3 posts and columns on Yosemite

Van Natta Takes Playlist CEO Job, With New Investment by Pittman

in News on November 10, 2008 at 9:00 pm PT

Former Facebook exec Owen Van Natta will take the CEO job at a music discovery site called Playlist, a move that had been speculated last week, after he did not end up taking another position as head of MySpace Music. Van Natta’s arrival at Playlist was not the only news for the Palo Alto, Calif.-based start-up–former AOL exec Bob Pittman’s Pilot Investment Group is also investing an undisclosed amount of money in Playlist, and Pittman will join its board. The site, which has been called Project Playlist, had previously raised several million dollars. The new round of funding super-sized that, sources said, hovering at about $18 million. “Discovery around music is exploding on the Internet,” said Van Natta to BoomTown, in an interview this afternoon, giving it as his main reason for joining Playlist.

Back From the Great (and Crowded) Outdoors

in News on July 9, 2007 at 12:30 am PT

And let me just say after a week in the wilds of Yosemite, it’s as crowded there as in the big city, as you can read in this disturbing story from the San Francisco Chronicle this weekend on the traffic jam to reach the summit of the famous and breathtaking Half Dome. As you can [...]

Kara Visits Yosemite, Where There Is–Horrors–No Cell Coverage or Internet Access

in News on June 30, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

Blah, blah, blah, stunning vistas. Blah, blah, blah, majestic trees, noble beasts and all that magnificent nature. Thank iGod I didn’t buy an iPhone yesterday, since I am going to be away a week on a purported vacation at Camp Mather near Yosemite National Park and there is no digital nothing there. (See this funny [...]