May 2013
3 posts
“I read on the Internet that this place is cash only, so I brought cash.”
– Scott Kidder, alway prepared (via david)
It seems that Yahoo, too, is always prepared and brought some cash. As Matt Mullenweg said last night, acquisitions like this are bittersweet: it’s an amazing accomplishment for David and the entire Tumblr team, but as someone with a preference for...
April 2013
7 posts
March 2013
7 posts
“Representative Louie Gohmert, Republican of Texas, is trying to introduce an...”
– White House Tours Halted Over Cuts; Congress Says, ‘We’re Open’
February 2013
3 posts
January 2013
11 posts
O Pioneer!: Work →
richardlawson:
That Gawker Media gets a bad rap is no surprise to me. I worked there for some four years, and bigger than that, I cut my teeth there — Nick Denton is the man to whom I owe my career; he taught me to write fearlessly, though oftentimes the writing I did is stuff that I’m ashamed of to this day. I…
“As one high-ranking former executive in the services business recalls, at his...”
– BusinessWeek’s HP Profile has some interesting nuggets — including that Steve Jobs tried to convince HP’s Board to reinstate Mark Hurd, feeling HP’s wellbeing was “essential to a healthy Silicon Valley”
December 2012
14 posts
“The [CIA] is a funny place, very insular,” the former official said. “It’s like...”
– In “Zero Dark Thirty,” she’s the hero; in real life, CIA agent’s career is more complicated
“On Capitol Hill, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader,...”
– In Talks on a Budget Deal, Boehner and Obama Stand Alone
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November 2012
36 posts
