Posts tagged “yahoo”
My linklog is powered by delicious, which Yahoo is shutting down. I'll migrate to another service, probably pinboard.in. Expect no disruption to your regularly scheduled distracting links.
Today's my last day at Yahoo!. I joined to fulfill a literal teenage dream, and it delivered: I became a better developer, engineer, and teammate. But after four years of incredible growth, I've hit a wall. Time to go somewhere new and start growing again.
Microsoft walked away from acquiring Yahoo, but it may not be over. Ballmer looks weak, Yahoo comes out bruised but okay, and Google is the real winner here, having watched its two biggest rivals spend months in chaos. Oh, and I'm relieved.
Working at Yahoo! and hearing Microsoft wants to buy us feels like waking up to an invasion. Microsoft may be capable, but their DNA is fundamentally at odds with the open, interconnected web culture Yahoo! embodies. I hope this deal falls apart, but I fear it won't.
After 8 months of brutal work, late nights and stress, I've launched the new Yahoo! Widgets site with Matt. We rebuilt it from scratch using Symfony, replacing three years of cobbled-together code with something bigger, faster and better in every measurable way. I'm exhausted but proud.
Neither company will "win." Google and Yahoo are like Toyota and Honda, doing essentially the same thing with the same fundamentals. Google executes better on ads right now, but the market values us equally. Competition makes both better. That's good for everyone.
We quietly launched Mash, a social network mixing Facebook and MySpace features. The twist: other people can customize your profile too. It's more fun than 360, which is nearly dead. "Mash" was our second choice after Nokia grabbed our first pick.
Hiring web devs for Yahoo! Widgets in California. Big, exciting greenfield project. The role is basically a clone of my job, which I love. Check out the listing and apply!
I built the badge maker tool behind Yahoo! Widgets badges, not the widget itself.
Yahoo! Widgets 4 is live! I'm proud to have worked on something I'd genuinely recommend. I also helped write the manual. It's 1am. The press loves it. Time to sleep.
Yahoo! IM and MSN Messenger now interoperate, which is huge for me since I live in Y!IM but most of my friends are on MSN. If you're an MSN user, grab the beta and we can finally chat again.
We're hiring PHP developers at Yahoo. Get in touch if you've got commercial experience and want to work at one of the web's biggest companies.
Going to Popstarz this week with some Yahoo coworkers. Who's in?
Survived ten days of hell: moving house while simultaneously launching the new Yahoo! UK and German mobile sites. Nothing revolutionary, but a massive amount of work. Now I can breathe. Go buy some ringtones.
Starting my new job at Yahoo tomorrow and I'm absolutely terrified. Wish me luck!
I got a job at Yahoo. Here's the whole story, in probably more detail than you need, including the questionnaire they made me fill out, my answers, and the nail-biting wait for an offer. Short version: it worked out, and I'm thrilled.
