On Leaving Yahoo…
Leaving Yahoo.
Yes, it’s true. I’ve left Yahoo.
It was somewhat overwhelming sifting through the barrage of reactions over the last 48 hours: “Thanks for all you’ve done”, “How could you?!”, “Congrats!”, etc. It’s fascinating to watch people react. I’ve been taking it all in.
I want to use this post to explain some […]
Gatz hands the baton to Dickerson…
Scott and Chad crosspost and tell the tale: Scott’s story & Chad’s story. I’m honored to work with these guys. Two of the classiest individuals I’ve had the pleasure to know. Scott, you’ll be missed… and thanks for everything from the bottom of my heart.
Yahoo Plugin for WordPress
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The plugin is very cool. You simply author the post as you normally would. You click a ‘lil button that says “Review this Post”… and all kinds of […]
Me v. Ze Frank (not so much…)
Gordon Luk has a really interesting post that I’ll use as a launching pad to clarify a point I often make in public lectures… In the interest of saving you a click, see below.
This reminded me of Umair’s article “Why Yahoo Didn’t Build MySpace…” which basically suggests that the pyramid of participation I […]
Relaunch of next.yahoo.com…
A couple weeks ago our team relaunched next.yahoo.com.
Simply, it’s a place where we can show you some cool stuff happening at Yahoo. I shared more on the yodel blog.
William White and team just launched this very cool embeddable music player there. Timely too… Now instead of just linking to MP3s like I […]
New Pipes release, iPhone support
As reported on the Pipes Blog, Jonathan and the Pipes team just pushed a new release with features both useful and cool. I’m especially thrilled about the iPhone support (having just gotten an iTouch, thanks Mr. Hornik!)
In keeping with the endless stream of jokes that name “pipes” inspires, Jonathan created what may turn out […]
Major improvements to Yahoo Search
Want to congratulate Jeff, Vish, Tim, Eckart, Luke and Tom and the cast of hundreds who launched the improvements to Yahoo Search last night. I’ve seen some folks in the blogosphere underestimate the nuance and ultimately impact of this innovation. Making a change this radical is a bona fide “big deal”, and there […]
Marc Andreessen on Employee Retention…
Well, not really. On winning.
I’m loving this post, and did my part to circulate it amongst the leadership here at Yahoo.
Marc’s comments about innovation really resonated for me… People have often misconstrued my group’s mission as being responsible for “innovation” at Yahoo. I’ve always hated this. Once a journalist said to […]
Welcome Jerry, Yahoo’s new CEO!
Still digesting the news… but I am extremely optimistic about today’s changes. Surprising myself how much in fact. But you’d need to know me to know this has everything to do with Jerry’s entrance, not Terry’s departure.
I am a huge Terry fan. Frankly I wish I’d had more occasion to interact […]
Next Open Hack Day!
I’m happy that I’ll be attending Yahoo/BBC’s upcoming Hack Day in the UK! Last year’s inaugural Hack Day was a careeer/life hilight… This one looks to be another over the top event. It’s in a “palace”… that sounds different! Check out the details at hackday.org and on upcoming. See you there.
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