In these Yahoo internal emails, the people are always talking about how they bleed -- it's like some kind of cult. - Paul Buchheit
Register.com reports that www.friendbleed.com is available, Paul. - Louis Gray
quick response :) a few times ago he was on the iab conferences to talk about internet advertising in recession - webosapien (Burcu Tüzün)
Paul, the bleeding thing predates Yahoo. At Apple, people would always say they bled 6 colors because of the logo. On one occasion, an executive got up in front of a group and told us he bled 5 colors. We always wondered if the missing color was red. - Chris White
Yeah @ Home Depot everyone was "bleeding orange" or had "orange blood". - Erica Baker
Well, I wonder what the market thinks of...oh, wait, YHOO is up 12% this morning.... - Glen Campbell
It is not about whether you like him... it is about whether he was the best CEO for them at this time or not. He was not, and he is lucky to not be sued by shareholders for this level of poor management - Ian D. Nock
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at least their anger wont get the better of them in the heat of the moment, but I hate anything that implies the use of military force against uncooperative humans. Ennemi combattants, maybe, but humans who just happen to be uncooperative? --shudder-- - Joelle Nebbe
Said by me when the recruiter who cold-called my cell phone called me back to yell at me when I hung up too abruptly the first time. I tried to explain to him that finding my cell phone number on the internet and calling me unsolicited was at least as rude as my not listening to his sales pitch, but his yelling indicated he did not agree. The conversation ended with my asking the question above :) - Bret Taylor
Wow - calling you back to call you rude. That takes balls. - Costa Walcott
so this dweab would rather have you waste his time listening to his cold call and then politely say "not interested" than get on to the next trolled number on his list - he'll go far ;) - mike "glemak" dunn
I find that sales people of all forms are getting bolder in insulting would be customers. Not the same level, but I had a salesperson realize his colleague was going to get my commission because she helped me after I had approached him and he excused himself to finish with another customer. He said sorry you were on the phone when I was available. I thought, I bet you are... - Clare Dibble
I think you are quite polite for 1) hanging up on him the first time rather than wasting his time and 2) asking him so politely if it was ok the second time :) Must be your good upbringing. - Sheila Taylor
Hey bret, have you heard ffundercats? They did a callout for someone @ FF to chat with them. josh haley , john worthington, mark wilson - anna awesomesauce
Interesting. I'm trying to learn about salesmanship, and I've never tried that technique. OK everybody, go use my web site or I'll yell at you! My caps lock key is warmed up and ready to go. - Bruce Lewis
That is seriously some bad manners. I don't think I would have been as polite as you were, Bret. And as anna so eloquently pointed out above, there is now a podcast devoted to all things FF. http://ffundercats.com - Mark Wilson
Just post his phone number to Twitter. - Louis Gray
Robert's number is already all over Twitter. - Akiva Moskovitz
Agreeing with Morton - hang up again, and again. - flammable
I simply must know... if this is an independent douche or whether the employer rewards douchbaggery. Coffee is for closers! - Richard Walker
I love that bret's mom is giving herself props - you did well sheila :) - mike "glemak" dunn
I had one of those too, last spring. He hadnt done his homework and was lying about having worked with my predecessor (who had left 15 months earlier!). When I pointed that out he got narky so I politely said I would hang up now. He called me back and called me a cunt. Incredible that people like that have jobs like that. - Joelle Nebbe
"Summers was deservedly castigated, but not for the right reasons. He claimed to be giving a comprehensive list of reasons why there weren't more women reaching the top jobs in the sciences. Yet Summers, an economist, left one out: Adjusted for IQ, quantitative skills, and working hours, jobs in science are the lowest paid in the United States.
This article explores this fourth possible explanation for the dearth of women in science: They found better jobs." - Jim Norris
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These are the reasons I left:
"1. age 18-22: paying high tuition fees at an undergraduate college
2. age 22-30: graduate school, possibly with a bit of work, living on a stipend of $1800 per month
3. age 30-35: working as a post-doc for $30,000 to $35,000 per year
4. age 36-43: professor at a good, but not great, university for $65,000 per year" Of course, I'm no woman. - Joel
Yeah, this line of argument is pretty important. It doesn't explain why women, as opposed to men, are especially inclined to do something other than pursue a tenure track science job. But it sure does beg the hell out of the question. - j1m
"Consider Albert Q. Mathnerd, a math undergrad at MIT ("Course 18" we call it). He works hard and beats his chest to demonstrate that he is the best math nerd at MIT. This is important to Albert because most of his friends are math majors [...]
What about women? Don't they want to impress their peers? Yes, but they are more discriminating about choosing those peers." - Alex
"What was Yuan doing in the physics department? "Back in China," Yuan replied, "we heard that it was a good way to get a job on Wall Street."" - Gabe
This is by far one of my favorite articles about Science. As a society, we need to reward making things better than shoveling money around from one end of the table to the other and having some of that money spill into your lap. - Piaw Na
unless they are really passionate about science, the brightest mind are going into other careers. Men or women. Science careers arent paid very well, and, worse, the work organisation nowadays is highly inflexible and hierarchical - not something that suits the typical science mind. But the sexism in science was strong - when I was a physics student doing my masters there was not a single women professor in my institution, or its sister institution. And industry jobs were often not friendly to women either, with the excuse that men on the factory floor would not respect a woman.I noticed that and went into web development instead of doing a phd. - Joelle Nebbe
"For Detroit, [bankruptcy] means release from ruinous wage deals with their astronomical benefits (the hourly cost of a Big Three worker: $73; of an American worker for Toyota: $48), massive pension obligations, and unworkable work rules such as “job banks,” a euphemism for paying vast numbers of employees not to work." - Jess Lee
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Like for the overall idea, not for the political name calling etc. - Erica Baker
The trick: "You need to give people the freedom to spend and the freedom to make mistakes," says Takeo Fukui, Honda's 61-year-old president. "If management oversight is too strong, then it's difficult to innovate." - Rob Schonberger
This is a brilliant play by typepad...depending on what the terms are I would definitely make the switch. Typepad has always been an afterthough for me and I'm sure other bloggers...bravo! - David Dundas
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I've applied on the basis that I am a frustrated, unemployed penniless journalist who just needs a break. Typepad Pro could be the big breakthrough I have been waiting for. - Andy C
tumblr was one of the things blocked in china i found this week - Gregory Lent
I wouldnt get your hopes up about that andy c... - David Dundas
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I can't work out whether SixApart marketing folk are geniuses or idiots. I can't work out whether I am amused or irritated by their continual digs at the competition. - Andy C
Wow, many, if not most, popular Web 2.0 apps are cloned by the Chinese. And they're bringing them online fast. - imabonehead
ima: yeah, and most have been cloned multiple times. Now, though, the services are innovating on their own and adding some really unique things. Micropayments, for instance, are way ahead here in China vs. the US. - Fast Company
Interesting and yet kinda scary. US tech companies definitely need to be aware, if they're not already. As for me, I probably should move to China, the land of my ancestors, to start a Web 2.0 startup. :P - imabonehead
interesting, though its surprising something like it would be around in China with the Chinese government's censorship, namely seeing as how ours has labeled twitter as a potential terrorist tool, it'd seem they would be hesitate - BCK
BCK: Interesting to me is that neither China nor Iran have blocked FriendFeed. Both block my blog. I bet both services will get blocked eventually. FriendFeed is VERY fast in China, though, while Facebook is dreadfully slow. - Robert Scoble
it's a pure surprise to see Robert Scoble in Guangzhou(Canton). What a pleasure to talk to Robert about the Chinese Twitter: www.zuosa.com - Alex Mou
I guess the chinese government doesn't have any early adopters on the staff :P - BCK
Alex; Zuosa looks great, though I obviously can't read any of it - BCK
@bck their net police force is more advanced than many people think. - Alex Mou
"Turbaconducken. That’s right — a chicken stuffed in duck stuffed in a turkey, all wrapped in bacon. Otherwise known as a bacon-wrapped turducken." D: - Jess Lee
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The amazing part is that the chicken *and* the duck *and* the turkey are wrapped in separate layers of bacon. Also amazing is that an entire site is dedicated to "Daily Updates on the World of Sweet, Sweet Bacon" - Bill Strathearn
I have to say that is some seriously unattractive food, regardless of how good it might taste. I'd love to see a professional chef try to dress that thing up... - Kamilah Gill
Hehe...like the included comment for more transparency :) - Justin Korn
Excellent post. I'm doing most of these with a site of mine but there's a couple I haven't been doing (*cough* Number 14 *cough*). I'm really enjoying the guest posts recently, Louis. Also thanks to Michael Fruchter for an excellent peice. - Mo Kargas
@Mo, I have no guests, I have partners in crime. - Louis Gray
Good read. I think in order of importance #5 and #2 should be at the top of the list. I'll also add.. 16) If using flash, embed using swfObject and have alternative content. - Andrew Smith
Michael: Nice article! I'm not doing SEO these days, and there were some new ones I hadn't seen (4,9,10,12). Very concise summary, and easy to read. - Mitchell Tsai
Michael - Excellent overview. While some still discount SEO (and they shouldn't) your piece provides solid basics for blogs. It should be noted that SEO for websites is different and potentially more complex but more importantly those running around saying that social networking is a replacement for true white hat SEO are kidding themselves ... and potentially missing out on a lot of free traffic in the process. - Charlie Anzman
I don't know about all the SEO stuff. The moral of the story always seems to be "create quality content". - ♫ Rahsheen™
As always, great post Mike. But why didn't anyone take the bait on "If your are writing a post, for example, about how FriendFeed was just acquired by Google"? I'm surprised this rumor hasn't spread throughout the blogosphere by now. - Mark Krynsky
@Mark, in editing the post for publication, I promise I checked Google Blog search just to see if I hadn't overlooked the momentous announcement. :-) - Louis Gray
Mark, thank you. I think I inadvertently Punk'd Louis Gray on his own blog :-) - Mike Fruchter
