[pyre]

"Personal Twitter accounts are dead" is a bit over-the-top.

* He didn't make inflammatory comments that were un-related to work. He was directly commenting on a rumoured feature of an upcoming product that he is over seeing.

* He made no attempt to distinguish this as a personal Twitter account. On the contrary, he 'prominently' displayed his employer and position.

* There's no reason that he couldn't have had a personal Twitter account without identifying information (i.e. pseudo-anonymous).

[hayksaakian]

You seems surprised that the title was link bait, I assure you it was quite intentional.