5 posts and columns on countdown

There Are Seven Billion People on Planet Earth Right Now (Try to Keep Up, Facebook!)

in News on October 31, 2011 at 10:49 am PT

It’s official: Seven billion people are alive in the world at this moment, a high population point of all time. And they are more digital than ever.
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‘With This App, I Thee Wed…’

in The Digital Solution on February 1, 2011 at 2:57 pm PT

Several wedding-planning applications for mobile devices let brides- and grooms-to-be reach for an iPhone to manage the process, from finding the dress to registering for gifts to editing the guest list.

Top Docs on Scribd in 2010: Prop 8, P ? NP, GOP Pledge

in Social on December 19, 2010 at 10:00 pm PT

A gay-marriage court ruling, a buzz-worthy computer science proof, a political platform and some macaroni-and-cheese recipes were the most shared documents on Scribd in 2010.

Yahoo CEO Countdown, 26 Days to Go: As Chernin Declines, Will a Dark Horse Emerge?

in News on December 5, 2008 at 7:24 am PT

With Yahoo board Chairman Roy Bostock reportedly assuring investors and others that the company will have a CEO in place by the end of the year, it seems prudent for BoomTown to initiate an official Yahoo CEO Countdown. After all, this column had a 100-Day No-Sacred-Cows Vision Quest to mark the time that Jerry Yang said he needed to give Yahoo a top-to-bottom look-see when he took over last summer as CEO. So here’s today’s update: No Peter Chernin and a lot of thorny issues for other candidates.

MicroHoo: Countdown Clock!

in News on May 2, 2008 at 8:55 am PT

We’re sick of waiting too! Thus, the official BoomTown MicroHoo Countdown Clock! Useful for both Yahoos (YHOO) and Microsofties (MSFT) alike, it will give everyone an idea of just how long this takeover battle has dragged on and on and on and on…. William Shakespeare said it best: “I wasted time, and now doth time [...]