Monthly Archives: September 2006

Beck’s Yahoo! Hack Day video

Posted on September 30, 2006 by

See it on Yahoo! Video. And more photos of the event on Flickr, too. Good times.

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My new role at Yahoo!

Posted on September 26, 2006 by

Upon returning recently from a relaxing two-week holiday in Italy with my family, I found myself looking at an opportunity to join Chad Dickerson’s Yahoo! Developer Network team as a Product Manager. What a nice way to re-enter the real … Continue reading →

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How to give a 90-second demo

Posted on September 22, 2006 by

After observing several Hack Day presentations and conducting a few screencasts of my own now, I think I’m seeing a formula for doing a 90-second demo. No format will replace charisma. And charisma won’t make a bad demo good. But … Continue reading →

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Challenging why (and how) people tag things

Posted on September 19, 2006 by

One of the more interesting hacks at Yahoo! Hack Day last week was a game that challenged the notion of tagging. How effective is tagging for recall? Can you remember what you tagged any given item? This question gets right … Continue reading →

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The importance of Hack Day

Posted on September 19, 2006 by

Last week’s Yahoo! Hack Day was, as usual, an eyeopener. In addition to the creative hacks, I was hugely impressed that the co-founder of the company and CFO among several other key executives spent an uninterrupted afternoon watching and then … Continue reading →

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Switching my default browser home page, again

Posted on September 13, 2006 by

I’ve probably changed my browser’s default home page about 10 times in the last year. Something about working here at Yahoo! has made me very picky about start pages. I most recently was using Netvibes which had a couple of … Continue reading →

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How not to influence change in old media

Posted on September 7, 2006 by

Jay Rosen’s recent attack on Fortune columnist Justin Fox reminded me that changing old media’s role in this new world is not going to happen by telling them that they stink. Photo: carradine65 He accused Justin of failing to say … Continue reading →

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