DLD Conference
Richard Dawkins & Craig Venter
Originally uploaded by bradley23
I’m at the DLD Conference in Munich.
This is my first time at DLD (though I’ve been to Munich many times for other conferences and personal visits. It’s a city that I love.)
The conference agenda is pretty thrilling. […]
Open Data is Good for Democracy
I recently attended a fantastic, inspiring event… The Open Government Working Group hosted by OReilly Media in Sebastopol… I blogged about it on the Next* blog…
Valleywag fishes, Brickhouse thriving!
I read this post with some measure of amusement. We’ll be unveiling 3 or 4 major initiatives before the end of the year, which really represent the first complete turn-of-the-crank for the Brickhouse / Advanced Products model. Brickhouse is thriving. You’ll be hearing more about these soon, and though I’m quite tempted […]
O’Reilly and Battelle on Hadoop
Doug Cutting’s presence at Yahoo is noticed and celebrated by O’Reilly and Battelle. I’m pretty proud that the good folks of Yahoo Search (and especially Raymie) made this happen. Congrats guys.
Cool word of the day: Idearrhea
Someone just intro’d me to the word, idearrhea - idea/rrhea, i.e. diarrhea of ideas. The word doesn’t have much takeup yet, though there is an www.idearrhea.com with some really funny cat/kitten photos.
This sounds familiar…
From the Wall Street Journal… “Google has begun experimenting with the creation of offsite “skunkworks” operations to develop cutting-edge products and separating out parts of the business to be run as more autonomous units within the company.”
Hmmm…
Best Magic of UK Hack Day? I disappeared!
Matt offers a great post on the “magic” of Yahoo’s Hack Days… I had the pleasure of attending the most recent Open Hack Day in London…
For me the most magical thing about it was my utter lack of involvement. I did not help organize, coordinate, oversee, judge, etc. I went strictly […]
Happy Anniversary, Bob…
He married Isis on the fifth day of may…
Legally here.
Freeway Collapse
Freeway Collapse on Highway 580 Eastbound
Originally uploaded by Thomas Hawk.
Ugh! The freeway collapse was about 1.3 miles from my house, and unfortunately between me and Sunnyvale… That means I’m liable to have some “interesting” commutes for the next few months. Fortunately, Brickhouse […]
Upcoming 2.0 Launches!
I knew it was coming, but was blown away when I saw it… Upcoming 2.0 has launched.
Upcoming has been one of my favorite Yahoo sites for quite a while… I cannot believe that such a small team kicks so much ass. Congrats guys!