And I’m sure they'll give him time to work it out further, but is this the innovation YouTube is looking for? Hard to believe their UX people and dev teams haven’t already toyed with something like this.
I don't think this was a technology acquisition. :)
I'm pretty sure they just want the person.
He threw something together that people could get a feel for. I'll concede that it was hardly usable given the performance. But it was only a demo, enough of one to show just how usable the real thing could be.
I get the feeling you're just bitter they didn't hire you instead.