This week we had a temp come into the office, so I pulled out an old Windows XP laptop for them to use. However, it had IE 6 on it. I needed to upgrade to IE 8. Easy, right? Nope. Windows Update wasn’t working in IE6. NO UPGRADE. The download link on the IE8 web […]

I’ve long known that getting into the big schools is the hardest part of the experience, but I’ve never looked at it this way: It turns out that merely getting into Harvard is as good an indicator of future success as actually going. It turns out that being the sort of person that can invest […]

I’m cleaning out my WordPress and came across a bunch of half written draft posts from when I was much more active in writing this blog. I don’t want to just delete them and lose the thought forever. So here are the partial thoughts for posterity. Managing your Middle 70% – Inspired by Jack Welch’s […]

I know first hand that building a local or travel listings/review/recommendation site is extremely difficult. You are judged by the quality of your listings: are they comprehensive, are they up-to-date and looking at the community: are there enough reviews to make it interesting. As an industry, we suck. Case in point: today GoodRec launched – […]

I knew that Yahoo was growing up (and not necessarily in a good way) when we moved into our new campus and management cancelled “bagel day” and the free fruit. Yahoo had fallen on hard times and started to cut costs. The cafeteria had (bad) bagels and fruit for sale, so no biggie – right? […]

please be patient with any glitches as I move from Yahoo! Web Hosting to Joyent. See you over there!

It’s very odd that even 6 months after leaving Yahoo, I still get mentioned in the “brain drain” stories, see “Tracking former Yahoo execs” on TechCrunch. I’m honored to be included, I guess implicit in all of the stories is a recognition that I actually accomplished meaningful work while I was there and for that […]

Well, I’ve been teasing you for months on this blog – the day is finally here. My startup GayCities, the Gay Travel and City Guide unveiled our new site today. With GayCities we’re developing the most comprehensive, user-friendly online travel community and city guide for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. We want to be […]

I’m working on a launch for my new business, and while I’ve managed to do all the work myself, from time to time I get stuck and need help. In these times I’ve often turned to Craigslist for a quicky expert. However, in this case, I’m stuck on something relatively small that I know someone […]

The last four months since I left Yahoo have been amazing, largely because I threw all my plans out the window and just allowed myself to enjoy the time instead of adding pressure to accomplish something. And the results have been great. So what have I been doing for the last four months? I got […]