</h1> <article> <h1>Getting Acquired By and Working at Yahoo!</h1> After finishing over three years at Yahoo! and almost 3 years previous to that at Right Media, I thought it’d be worthwhile to write about my experience over that very interesting time and set of events. This is simply my perspective as I know that others at Right Media and Yahoo! had completely different opinions [...] <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4icgbJ9hgDku5A15C0a3RPMCD1w/0/da"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4icgbJ9hgDku5A15C0a3RPMCD1w/1/da"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Conversionrater?a=HYcynSEQgLA:qIxADTAxbjA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Conversionrater?a=HYcynSEQgLA:qIxADTAxbjA:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Conversionrater?a=HYcynSEQgLA:qIxADTAxbjA:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Conversionrater?a=HYcynSEQgLA:qIxADTAxbjA:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Conversionrater?a=HYcynSEQgLA:qIxADTAxbjA:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Conversionrater?a=HYcynSEQgLA:qIxADTAxbjA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Conversionrater?a=HYcynSEQgLA:qIxADTAxbjA:n901t0yvK4E"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Six Items to Consider When Choosing Your Name and Domain Name</h1> What’s in a name and domain name? Enough that it can mean the difference between success and failure. However, it can also not matter at all, but why would companies put themselves behind the 8-ball with a bad name and domain name right off the bat? 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Everyone I know who realizes that there will be a alternative someday to paying too much money for hundreds of channels they don’t watch can’t wait for the day that alternative arrives. 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The topic of this latest essay is Paul’s opinion about what “happened” at Yahoo! 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Yahoo! and Microsoft: A powerful new choice @ Yahoo! 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That’s a loaded question of a headline firmly entrenched with Frederic’s opinion leading us down the path of lousiness. 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I suppose I should first give them some credit for even bothering to send an email to the customers they are auto-renewing since so many companies don’t do this at all. However, it seems like sending these emails would [...] <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RIVH_88s2m__4toWO2oiDLxB6ZE/0/da"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RIVH_88s2m__4toWO2oiDLxB6ZE/1/da"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Conversionrater?a=jx0PiEv-MCw:pYqQy8-pAQc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Conversionrater?a=jx0PiEv-MCw:pYqQy8-pAQc:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Conversionrater?a=jx0PiEv-MCw:pYqQy8-pAQc:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Conversionrater?a=jx0PiEv-MCw:pYqQy8-pAQc:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Conversionrater?a=jx0PiEv-MCw:pYqQy8-pAQc:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Conversionrater?a=jx0PiEv-MCw:pYqQy8-pAQc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Conversionrater?a=jx0PiEv-MCw:pYqQy8-pAQc:n901t0yvK4E"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Google’s New Click to Call Ads Reminds Me Of Onion Video</h1> Google just announced their new Click to Call ads. Which seem to really make me think about this recent hilarious video created by The Onion. The 911 call using the Google phone is fantastic stuff. 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I received the iPad 3G on Friday and have spent the weekend playing with it and letting my kids use it as well. Here are the pros and cons of the device after two days usage, but the short [...] <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XPcYdFNDnQ93Q0gb1Pj_HJLIhUs/0/da"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XPcYdFNDnQ93Q0gb1Pj_HJLIhUs/1/da"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Conversionrater?a=rPkSkG6qHPg:SdYmv0zFpWo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Conversionrater?a=rPkSkG6qHPg:SdYmv0zFpWo:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Conversionrater?a=rPkSkG6qHPg:SdYmv0zFpWo:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Conversionrater?a=rPkSkG6qHPg:SdYmv0zFpWo:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Conversionrater?a=rPkSkG6qHPg:SdYmv0zFpWo:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Conversionrater?a=rPkSkG6qHPg:SdYmv0zFpWo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Conversionrater?a=rPkSkG6qHPg:SdYmv0zFpWo:n901t0yvK4E"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Foursquare Is Going To Keep Rolling</h1> It’s funny how early adoption works and how you start to see recurring patterns. When I started using Twitter there were numerous people who questioned what it was, why it was useful, and mocked it. A couple of years later, Twitter is still on a tear. I’m seeing the same thing with Foursquare today. 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