tolles commented on Anna Wintour Is 'Like Hannibal Lecter' on Letterman, Says Spy

"I really like Anna Wintour, and I think her kind of personality is important in the magazine world to create something lasting and interesting. That being said, this photo shows her quite the latter days of Emperor Palpatine, and dark side of the force, doesn't it?"

tolles commented on Why Is Yahoo Laying People Off? The Answer Is on an Engineer's Desk

"Is that a *Newton* on his desk (lower left)?!?"

tolles commented on Google's Data Fetish Drives Away Its Top Designer

"@r_wolfcastle: And can you point me to a top ten website which made its bones with the kind of design you are talking about? Didn't think so. "superb usability" is proved through usage, not peer review. Typical."

tolles commented on HarperCollins Paid $50,000 For Book of Re-Tweets: Source

"Yes, Nick was an absolutely *awful* Valleywag editor, but look at his twitter stream -- actually, some nice stuff there, and while sharing a bus ride with him at SXSW is something I never want to do again, it's a perfectly mercenary idea for this book, this time."

tolles commented on At Last, Google Funds a Bailout for Reporters

"Actually, maybe Tim will put a word in and try and create a higher CPM variant for truly local content vis-a-vis Adsense and Adwords. Can't help but be good for the local news sector to have them paying attention, actually."

tolles commented on Vladimir Putin Taunts Michael Dell

"Would have loved to Putin try that crap with Steve Jobs. Oh, that's right - Steve wouldn't be in the audience, he would have been on stage, and he wouldn't be dumb enough to ask Putin a question."

tolles commented on Carol Bartz, the Woman Everyone but Yahoo Forgot

"She always ran a tight ship when I worked in her organization at Sun, and instead of nitpicking at Autodesk's results, I would suggest critics check out how a specialized SW vendor was able to thrive and stay independent in the face of a lot of people who would tried for "synergy". Lot to be said for Yahoo hiring Mz."

tolles commented on NYT's Genius Geeks Don't Know How to Save It, Either

"As a guy who runs a news site, I'll say that NY Times kicks ass comapred to pretty much every other newspaper out there."

tolles commented on Clinton Chief of Staff to Head CIA

"Yeah, Panetta was my Congressman, too."

tolles commented on Henry Blodget wants you to think Eric Schmidt will quit

"@Churchill -- "crashing" -- uh, hardly."