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Pick the Best New York Tabloid Flyby Fronts
New York's tabloids are in high dudgeon over yesterday's Air Force One flyby. Who got the best headline and front-page out of it? More »
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By John CookComment by Botswana Meat Commission FC: Needs more wanton capitalization and random mis-typed letters, Daily News. HOW DUM WAS THIS?!1?!!11111 7 Responses | Other threads
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Hillary Clinton Asks You to Pick Your Poison
Hillary Clinton is holding a contest to sucker people into paying her debt to Mark Penn. You can choose a prize, including a not-creepy-at-all day with Bill Clinton. We ask, which is the most bearable? More »
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By John CookComment by Pamela Strangeways: OKay to drop the snark for a moment... I would love to hang out with Bill Clinton for a day. That... 5 Responses | Other threads
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Bernie Madoff Is Your Most Loathsome Financial Villain
You've disappointed us, but we shall abide by the will of the People: Bernard Madoff won our poll to identify the face of the New Depression with 29% of the vote. More »
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By John CookComment by Smooth Operator: Once again women are woefully absent from a gawker poll. They should have at least included Sante Kimes the grifter who... 14 Responses | Other threads
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There's Still Time to Vote in Our Most Loathsome Poll!
Bernie Madoff is leading our Most Loathsome Financial Villain poll, but there's still time for second-place Alan Greenspan to make a comeback. Go vote for your candidate! More »
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By John CookComment by the_lerpa: You can't lambast the guy for creating easy credit and then support more massive monetary intervention as a cure (not... 5 Responses | Other threads
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Pick the Most Loathsome Financial Villain
The New Depression rolls on and those overpaid AIG failures are this week's target for populist wrath. But do you hate them more than last week's villains? Embrace your hate and vote in our poll. More »
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By John CookComment by bluebears: I voted for Greenspan but really I'd like to officially split my vote between him and Paulson. 7 Responses | Other threads
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Most shocking finding in this poll? 76% of Americans have no opinion of Bernie Madoff.
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Do the Obamas Get a Class-Resentment Pass for Their White House Soirées?
The Obamas are just like us: drinking through this recession, at home! Well, not entirely like us. They're all wearing fancy clothes and they have jobs and Steve Wonder is there. More »
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By PareeneComment by Almostbanned: Wow this is dumb. Black-tie parties every Wednesday? In the name of 'the people'? Most of whom have never been... 11 Responses | Other threads
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Rahm Emanuel Is Your New Obama Hottie
Amazing what people fetishize these days: Gray hair, dark circles under the eyes, average-at-best height, a missing middle finger? Rahm Emanuel, Obama's chief of staff, beat conventionally gorgeous policy advisor Melody Barnes in our poll. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by MrInBetween: "Average-at-best height?" You're kidding, right? Rahm's height is average-at-best for a dwarf. 6 Responses | Other threads
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Hotness of Obama Staff at Issue for Undecided Voters
Have you picked the hottest Obama staffer yet? With their boss sworn in, the aura of sexy power has only grown sexier. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by leonleonleon: Rahm looks like a zombie - I still don't get it 10 Responses | Other threads
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What Did You Think of Obama's Speech?
Barack Obama has given your speech. Now have your say: How did his words strike you? More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by NoMoreMrNiceGuy: I am so inspired that a lawyer that went to Harvard can become the president of the United States. 27 Responses | Other threads
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Pick Your Favorite Obama Hottie
Tina Brown writes that the incoming Obama administration promises a restoration of intellectualism to the center of American life. In honor of her thesis, we present the official Obama Hotties poll. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by The Chubby Wubby Bandit: there is a major omission here that must be corrected: Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan (Obama's pick for solicitor general). We... 23 Responses | Other threads
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Gawker's Golden Globe Poll
The Golden Globes will be decided by 83 well-fed junketeers of the HFPA who are idiots. So, why not vote in the Gawker Golden Globe Poll before you start throwing things at your TV? More » -
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The Gawker Exit Poll
For once, the exit polling consortium seems to have kept a pretty tight lid on the exit poll numbers (so far!) that first raised and then dashed the hopes of so many John Kerry voters in 2004. But there's no reason that your vote can't be counted in an entirely unreliable tally. Below, tell us how you voted today, and be sure to come back at 7pm for our liveblog and coverage of the election results. More »
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Comment by boozehound: My vote would cause my gawker commenter status to be rescinded and in the unlikely event of a victory, the... 8 Responses | Other threads
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The First Presidential Debate
The talking-head consensus seems to be that John McCain showed authority as the debate turned to foreign policy. But Barack Obama "held his own." I reckon the Democratic candidate—intent on demonstrating his foreign policy knowledge and dropping names of hard-to-pronounce foreign leaders— missed several opportunities to turn the discussion back to the domestic economy and score. When McCain waxed lyrical about the great social and economic progress in Iraq, Obama could have asked him: what about social and economic progress back home? John McCain sounded sometimes as if he were running for president of Iraq, not the United States. A bolder opponent would have exposed that vulnerability. But enough of what I think. What about you?
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By Nick DentonComment by Bitter Poor: Well, the main thing I took from this is that McCain has a really bad attitude. And that's not something... 19 Responses | Other threads
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The Suspension Of John McCain's Campaign
McCain campaign manager Steve Schmidt is a risk taker and a brilliant manipulator of the news cycle. The Rove acolyte's two biggest gambles—a delay in the Republican Convention in deference to an approaching hurricane and the selection of camera-magnet Sarah Palin as running mate—both distracted the media and the public from John McCain's weaknesses as a presidential candidate. One can assume he's behind the "suspension" of the Republican nominee's campaign. Will it allow McCain to skip an otherwise dangerous debate this Friday night while claiming he's putting country first? Here's an instant poll. Suspend your political bias but not your judgment. More »
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By Nick DentonComment by lawyergay: Once again, this all comes down to how Obama plays it. He truly holds all the cards: He's running against the... 33 Responses | Other threads
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How do you feel about Facebook's redesign?
Facebook users are on a forced march to the "New Facebook" redesign starting today. I IM'd a friend of mine who doesn't work in tech to see what he thinks. His answer: "The single webpage was much cooler. Now with these tabs and all, it's harder to find things." Clearly, my pal's not on board with CEO Mark Zuckerberg's plan to turn Facebook into a "social operating system" — and to be an "operating system," you need dropdown menus and tabs and other whizbang features. (Let me beat all the engineers to the punch — no, Facebook is nothing like an actual OS. If it were like an actual OS, it would crash more.) Zuckerberg's grandiose ambitions aside, I like the new design because it makes sharing video, photos and messages with my friends that much easier. Also, it hides annoying widgets. I figure that people are whining about it because nobody likes change. But that's just one man's opinion. Take our poll below and let Zuckerberg know how you feel. More »
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Comment by giddieup: i'll say it again. mark, you need to sell the company while someone is still willing to overpay for it. 3 Responses | Other threads
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Who should play Zuckerberg in a Facebook movie?
"West Wing" creator Aaron Sorkin is still in the research phase of his Facebook: The Movie project, but we thought Valleywag's readers could help cast the lead role. Take your pick from our list, below. More » -
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Lock In Your Vote for Hottest Guy in Book Publishing
We're still taking votes for our Hottest Man in Book Publishing poll. The winner will get to pose for a classy-not-trashy glamorshot (if he consents.) The two top vote-getters at the moment? Here they are, girls: Matt, on the left, is a trade sales coordinator at Penguin. Nathan in the orange shirt is a San Francisco literary agent. But there are eight other eligible contestants! The only cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy, or whatever. [Vote here!]
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By SheilaComment by Vlad the Impala: Wow. What a pool of winners. You'd get better results with Hottest Guys Without Jobs at the Port Authority... more » | Other threads
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Vote for the Hottest Guy of Book Publishing 2008
Back this summer by popular demand, we've got ten straight book-publishing gentlemen lined up for you to vote on! The winner will receive the "Gawker Hottest Straight Guy of Book Publishing 2008" title for an entire year. (Last year's winner? Luke Janklow!) If the winner consents, we'll take a classy glamorshot of him for his winning post. After the jump, we've got little bios for our book publishing boys. Vote! More »
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By SheilaComment by AgnesBabazoid: These guys have nothing on Nathan Rostron, editorial assistant at Little, Brown. more » | Other threads
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Finding the worst-entry level job in tech: Round Two
We're on to Round Two in our worst-tech-job contest. We've whittled down 10 terrible gigs down to five:- Online sales and operations account manager, Google
- Content acquisition intern, IODA
- Customer support specialist, Fox Interactive, MySpace division
- Windows support professional, Microsoft
- Part-time guide, Mahalo
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Comment by WillVille: Could've just as easily titled this 'Where Dreams Go To Die'. Anyone that works in any of these places belongs... more » | Other threads
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Pick your career poison: temporary Google database admin vs. IODA intern
The last matchup in this round of our worst-job tournament: temporary database administrator for Google, contracted through WorkforceLogic, vs. content acquisition intern, IODA. Given the compensation disparity between these jobs — IODA doesn't pay its interns, while WorkforceLogic reportedly pay database admins as much as $70,000 — it seems like a no-brainer. Remember, though, just because WorkforceLogic will deploy you to the Googleplex, that doesn't mean you'll ever be a real Googler. Not to the Stanford and Harvard grads munching on their Bacon Krispy Kreme burgers. At least at IODA, you'll deserve the scorn heaped on you by the paid wage slaves. Pick the worse fate, below. More » -
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Yahoo proxy ballots are out; early results are here
Enough with the letters. It's time to vote. On Monday, Yahoo mailed out ballots for its upcoming board election, for which corporate raider Carl Icahn has proposed an alternative slate — one that will do his bidding and attempt to resuscitate merger talks with Microsoft. Yahoo also said it plans to spend $12 million campaigning for its board. Anyone who has owned Yahoo shares since before June 3 is eligible to vote online, via toll-free number or by snail mail. Yahoo will announce the results on August 1 at its annual shareholder meeting. By why wait till then? Review the pros and cons for each side and then vote your Valleywag proxy below. More » -
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Pick your career poison: Facebook user operations analyst vs. MySpace customer support specialist
He won't sell, but can Mark Zuckerberg successfully carry Facebook through to an IPO? That's what the latest matchup in our tournament to find tech's worst entry-level job comes down to. Otherwise, the key responsibilities for Facebook's user operations analysts and MySpace customer support specialists are very similar. Even the pay is roughly the same. A tipster tells us Facebook pays its customer service reps $34,500 per year — though that number might be higher now that Facebook stopped handing $600/mo. housing subsidies. Readers figure MySpace pays $37,000. So what's it going to be? The slightly lower-paying job at the risky startup with higher upside or a gig at News Corp.'s shiniest Web toy? Vote in our poll below. More »
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Comment by Big John: All I remember from the NewsCorp employee handbook is to not bring drugs or guns to work. So I... more » | Other threads
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Pick your career poison: Part-time Mahalo guide vs. Pete Cashmore's personal assistant
The class of 2008 has already begun to realize the tragedy of actually having to work for a living. Cheer up, kiddos; it could be worse. You could be employed, part-time, cutting and pasting Google search results for Jason Calacanis's Mahalo. Or you could serve as Mashable CEO Pete Cashmore's personal assistant — the entry-level gigs facing off in our third matchup to determine the worst job in tech. Vote below. More »
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Comment by DanLar75: Pete Cashmore's personal assistant every time! If you read this Pete, I am interested in the job! Email me at danlar75@yahoo.com more » | Other threads
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Pick your career poison: Microsoft customer support vs. Yahoo finance intern
Its time for the second match in our single-elimination tournament to find the worst entry-level job in tech. In our first poll, the drudgery of working as a Google online sales and operations manager narrowly edged out the perils of being an Amazon.com support engineer, 53 percent to 47 percent. Today's contest: Getting paid by Microsoft to take angry calls from Vista users all day, vs. fetching coffee in Yahoo's finance operations. Making the contest even harder: If Carl Icahn has his way, both might soon find their paychecks signed by Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell. Vote below. More » -
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Pick your career poison: Google online sales and operations manager vs. Amazon.com support engineer
We picked the ten worst entry-level jobs in tech. Now, in a single-elimination tournament, we're going to let you choose which gig is truly the worst. Round one begins with Amazon.com support engineers versus Google online sales and operations account managers. We'll let your fellow readers advise you before you choose: More »
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Comment by Xone: Half of the work for the Google CSR is to check the adwords ads one by one. I don't think... more » | Other threads
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Guess how much tech's 10 worst jobs pay
To come up with the estimated pay for tech's 10 worst entry-level jobs we spoke to former and current employees, HR reps and friends of friends working these jobs. But still, some of our commenters expressed disbelief over the salary estimates. "80 grand for an entry level job? Time to apply and kick those whiney losers out! Let's see how they feel about their new job bagging groceries at the Safeway," wrote mwbeeler. Loakim said:Boo fucking hoo. I clicked through about 4 of those and if they are representative, then getting paid 60-70K right out of college at an "entry" level job is nothing to complain about, regardless of the "tough" working conditions (ceiling too low? CSR work? no windows? cubicle? oh the torture!!). I spent half my life to get a Ph.D. and will barely be making that as an asst professor at a major research university.
We like our estimates, but we're willing to bow to the wisdom of the crowd, or the madness thereof. Save for IODA's unpaid internship — no point in guessing there — we've created a poll for each job. Take your best guess. More »
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Comment by jiindong: I think the poll should includes "or below" and "or above". None of the polls have my vote though... more » | Other threads
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What should Max Levchin do with his forgotten $100,000?
Before PayPal and Slide founder Max Levchin moved from Illinois to Palo Alto in 1998, he'd started three companies and sold the last for $100,000 — not a tiny amount of money, especially for a young entrepreneur. But after selling PayPal to eBay for $1.54 billion, these days Levchin is worth around $100 million. Six figures no longer merit that much of his attention. It's such a paltry amount that in Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good, Sarah Lacy reports Levchin actually forgot about the money until 2006. "In just four years," Lacy writes, "$100,000 would go from being unfathomable riches to pocket change." Levchin is no longer interested in the purchasing power of money, but we are. So let the young multi-millionaire know how he should spend that $100,000 in "pocket change" in our poll. More »
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Comment by Uncle-Sam's Littlle Helper: Levchin should give the 100,000 US$ to me! I will garantee him a good karma for the rest of... more » | Other threads
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Tech's worst workspace: Mozilla
What's so bad about Mozilla's Toronto workspace? Besides the fluorescent lighting, the colorless white walls and the folding tables, the worst thing about Mozilla's Toronto workspace is how we're sure management would improve it. With corporate graffiti, company logos and too many colors. That was management's trick at Facebook and look where readers ranked it in our poll on tech's ten worst workspaces — as tech's second-worst workspace, just after Mozilla. Check out the full list, below. More »
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Last chance to vote for tech's worst digs
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Rank tech's 10 worst workspaces
After reviewing our post "The 10 worst workspaces in tech," commenter AdmNaismith described Facebook's office, pictured above, as "foggy, dank, dim, and utterly depressing." Commenter mothra1 hated Yahoo's New York offices more: "They suck! Lifeless and impersonal. Kinda like the douchebags who still actually work there." Meanwhile, Adobe apologist BlairHapjo told us we "clearly didn't get past Adobe's lobby," and the rest of the office features "Aeron chairs, real offices (with doors!), big picture windows." For us, the worst offices we found on Office Snapshots and elsewhere were the the ones that try too hard to seem Internet-hip, like Jajah and Google. Now it's time to settle the disputes. Below, vote for your least favorite and help us rank tech's 10 most dismal places to work: More » -
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Last chance to vote for tech's best digs
Be sure to vote for the best workspace in tech. The poll closes at noon Pacific, at which point we'll announce a winner, and then launch voting for the worst workspace in tech. Review the contenders now.
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By Owen ThomasComment by seth_barnburner: Edmunds.com should be in there... [images.businessweek.com] more » | Other threads
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Google and the seven dwarfs
Google's collection of Web properties somtimes seem unconnected and disorganized. But there's a common thread between Print Ads, Audio Ads, TV Ads, Checkout, YouTube, Postini and DoubleClick. Can you guess what it is? More » -
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Rank tech's 10 best workspaces
After reviewing our post "Tech's top 10 workspaces" commenter Dweezil complained that our choices were full of "to much modernism bullshit." Commenter Web2PointOhShit tore at everybody:Six Apart's offices seem pretty ordinary to me. Their meeting space is *tiny*. Googleplex's niceties are all about enticing their workers to stay at work longer — yeah, that's real HAWT!. Valleywag offices look like a dump to me.
So, OK, not everybody goes for our taste in brick, exposed ceilings and Googley amenities. Let's find out who's in the minority. Below, vote for your favorites and help us rank tech's 10 best workspaces. More »
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Comment by webwebweb: just visited the UGO Networks offices in the east village, coooooooooooool. more » | Other threads
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Our favorite Google-owned domain name is bayareaburritos.com — what's yours?
Google owns 9,984 domain names. Our favorite is bayareaburritos.com, but More »
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Comment by FlakJack: Looks like someone is already squatting on Jewgle.com, which is a shame. Would be a great URL for the company's... more » | Other threads
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Comcast chickens out of FCC hearings at Stanford
Superlawyer Lawrence Lessig won't have Comcast to kick around at the FCC hearing on network neutrality — the principle that broadband providers can't discriminate against certain kinds of Internet traffic — being held at Stanford tomorrow. The event was only scheduled after Comcast paid chumps to fill chairs at an earlier hearing at Harvard in an obvious effort to squelch debate. With Comcast working with BitTorrent and just today joining with legal file-sharing startup Pando to work on a "bill of rights" for file sharers and ISPs, the company is trying to make voluntary moves in an effort to stave off involuntary regulation. I was planning on attending, if only because it promised to be an entertaining nerdfight — now, I'm not so sure. Since public hearings are supposedly democracy in action, you tell me if I should bother buying a Caltrain ticket. More » -
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Poll: Who Needs to Quit the 'Times'
The New York Times is desperate for some of their overpaid, aging staffers to accept a buyout deal. A staff email yesterday pleaded with people to gracefully take the money and run—'cause if they don't, there will be layoffs. Now we don't want to see that. It breaks our heart. No, we'd much rather some noble Times stars just pack up and leave. So we asked you who should take buyouts. You named names! Now, we poll. The winner of this poll has to quit the paper, or else they'll have layoffs on their conscience. Poll below! Choose wisely!
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By PareeneComment by AndThenIFoundFiveDollars: she only has 14 votes (including mine) but the dark horse candidate is Gina Kolata. Her "science" articles are pitiful. more » | Other threads
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Since Yang can't decide, we'll let you: Microhoo or YahOL?
Yesterday, at a luncheon with several dozen VP-level minions Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang hosted tried to explain the reasoning behind a potential deal with AOL and Time Warner. Didn't go over so well. But while many of these invitees were happy to later share their horror at the idea of merging AOL and Yahoo Web properties, none managed to grow a pair and tell Yang. Now is your chance people. Should Yahoo merge with Microsoft or take Time Warner's money? Tell us in our latest Valleywag poll. More » -
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Chadrick loves crowdsourcing his new look
Can you help Chadrick Baker, the Metaversatility biz-dev guy who recently became Valleywag's new mascot? He's shaved off the beard in this four-year-old profile pic, but hasn't settled on an icon that best captures his new, fresh-faced look. Chadrick has asked for suggestions on his blog, but we think Valleywag readers can best help him. Vote in our poll for your favorite window on Chadrick's soul: More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Torley: Heyyy it's Chadrick! w00t! I go with "bemused", the lighting is nice and it's open to interpretation and it's not... more » | Other threads
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geeks gone wild
Scoble text-message rampage leaves Twitter users numb
Robert Scoble went on a tear yesterday, posting more than 200 Twitter messages within the span of a few hours. The logorrheic explosion came as he had a "group conversation" with his Twitter followers. Not all were impressed. "Well, I've tormented Twitter enough today. About 200 people have unfollowed." Don't worry, Bobby. I'm sticking around — for now, anyway. Though I'm starting to think that woman at Whole Foods who found Twitter "boring" might have been right. See an excerpt of Scoble's Twitters below, and then share your opinion in our poll. More »
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Comment by nat lyon: The real news here is that despite being washed up he still manages to snag a new batch of minnows... more » | Other threads
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