What's going on with Michael Clewley?
- Just noticed something on Twiiter.....
Michael Clewley hasn't been around nearly as much as he normally is. He does post Tweets, but mostly speaks of his love of Star Trek and Doctor Who.
The other thing I've noticed is John Chen is responding to BlackBerry users now that he's on Twitter. This is great that John Chen has his own Twitter page, but it almost looks like he's stealing Michael Clewley's thunder. Is it possible that Michael has been told to slow it down or something? The great thing about Michael is how he basically helped anyone that asked for help. It didn't matter who you were. He also at times, had to absorb some very harsh and sometimes down right rude comments. But lately, I hardly see him tweet at all in regards to BlackBerry users.
The last time I saw this was with Vivek Bhardwaj. Then the next thing I see, is a story about Vivek leaving BlackBerry. This is what I am concerned about.
Michael, if you read this, please post something on Twitter or BlackBerry Channels that everything is fine, and that you're not leaving BlackBerry. Hopefully you're just on vacation or something.
Please forgive me everybody, I'm not trolling or trying to start another rumour. I would really just hope it's not another good person at BlackBerry leaving.
Does anyone have any insight on this?
Cheers!!
Posted via CB1005-26-15 11:17 PMLike 4 - As of now, I can only imagine how hard and unpleasant it is to be a BlackBerry employee, especially in the public facing positions when the brand, the company you work hard for is a point of ridicule to so many people. Not to mention the ever looming threat of pink slips in the name of restructuring, reprioritization, etc.05-27-15 02:54 PMLike 0
- Bla1ze.........
Do you know something we don't know?
Kinda funny how you haven't chimed in on this thread. Usually if it's all BS you jump all over it to set the record straight and tell everyone that nothing is happening.
I'm sorry Bla1ze, again I'm not trying to start a rumour, but I saw this happen before. The last time it happened, Vivek Bhardwaj quietly left BlackBerry.
Cheers!!
Posted via CB10NtotheK likes this.05-27-15 03:06 PMLike 1 - Bla1zeCB OGAll good.. glad you brought it up actually. Someone asked me last week about Michael as well and I didn't really think much of it at the time because I was busy doing something... but you're right, his account has gone rather quiet. I don't know anything about it personally as of yet, but I'll see what I can find out.Anthony_2u and brian4591 like this.05-27-15 03:55 PMLike 2
- All good.. glad you brought it up actually. Someone asked me last week about Michael as well and I didn't really think much of it at the time because I was busy doing something... but you're right, his account has gone rather quiet. I don't know anything about it personally as of yet, but I'll see what I can find out.
I can only say that IF something really is coming down the pipe, and Michael is on his way out, it will be a HUGE mistake on John Chen's part to let him walk out.
Hopefully, it is something benign like a long vacation, or perhaps some type of Company policy to tone it down on Twitter and not be so engaged with BlackBerry users.
BUT!!!!!
If Michael is on his way out the door, that will absolutely SSSSCREAM volumes about the actual future of BlackBerry 10 OS.
Fingers crossed!!
Cheers!!
Posted via CB1005-27-15 04:06 PMLike 0 - Thank You for responding Bla1ze!!
I can only say that IF something really is coming down the pipe, and Michael is on his way out, it will be a HUGE mistake on John Chen's part to let him walk out.
Hopefully, it is something benign like a long vacation, or perhaps some type of Company policy to tone it down on Twitter and not be so engaged with BlackBerry users.
BUT!!!!!
If Michael is on his way out the door, that will absolutely SSSSCREAM volumes about the actual future of BlackBerry 10 OS.
Fingers crossed!!
Cheers!!
Posted via CB10MarsupilamiX and Bold_until_Hybrid_Comes like this.05-27-15 04:12 PMLike 2 - Thank You for responding Bla1ze!!
I can only say that IF something really is coming down the pipe, and Michael is on his way out, it will be a HUGE mistake on John Chen's part to let him walk out.
Hopefully, it is something benign like a long vacation, or perhaps some type of Company policy to tone it down on Twitter and not be so engaged with BlackBerry users.
BUT!!!!!
If Michael is on his way out the door, that will absolutely SSSSCREAM volumes about the actual future of BlackBerry 10 OS.
Fingers crossed!!
Cheers!!
Posted via CB1005-27-15 04:18 PMLike 0 - Bla1zeCB OGI can only say that IF something really is coming down the pipe, and Michael is on his way out, it will be a HUGE mistake on John Chen's part to let him walk out.
Hopefully, it is something benign like a long vacation, or perhaps some type of Company policy to tone it down on Twitter and not be so engaged with BlackBerry users.clie610 likes this.05-27-15 04:20 PMLike 1 - Agreed.. his LinkedIn and Twitter remain unchanged though, so doesn't seem like he has left. Can't say I blame him if he took a vacation lol. For a while there, he was constantly being bombarded with questions and people just generally being jerks.. but that's just my opinion I suppose.05-27-15 04:27 PMLike 0
- Agreed.. his LinkedIn and Twitter remain unchanged though, so doesn't seem like he has left. Can't say I blame him if he took a vacation lol. For a while there, he was constantly being bombarded with questions and people just generally being jerks.. but that's just my opinion I suppose.
Can you call him? BBM him? Email him?
Are you gonna look into this and maybe get an official answer from Michael?
And before anyone asks "What's the big deal if Michael Clewley leaves BlackBerry?"
The Big Deal is, he was the go to person for everything BlackBerry 10.
Like I said before, he helped basically everyone. Whether it was through Twitter or his own freakin' personal BlackBerry email address that he handed out to everyone like Smarties, Michael was loyal to BlackBerry users. Show me one freakin' person at Apple or Android that does this for customers. If there is one person at BlackBerry that wants BlackBerry 10 to be successful it is Michael Clewley. Even the Dbags that would rip on him on his Twitter were treated decently by him.
Cheers!!
Posted via CB1005-27-15 04:41 PMLike 2 - Bla1ze,
Can you call him? BBM him? Email him?
Are you gonna look into this and maybe get an official answer from Michael?
And before anyone asks "What's the big deal if Michael Clewley leaves BlackBerry?"
The Big Deal is, he was the go to person for everything BlackBerry 10.
Like I said before, he helped basically everyone. Whether it was through Twitter or his own freakin' personal BlackBerry email address that he handed out to everyone like Smarties, Michael was loyal to BlackBerry users. Show me one freakin' person at Apple or Android that does this for customers. If there is one person at BlackBerry that wants BlackBerry 10 to be successful it is Michael Clewley. Even the Dbags that would rip on him on his Twitter were treated decently by him.
Cheers!!
Posted via CB10
Be classically hip with the BlackBerry Classic05-27-15 05:30 PMLike 0 - Bla1ze,
Can you call him? BBM him? Email him?
Are you gonna look into this and maybe get an official answer from Michael?
And before anyone asks "What's the big deal if Michael Clewley leaves BlackBerry?"
The Big Deal is, he was the go to person for everything BlackBerry 10.
Like I said before, he helped basically everyone. Whether it was through Twitter or his own freakin' personal BlackBerry email address that he handed out to everyone like Smarties, Michael was loyal to BlackBerry users. Show me one freakin' person at Apple or Android that does this for customers. If there is one person at BlackBerry that wants BlackBerry 10 to be successful it is Michael Clewley. Even the Dbags that would rip on him on his Twitter were treated decently by him.
Cheers!!
Posted via CB1005-27-15 05:42 PMLike 2 -
I was simply making the point that he is always approachable.
But yes, BlackBerry could use a few more people that help BlackBerry users. Touch�.
Cheers!!
Posted via CB1005-27-15 06:00 PMLike 0 -
Be classically hip with the BlackBerry ClassicMarsupilamiX likes this.05-27-15 06:02 PMLike 1 -
But isn't he the lead guy for BlackBerry 10? Alec Saunders was more in the applications area? Not really part of the core OS development area.
Cheers!!
Posted via CB1005-27-15 06:03 PMLike 0 - I just checked his Twitter account.....he follows John Chen, so I'm not sure he'd be following the CEO of the company that let him go or the company that he left.
I never asked him for help with anything, but I follow his BBM Channel and people were always going off on him like he was personally responsible for BlackBerry 10.05-27-15 06:12 PMLike 0 -
- 05-27-15 07:15 PMLike 0
- But really, all of Blackberry has gone quiet. There is hardly any news coming out of Waterloo. I wonder if it doesn't have something to do with Chen's app strategy that he spoke of a while back. Maybe they are gearing up for something really big and they don't want to run the risk of losing their edge, so Chen ordered a general "no social media" order. That is, of course, the optimistic view; but it's my Birthday today, so I feel entitled to some optimism.
John Chen teases 'something brewing' in terms of new app strategy | CrackBerry.com05-27-15 07:28 PMLike 0 - Yes, but he was one of BB10's most outspoken people. I'm not denying that its weird that he hasn't posted anything, I just don't think its anything to panic over.05-27-15 07:28 PMLike 0
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