"The first is that she would recreate the technological circumstances of her users in her own life. Mayer went without broadband for years in her home, refusing to install it until it was also installed in the majority of American homes. She carried an iPhone at Google, which makes Android phones, because so did most mobile Web users."
edit: this one is funny:
" As she spoke, two of the people seated near her typed away like crazy, trying to take verbatim notes in Google Docs."
Yahoo using google docs for their email strategy :)
Who is leaking to Kara Swisher?
Having a leaky board member can be lethal.
"She said that Tumblr was an excellent product — an amazing tool for self-expression. She noted that it was beating Facebook with younger consumers."
Funny how in the same breath that Yahoo acquires companies to shut them down they can state with a straight face the new way of doing this is to let them stay independent post acquisition.
> Funny how in the same breath that Yahoo acquires companies to shut them down they can state with a straight face the new way of doing this is to let them stay independent post acquisition.
I don't think that's fair. There is a huge difference between acquiring a successful startup and letting them continue to be themselves, and acqui-hiring a failing startup and stripping it for parts. The point is tumblr isn't a repeat of flickr, delicious etc. Summly etc., are in a different category altogether, and it's not like they are being misled about what's going to happen when they are being acquired.
"The first is that she would recreate the technological circumstances of her users in her own life. Mayer went without broadband for years in her home, refusing to install it until it was also installed in the majority of American homes. She carried an iPhone at Google, which makes Android phones, because so did most mobile Web users."
edit: this one is funny:
" As she spoke, two of the people seated near her typed away like crazy, trying to take verbatim notes in Google Docs."
Yahoo using google docs for their email strategy :)
Who is leaking to Kara Swisher?
Having a leaky board member can be lethal.
"She said that Tumblr was an excellent product — an amazing tool for self-expression. She noted that it was beating Facebook with younger consumers."
Aha. Younger generation+mobile->tumbler acquisition.
Funny how in the same breath that Yahoo acquires companies to shut them down they can state with a straight face the new way of doing this is to let them stay independent post acquisition.