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| − | + | '''Tiny Speck''' is the company that is building [[World of Glitch|Glitch]], founded by [[Stewart Butterfield]] and three other original [http://www.flickr.com/ Flickr] team members in early 2009. They have two offices, with roughly the same amount of people working in each one. The coding staff work in their San Fransisco office, and the Creative department is in the Vancouver office. | |
| + | They received angel funding of $1.5 million to start up in 2009, then acquired funding of a further $5 million in 2010 from Accel Partners and Andreessen Horowitz. | ||
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| + | ==The Team== | ||
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| + | {| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="width:100%" | ||
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| + | ! scope="col" | In-Game Avatar | ||
| + | ! scope="col" | Real Life Name | ||
| + | ! scope="col" | Position at Tiny Speck | ||
| + | ! scope="col" | Primarily Based Out Of? | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [http://alpha.glitch.com/profiles/PLI16FSFK2I91/ stoot barfield] || [[Stewart Butterfield]] || Co-founder, President || Vancouver, BC, Canada | ||
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| + | | [http://alpha.glitch.com/profiles/PIF101S2TIPFC/ eric] || [[Eric Costello]] || Co-founder, Client Lead || New York, NY, USA | ||
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| + | | [http://alpha.glitch.com/profiles/P004/ Serguei] || [[Serguei Mourachov]] || Co-founder, Server Lead || Vancouver, BC, Canada | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [http://alpha.glitch.com/profiles/PLI10VSF8V7IE/ Bees] || [[Cal Henderson]] || Co-founder, VP Engineering || San Francisco, CA, USA | ||
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| + | | [http://alpha.glitch.com/profiles/PLI12CTGL42H9/ Myles!] || [[Myles Grant]] || Self-described Code Monkey || San Francisco, CA, USA | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [http://alpha.glitch.com/profiles/PIF101S0U1QNV/ mebooyou] || [[Paul Lloyd]] || ? || San Francisco, CA, USA | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [http://alpha.glitch.com/profiles/PIF13KAFJM11JJB/ Mr. Burka] || [[Daniel Burka]] || Director of Design || San Francisco, CA, USA | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [http://alpha.glitch.com/profiles/PIF19QJD60A1T70/ Mart Lume] || [[Mart Lume]] || (Head-hunter?) || Vancouver, BC, Canada | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [http://alpha.glitch.com/profiles/PIF11KD45Q11VMQ/ Beefcake] || [[Pat Putnam]] || 'Q&A Guy' || San Francisco, CA, USA | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [http://alpha.glitch.com/profiles/PIF1173UVO3183H/ Endoplasmic] || [[Scott Ysebert]] || ? || Vancouver, BC, Canada | ||
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| + | | [http://alpha.glitch.com/profiles/PIFB7EKKN321MEN/ gyoza] || [[Fernando Medrano]] || Level Designer || Vancouver, BC, Canada | ||
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| + | | [http://alpha.glitch.com/profiles/PIFMU1KICR61UV2/ flashpirate] || [[Jono Spiro]] || ? || San Francisco, CA, USA | ||
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| + | | [http://alpha.glitch.com/profiles/PIF1SSTQT4T70/ jdawg] || [[Justin Prostebby]] || 'Q&A Guy' || Vancouver, BC, Canada | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [http://alpha.glitch.com/profiles/PIF4US7MJED1286/ Steven] || [[Steven Lee]] || ? || ??? | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [http://alpha.glitch.com/profiles/PIF115TJK2OP0/ Kukubee] || [[Brent Koby]] || ? || Vancouver, BC, Canada | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [http://alpha.glitch.com/profiles/PIF17ET109B1NBV/ Murphy Slaw] || [[Kevin Murphy]] || ? || ??? | ||
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| + | | [http://alpha.glitch.com/profiles/PIF27UTOSFJLI/ kevbob] || [[Kevin Collins]] || 'Q&A Guy' || ??? | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [http://alpha.glitch.com/profiles/PCR16SRG50O158I/ Ryan] || [[Ryan Pelcz]] || Level Builder || Vancouver, BC, Canada | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |} | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://tinyspeck.com/ Tiny Speck Website] | * [http://tinyspeck.com/ Tiny Speck Website] | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Butterfield Stewart Butterfield Wiki] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Butterfield Stewart Butterfield Wiki] | ||
Revision as of 10:54, 15 February 2011
Tiny Speck is the company that is building Glitch, founded by Stewart Butterfield and three other original Flickr team members in early 2009. They have two offices, with roughly the same amount of people working in each one. The coding staff work in their San Fransisco office, and the Creative department is in the Vancouver office.
They received angel funding of $1.5 million to start up in 2009, then acquired funding of a further $5 million in 2010 from Accel Partners and Andreessen Horowitz.
The Team
| In-Game Avatar | Real Life Name | Position at Tiny Speck | Primarily Based Out Of? |
|---|---|---|---|
| stoot barfield | Stewart Butterfield | Co-founder, President | Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| eric | Eric Costello | Co-founder, Client Lead | New York, NY, USA |
| Serguei | Serguei Mourachov | Co-founder, Server Lead | Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| Bees | Cal Henderson | Co-founder, VP Engineering | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| Myles! | Myles Grant | Self-described Code Monkey | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| mebooyou | Paul Lloyd | ? | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| Mr. Burka | Daniel Burka | Director of Design | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| Mart Lume | Mart Lume | (Head-hunter?) | Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| Beefcake | Pat Putnam | 'Q&A Guy' | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| Endoplasmic | Scott Ysebert | ? | Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| gyoza | Fernando Medrano | Level Designer | Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| flashpirate | Jono Spiro | ? | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| jdawg | Justin Prostebby | 'Q&A Guy' | Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| Steven | Steven Lee | ? | ??? |
| Kukubee | Brent Koby | ? | Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| Murphy Slaw | Kevin Murphy | ? | ??? |
| kevbob | Kevin Collins | 'Q&A Guy' | ??? |
| Ryan | Ryan Pelcz | Level Builder | Vancouver, BC, Canada |