yarbles commented on Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg: Making money isn't a priority (except for her)

"Zuck made a very bad call (under the influence of Elevation, which her brother-in-law runs) in hiring Sandberg."

yarbles commented on Google's Marissa Mayer appointed to board of local modern art museum

"Clicking through to the SFMOMA's press release, I found it hilarious (and quite relevant) that in writing her bio, her PR people chose to list all the mainstream publications they put her in, including such gems as Newsweek ("10 Tech Leaders of the Future"), Red Herring ("15 Women to Watch"), Business 2.0 ("Silicon Valley Dream Team"), and Fast Company."

yarbles commented on Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg not always remembered fondly by Googlers

"Zuckerberg ignored one of the cardinal rules of executive hiring with his Sandberg hire - when hiring a key exec, never hire one that is completely in bed with one of your VCs."

yarbles commented on Slide exec on widgets: Fun is where the money is

"This would be the same Keith Rabois who yelled "Faggot, hope you die of AIDS!" at a Resident Fellow during his Stanford days and then later claimed it was a test of free speech to avoid any trouble."

yarbles commented on Marissa Mayer's tasteless display of designer wealth

"She has an awful sense of style, especially for someone who is in charge of UI design and usability."

yarbles commented on What are ex-Googlers good for?

"I was checking out Sacca's blog to figure out who this guy is since I have never heard of him, and I found this gem under his recommendation for a book about Bono: "I find myself underlining this book as if I were in school."

yarbles commented on The PayPal Mafia personified

"Stoppelman's mafioso pics are in his Yelp profile."

yarbles commented on The startup conference shrinks into near-irrelevance

" And it's way, way less useful for any real networking or dealmaking."

yarbles commented on A lawsuit charges that Henry

" Sounds like a weekend at Sean Parker's."

yarbles commented on Mark Zuckerberg Adidas memorial slideshow

" @FAR33D You're right, Zuckerberg did mention picking up a bunch of these before they were discontinued."