Every year at Yahoo, the founders (Jerry and David) buy a gift for all the employees. Jerry and David walk down the aisles and hand them out personally to many of the now 12,000 employees. Usually it’s some kind of clothing item, but this year David showed up at my desk with an envelope. Inside …
Back when I worked at LAUNCH, I had a boss named Alex. Alex was a very interesting guy. A bit crazy at times, but still a good guy. I eventually transferred up to the Sunnyvale campus of Yahoo so I no longer worked with Alex, but I kept in touch with a lot of people …
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lazy (laa-zee) ADJECTIVE. 1. Resistant to work or exertion; disposed to idleness. 2. Slow-moving; sluggish: a lazy river. 3. Conducive to idleness or indolence: a lazy summer day. 4. Depicted as reclining or lying on its side. Used of a brand on livestock. Purely Hypothetical Example: Signing up for and installing Skype on your laptop …
Well, another season of the Amazing Race is done. It seemed to me that the winners this season were the most deserving of the 3 teams left this time around. What was most strange about this season is that they visited countries that were the original homes of several engineers I’ve hired. India (no surprise …
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Ever since I moved to the west coast, I’ve longed to find a good donut shop. I don’t know what’s wrong with the places around here, but you can’t get a decent cruller. Even after Krispy Kreme arrived, I prefer Dunkin’s, of which there are none in California anymore. A few months ago someone mentioned …
I’ve been a fan of Zhorn Software’s Stickies for Windows, but now that I’ve switched to a Mac, I need to get all those stickies back. First I had to find the stickies file on my Windows Laptop, located under C:\Documents and Settings\[YOUR NAME]\Application Data\stickies\stickies.ini. I copied that to my Mac and wrote this little …
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You have to be careful what you wish for. A few weeks ago, my Windows laptop (provided by Yahoo!) was feeling kinda slow. There were little problems that I couldn’t seem to fix with the OS and I began to feel like it would be a good idea to wipe it clean, reinstall Windows and …
On October 17, Yahoo! announced that its long-awaited new ad system, “Panama” was live. I’m not sure if this meant it was live for everything, but starting that day, the revenue from my Yahoo Publisher Network ads went up significantly. Comparing the 17 days before and after the Panama upgrade, my revenue went up 114%! …
For a long time I’ve thought it would be fun to go to The Bridge School Concert. Lots of big name acts in short sets, kind of like an artist sampler. I told Anne about it and she began checking for tickets. When it was announced, the only seats available were $70. $70!?? That’s too …
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Quite simply – everyone is paid to love Google. Bloggers love Google because it pays their bills. AdSense makes it easy for anyone to set up a blog and make money. Corporate websites love Google for the same reason. AdSense is a huge business. Know-it-alls love Google because they get paid for surfing the web. …