What Did You Think of Obama's Speech?
Barack Obama has given your speech. Now have your say: How did his words strike you?
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.
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?
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…
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…
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…
How do you feel about Facebook's redesign?
Facebook users have to migrate to the site's new redesign starting today. I reached out to a friend of mine completely outside the tech industry — like most of Facebook's users — to see what he thinks. His answer: "The new profiles are very bad." Then I tried to tell him that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's goal is…
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.
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…
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…
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:
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…
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…
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…
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 —…
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:…
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…
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…
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…
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…
