Three reflections on this article:
- Suck it, my boss, who loves to cite Marisssa Mayerâs opposition to people working from home.
- Reading that many too-cute tech startup names in a row makes me feel like I just ate 10 too many jellybeans.
- If all this shenanigans takes down Yahooâs only lasting contribution to the world (Yahoo Answers as fodder for comedians) then truly all has been for naught.
Youâd think with her track record that it would be a positive argument for working from home.
Iâm fine with taking down âhow babby formed?!â but Tumblr is entertaining enough.
I never got that⌠I used to get so much more done when I telecommuted. When I needed to be doing stuff nobody would complain about Bitches Brew playing on the speakers or some such but oh headphones in the office I am not paying attention or some such. If something came in at 10 minutes to quitting time that would be 40 minutes of work to get started no problem, in the office, yeah it will wait till the morning cause commute is gonna go from suck to OH GOD NOOOO if I take even 10 extra minutes.
She was always going to struggle to resurrect the brand. It has become so uncool that it has long been their major liability. But she really lost me with the story about her ârolling up her sleevesâ and personally interfering with the process of ârefreshingâ (i.e. imperceptibly changing) the logo. Bringing in âhigh profile celebritiesâ to improve morale also has me rolling my eyes.
But⌠all those ask-blogs are on tumblr. Iâd be sad if they went away.
I think Mayerâs done exactly what she intended to do when she went there; make herself personally (ridiculously) wealthy. Yahoo! Was! Dying! Regardless!
Oh, I did express a love of Tumblr.
Where else can i stumble across a Gravity Falls / Hannibal TV series crossover? I usually loathe mashups!
I never forgave them for killing off Xobni, my favorite Outlook enhancement.
Also their search sucks. I base this on the fact that they happily served up malware infested versions of VLC to my boss after I suggested he install the media player that plays anything. My next suggestion was ânever use Yahoo for anythingâ.
If you want to compete, Yahoo, you canât be shitty.
Makes sense, âYah-hoo, in the ancient tongue means âthat which brings stormsâ.â
Not me, boy, it makes me think I better get busy cooking up something to serve the sentient sword. Itâs a pretty sweet paycheck.
Yeah, but itâs only one paycheck. How long can that be fun for, after the blow has all been snorted and the hookers have left?
Ask me again next year, bro.
Fourth reflection: isnât this just more evidence that, whatever the approach is thatâs being used to recruit CEOs, it isnât working? The headhunters donât seem to have worked out that, just because someone is utterly consumed by greed, doesnât mean that trickle down to the company will work.
I do wonder how thatâs decided upon.
Do shareholder boards REALLY believe that golden parachutes make a better leader?
I wonder who establishes and supports the continued cargo cult behavior. How does the belief that compensation like this encourages âthe bestâ applicants and future of the company?
Or, is the choice just to increase the stock value first and foremost so that the stockholders can cash out before the CEO fucks everything up inevitably. Iâm voting that.
Good news everyone, weâve been bought out!
Bad news. Itâs Yahoo.
I interpret âbought by yahooâ as âwe found a lump.â
Thanks to awesome browser plugins, Iâve found my next startup and/or band name:
Also, I am twelve. 
That took me way too long to grok, but at least I didnât have to google it.
Fave plugin idea besides âSJW to Skeletonâ.
Itâs called Cloud To Butt Plus (not sure what the plus is about). Iâve been running it so long that most of the time it doesnât even register, but every so often it produces a substitution so pitch perfect that it just tickles my funny bone to no end.
