Flipboard interlude (2011-2013)

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Seed planted

My good friend Evan Doll left Apple around 2010 to co-found Flipboard, a very popular iPad application that was essentially a better version of Apple News (sorry Apple) with deep social integration.

It seemed like every six months or so, Evan would ping me and try to entice me to try out Flipboard. But I was happy where I was, working on the Eye Candy team. I was getting a little itchy, though, so his offer was always in the back of my mind.

Departure from Apple

I left Apple on July 1st, 2011. My initial plan was to take a bunch of time off, maybe six months, and then figure out what to do next. About three months into that, Evan contacted me again. I had neglected to let him know I left because I was focused on my time off.

Evan gave me an offer that was impossible to refuse. Flipboard had no dedicated QA engineers, so I could have a lot of influence. They were hard at work on the first iPhone version of Flipboard. I w…