Getting Acquired By and Working at Yahoo!

After finishing over three years at Yahoo! and almost 3 years previous to that at Right Media, I thought it’d be worthwhile to write about my experience over that very interesting time and set of events. This is simply my perspective as I know th…

After finishing over three years at Yahoo! and almost 3 years previous to that at Right Media, I thought it’d be worthwhile to write about my experience over that very interesting time and set of events. This is simply my perspective as I know that others at Right Media and Yahoo! had completely different opinions [...]


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Six Items to Consider When Choosing Your Name and Domain Name

What’s in a name and domain name? Enough that it can mean the difference between success and failure. However, it can also not matter at all, but why would companies put themselves behind the 8-ball with a bad name and domain name right off the b…

What’s in a name and domain name? Enough that it can mean the difference between success and failure. However, it can also not matter at all, but why would companies put themselves behind the 8-ball with a bad name and domain name right off the bat? Recently I’d been working through a lot of different [...]


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Rumored Apple iTV May Be The Next Step to Damage Cable TV

I don’t know anyone who loves, or even likes, their cable company. Everyone I know who realizes that there will be a alternative someday to paying too much money for hundreds of channels they don’t watch can’t wait for the day that al…

I don’t know anyone who loves, or even likes, their cable company. Everyone I know who realizes that there will be a alternative someday to paying too much money for hundreds of channels they don’t watch can’t wait for the day that alternative arrives. Many have even taken the leap already by canceling cable and [...]


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Paul Graham’s Essay on Yahoo! and the Reaction From the Twitterverse

Last week investor/entrepreneur, and head of startup incubator YCombinator, Paul Graham penned another one of his outstanding essays for his site. The topic of this latest essay is Paul’s opinion about what “happened” at Yahoo! (my fo…

Last week investor/entrepreneur, and head of startup incubator YCombinator, Paul Graham penned another one of his outstanding essays for his site. The topic of this latest essay is Paul’s opinion about what “happened” at Yahoo! (my former employer as well), and specifically what he noticed in his time working there that formed his opinion of [...]


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Happy 15th Birthday to Yahoo!

My employer Yahoo! is celebrating it’s 15th birthday. That’s quite an amazing feat for an internet company, as it doesn’t seem all that long ago that I was first checking out Yahoo! as a high school senior browsing with NCSA Mosaic wh…

My employer Yahoo! is celebrating it’s 15th birthday. That’s quite an amazing feat for an internet company, as it doesn’t seem all that long ago that I was first checking out Yahoo! as a high school senior browsing with NCSA Mosaic when it first started to grow. Yahoo! has had it’s fair share of trials [...]

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Loving the Citizen Sports Acquisition

My employer Yahoo! announced the acquisition of Citizen Sports yesterday. As an avid user of their iPhone application Sportacular, I can personally attest that get social and sports really well, and it’ll be interesting to see what they do hooked…

My employer Yahoo! announced the acquisition of Citizen Sports yesterday. As an avid user of their iPhone application Sportacular, I can personally attest that get social and sports really well, and it’ll be interesting to see what they do hooked into the #1 sports destination on the web in Yahoo! Sports. Not personally working in [...]

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New Twitter Ad Platforms Open Up Opportunities

In the last few days we’ve had two announcements about advertising platforms based on Twitter in TweetUp and Promoted Tweets, even though Twitter is claiming their “Promoted Tweets” aren’t actually ads. While it’s still wa…

In the last few days we’ve had two announcements about advertising platforms based on Twitter in TweetUp and Promoted Tweets, even though Twitter is claiming their “Promoted Tweets” aren’t actually ads. While it’s still way too early to know how either of these platforms will play out, it’s extremely exciting to see some new advertising [...]

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Tynt Is A Cool Specialized Analytic Service

John Battelle’s recent post as well as an email from a friend turned me to Tynt. John goes into a bunch of detail that I won’t repeat here, but essentially what Tynt does is tracks what people are copying and pasting from your site’s …

John Battelle’s recent post as well as an email from a friend turned me to Tynt. John goes into a bunch of detail that I won’t repeat here, but essentially what Tynt does is tracks what people are copying and pasting from your site’s content while also adding an attribution link to your site when [...]

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Foursquare Is Going To Keep Rolling

It’s funny how early adoption works and how you start to see recurring patterns. When I started using Twitter there were numerous people who questioned what it was, why it was useful, and mocked it. A couple of years later, Twitter is still on a …

It’s funny how early adoption works and how you start to see recurring patterns. When I started using Twitter there were numerous people who questioned what it was, why it was useful, and mocked it. A couple of years later, Twitter is still on a tear. I’m seeing the same thing with Foursquare today. Early [...]

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Apple iPad 3G Review: Impressive

There is obviously no shortage of iPad reviews on the web, but why not dogpile on? I received the iPad 3G on Friday and have spent the weekend playing with it and letting my kids use it as well. Here are the pros and cons of the device after two days u…

There is obviously no shortage of iPad reviews on the web, but why not dogpile on? I received the iPad 3G on Friday and have spent the weekend playing with it and letting my kids use it as well. Here are the pros and cons of the device after two days usage, but the short [...]

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