3 posts and columns on puppy

Zuckerberg Gets a Puppy

in Social on March 7, 2011 at 12:49 am PT

I wouldn’t normally post about details of tech executives’ personal lives, but… OMG!%! CUTENESS!^!

Yahoo Earnings After Market Close, Plus Liveblogging of Conference Call at 2 pm

in News on October 20, 2009 at 10:46 am PT

It’s not likely the announcement of Yahoo’s third-quarter earnings later today will be quite as exciting as its Open Hack Day in Taiwan this past weekend, but BoomTown will try to make those numbers and the conference call afterward with CEO Carol Bartz as entertaining as possible. Bartz is certain to be so, especially if she lobs some good quotes, as she did in a recent interview about her management style: “I have the puppy theory. When the puppy pees on the carpet, you say something right then because you don’t say six months later, ‘Remember that day, January 12th, when you peed on the carpet?’ That doesn’t make any sense.” How much does BoomTown pray for more zingers like that? Muchly!
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Web Searches That Really Bear Fruit

in The Digital Solution on January 13, 2009 at 4:18 pm PT

There’s nothing more frustrating than a fruitless Web search — or one that returns results that distract you from your original goal. This week I tested two free tools that attempt to make your Web searches more relevant by learning from users’ reactions to search results.