8 posts and columns on commencement

Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg on Women in Workplace: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”

in Social on May 18, 2011 at 6:15 am PT

In her second major speech focused on women in the workplace, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg told the graduates at Barnard College’s 119th commencement ceremony in New York yesterday not to “leave before you leave.” Her message–a version of which she also delivered last year to an audience at the Ted Women conference in Washington, D.C., in a speech titled “Why We Have So Few Women Leaders”–should be paid attention to in Silicon Valley, where Sandberg is one of the few high-ranking and high-profile women execs.

Ripples in Microsoft's Cloud as Amitabh Srivastava Leaves

in Enterprise on February 9, 2011 at 10:51 am PT

One of the few to carry the title Distinguished Engineer, he’s credited with getting Windows development back on track, then creating its cloud computing platform.

Viral Video: Steve Jobs's "Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish" Speech (Now, More Than Ever)

in News on January 18, 2011 at 1:20 am PT

It’s definitely an oldie–from a 2005 speech that Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs gave at Stanford University, after recovering from his first bout with pancreatic cancer–but a truly good one. BoomTown posted it last time there was a hubbub around what and what was not known about his poor health in 2009. It’s more pertinent than ever.

My Kid Is an Honor Student at iTunes U

in News on August 24, 2010 at 10:00 am PT

Downloads from Apple’s iTunes U program topped the 300 million mark today—a formidable feat for a virtual insitution of higher learning that’s just three years old.

If You’re Going to Plagiarize Your Commencement Speech, Don’t Lift It From YouTube

in Media on May 26, 2010 at 12:11 pm PT

Axiom that everyone ought to know by now: The Web makes it really easy to steal other people’s work. But the Web also makes it easy to get caught. Just ask Columbia University’s Class of 2010.

Chill Out! Obama Doesn’t Hate Your iPad.

in Media on May 10, 2010 at 3:30 am PT

The President of the United States suggests that perhaps technology distracts us from…sorry, I lost my train of thought there–was just thinking about the new iPhone. Anyway, there are words and stuff. Also, video!

The Missing Final Chapter of Auletta's Google Book: 25 Media Maxims

in News on November 16, 2009 at 12:01 am PT

Last week, New Yorker writer Ken Auletta launched his new book on the search giant: “Googled: The End of the World as We Know It.” But one final chapter was actually cut from the book, which Auletta posted this past weekend on his Web site. It’s made up of 25 media maxims by Auletta.
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When Steve Jobs Said “Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish” — He Did Not Mean This Foolish

in News on January 15, 2009 at 2:53 am PT

The restless frenzy is what is perhaps most disturbing of all about the never-ending obsessive death watch that has centered on Apple CEO Steve Jobs. What doesn’t make your skin crawl about it? That’s why BoomTown thinks it is time to listen to the wise words Jobs delivered at a now legendary Stanford Commencement address in 2005. The last words of the speech came from the back of “The Whole Earth Catalog”: “Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.” I think right about now, that foolish part has gone way too far for Jobs and the rest of us.