ideals and your identity. For me, that’s always been an interesting thing to explore — how people negotiate that with themselves, and their employers. What kind of compromises are we willing to make or not willing to make? For me, it’s been really important to find a workplace that appreciates my outside life…” [Listen to the segment, at minute 43:00]

How’d you land that great job?
NWSource, March 12, 2008

As a marketing manager on the software giant’s staffing team, the Seattleite spends much of her time publishing “Microspotting”, a blog profiling some of Microsoft’s most notable employees, from a Peruvian rockstar to a technical editor known as That Goth Girl to the company’s infamous mystery blogger Mini-Microsoft. [Read full article]