Did you know Netscape cofounder Marc Andreessen has joined eBay's board? Why yes, it's true — and it happened last month. VentureBeat editor Eric Eldon had gotten a belated tip about the hire, and published the story without checking the date. "I made a stupid mistake," he tells me. (He was more oblique in Twitter.)…
Jordan Golson has landed at The Industry Standard, quippy as ever. On Nancy Pelosi's call for the Valley to throw cash at solving the world's problems: "I'm not sure why Pelosi is asking for help with education and building infrastructure when we can't even get Twitter running reliably — and that's the real crisis,…
I'm on IM with Jordan Golson, and he's on the phone with TechCrunch editor Mike Arrington. You see, Valleywag sort of, um, fired Jordan this morning, and Mike got a bogus version of the story claiming it was all because of one post Jordan did criticizing his management. Jordan wants Mike to correct the article,…
Jordan Golson, Valleywag's resident hypercapitalist, is distressed that he's not going to learn the terms of his pageview-based bonus — which, mind you, he'll likely earn on top of his $2,500-a-month base pay — until three days into the second quarter. The ginger whinger made me proud with a headline so sensational…
At lunch today, I bought my very own Yahoo. It wasn't as pretty as Flickr, but it was del.icio.us. Cobblestones in Lowell, Mass., sells a Yahoo burger — a healthy serving of beef, cheese, barbecue sauce and onion strings. Steve Ballmer, why do you want to spend so much money for Yahoo when you can get this Yahoo for…
Before I started working at Valleywag, my favorite posts were always the "too insidery" ones that gave a peek behind the curtain. Here's a brief excerpt from Valleywag's group chat today, as our fearless leader tried to change the topic from Apple's Web services to Cisco, the telecom giant which announced earnings…
After warning me that he was coming to the CES Press Room and to "stay out of his face," blog blowhard Jason Calacanis stormed over to me to "introduce" himself and slam my boss and brag about how much money he has. Money can't buy you a snappy comeback, however.
I'm sitting in the CES press lounge when my editor, Owen Thomas, sends me an email:
Valleywag very special correspondent Paul Boutin has been touting the advantages of huge computer monitors for years. He's been encouraging me to pick up a 22" Dell monitor ever since I started writing full time. Did you know that they're almost identical to Apple's fancy screens — for half the price? I didn't.…
