Word is out that Rdio’s head of design Wilson Miner has left for Facebook after more than two years at the company, AllThingsD relayed from a tweet earlier (below). Miner will join Facebook’s design team in an unspecified role. The departure could spell bad news for the streaming music service — Miner has been instrumental in crafting Rdio’s redesigns, from the look and feel of the service to the way it works. VP of Product Malthe Sigurdsson responded, “building a product like Rdio is very much a group-effort, and the design team, led by Ryan Sims and myself, as well as the rest of Rdio’s 70+ employees in San Francisco and around the world are hard at work on some exciting new stuff coming up.” Here are Miner’s tweets:
Rdio’s head of design Wilson Miner leaves for Facebook
Word is out that Rdio’s head of design Wilson Miner has left for Facebook after more than two years at the company, AllThingsD relayed from a tweet earlier (below). Miner will join Facebook’s design team in an unspecified role. The departure could spell bad news for the streaming music service — Miner has been instrumental in crafting Rdio’s redesigns, from the look and feel of the service to the way it works.
Word is out that Rdio’s head of design Wilson Miner has left for Facebook after more than two years at the company, AllThingsD relayed from a tweet earlier (below). Miner will join Facebook’s design team in an unspecified role. The departure could spell bad news for the streaming music service — Miner has been instrumental in crafting Rdio’s redesigns, from the look and feel of the service to the way it works.
I'll be taking some time off (Hello Skyrim!) and joining the Unstoppable Facebook Design Juggernaut soon. Looking forward to both.
— Wilson Miner (@wilsonminer) May 7, 2012
Miner added:
@jasonsantamaria It couldn't be in better hands. Tons of great stuff coming up.
— Wilson Miner (@wilsonminer) May 7, 2012
For more on seven foot tall design guru Wilson Miner, check out our interview with him.
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