Talk:Blake Irving
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Portrait-photos and pictures
editA portrait-photo would enhance the article here. — Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 13:33, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
Content
editThe content appears to be biased without relevant source to back up the achievement by said person. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.169.246.82 (talk) 12:08, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
Résumé
editWikipedia deletes lots of good articles, but allows this article, that is biased, has no citations and was clearly written by "Mr. Irving" himself or a secretary of his. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.166.156.71 (talk) 06:46, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
"Career" section should be in chronological order
editIt's strange that the "Career" section is in reverse-chronological order. I don't know what the official Wikipedia style guide says, but reverse-chrono is the opposite of what I've come to expect in articles on Wikipedia.
So, I'm pretty sure that the "Career" section should be in chronological order.
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Horrible sourcing
editThis could all well be a fictionalized account. I'm moving some of the unsourced content here:
During Blake’s time at Compaq he Delivered the world’s first on-motherboard sound capability (DeskPro i). This was the company’s first multimedia music and voice capable PC called the DeskPro i. This computer used a chip from analog devices to convert digital to analog and vice versa—this component of an enabling technology that greatly contributed to the tech revolution during this time. The computer had a 16-bit D/A A/D converter and was reasonably inexpensive.
Following his time at Compaq Blake started at Microsoft in 1992, he came in as a PM, but with no direct reports to Windows Sound System and that group was eventually moved from the hardware side of the company to the software side. Blake’s work in networking and communications within the Windows group eventually lead him to become a General Manager that guided the company into the Internet Age—leading the development of apps like Messenger[1] and driving/developing acquisitions like Hotmail[2] from a tiny startup into a world leading webmail services.
References
- ^ "Microsoft Launches MSN Messenger Service". News Center. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
- ^ "Microsoft buys Hotmail - CNET". CNET. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
another section
editthis should be integrated into the body of the text
Achievements
edit- Launching the first version of in-house advertising system (ad-expert), sponsored IAB ad standards and supported growth of Microsoft advertising revenue to $1.3 billion
- Developing and launching MSN Messenger, surpassing AOL, ICQ, and Yahoo! in growth rate
- Integrating Hotmail into MSN, managing growth and ensuring a re-architecture of the service to manage growth[1][2][3][4][5]
References
- ^ Ex yahoo product boss Blake Irving, Businessinsider, May 2013
- ^ Summit Godaddy, Geekwire
- ^ Go Daddy expands, Seattle Times
- ^ Godaddy bulks up with moffett towers, Bizjournals, July 2013
- ^ Go Daddy CEO Blake Irving using Twitter/, Domaininvesting, October 2013