4 posts and columns on goodbye

Sister on Steve Jobs’s Last Words: “OH WOW. OH WOW. OH WOW.”

in News on October 30, 2011 at 12:50 pm PT

Apple co-founder and Silicon Valley legend Steve Jobs lived a life that read like an epic novel, so it’s should be no surprise that his very last words on this temporal plane would be just as dramatic.
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Viral Video: Larry King and Suspenders Bid Goodbye to CNN

in News on December 16, 2010 at 12:53 pm PT

Tonight is Larry King’s last show on CNN, which did this retrospective from some key interviews on “Larry King Live” over his 25 years there. Personally, BoomTown likes when he forgets things, but the Marlon Brando smooch is still pretty good television.

The Long Goodbye: Xmarks Tried to Sell Twice, Before Closing Down With Class

in News on September 28, 2010 at 5:15 am PT

Yesterday marked the end for Xmarks, the Mitch Kapor-backed social bookmarking start-up that was founded in 2006. What was most remarkable to BoomTown was the classiness and honesty of the goodbye, especially in Silicon Valley, which is loath to call a failure just that. Read on.