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Yahoo’s Losing? Well then, So Are You

July 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Meet People in Austin

The Yahoo stock price hit $20.50 a share today. Last week, Microsoft CFO Christopher Liddell said Thursday that Yahoo is a “declining asset” and that the chances of a full-on acquisition are now “negligible.”
This sucks.
It doesn’t suck that Microsoft is choosing not to acquire Yahoo. It sucks because Yahoo has an open source […]

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No More Whuffie Please. Just the Kind That Pays My Bills

July 20th, 2008 · 22 Comments · Meet People in Austin

whuffie:
A slang term coined by Corey Doctorow in his book Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom to describe reputation-based capital.
This is also described by Tara Hunt as “social capital” (i.e. cred that isn’t money).
At Volusion, I never felt like I could use my talent. I wasn’t writing with my voice. It’s […]

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