Valleywag: An Instruction Manual

Dear Ryan:As I head to NBC to run its Bay Area site, I'm leaving you one Silicon Valley gossip blog, used but in good condition. A few thoughts on how to keep it that way.

4:22 PM on Fri May 15 2009, by Owen Thomas, 7,030 views, 49 comments
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5256194/valleywag-an-instruction-manual

Why Did the White House Delete Bush's Tweets?

Barack Obama's Webheads are getting ready to launch a new Twitter feed for President Change. But the White House already had a Twitter account. It has disappeared down the memory hole.

1:15 PM on Fri May 1 2009, by Owen Thomas, 7,364 views, 20 comments
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5236015/why-did-the-white-house-delete-bushs-tweets

What Was Mark Zuckerberg Smoking When He Redesigned Facebook?

Has Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg been driven mad by envy? In his effort to redesign his social network in the image of Twitter, he may well end up destroying everything good about it, users say.

3:50 PM on Tue Mar 17 2009, by Owen Thomas, 51,854 views, 154 comments
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5172407/what-was-mark-zuckerberg-smoking-when-he-redesigned-facebook

Yahoo's Do-Nothings Set to Bleed Purple

It's the reorg to end all reorgs! Under widely loathed former management, Yahoo became famous for its dumb corporate reshufflings. New CEO Carol Bartz, a lovably profane taskmistress, is aiming to undo their mess.

12:22 PM on Mon Feb 23 2009, by Owen Thomas, 12,972 views, 18 comments
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5158735/yahoos-do+nothings-set-to-bleed-purple

Remember when Valleywag was a startup?

It was only two and a half years ago that Nick Denton launched Valleywag, Silicon Valley's tech gossip rag, at a time when the Internet hadn't yet resumed its froth. From the first, Paul Boutin and I were working for Nick Denton for free, feeding...

8:00 PM on Wed Nov 12 2008, by Owen Thomas, 7,375 views, 29 comments
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5084933/remember-when-valleywag-was-a-startup

1 2 3 4 5 Why Larry and Sergey bought a fighter jet (2,537 views, 5...

8:00 PM on Mon Oct 27 2008, 14 views
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5069568/

Why Paul Boutin really told you to kill your blog

I've been amused by the vast number of people who have uncovered Paul Boutin's dirty secret: The guy who just told Wired's 700,000 readers to kill their blog writes for a blog. Actually, a gossip rag, but come on. The real reason Paul wrote "Kill...

3:00 PM on Mon Oct 27 2008, by Owen Thomas, 738 views, 10 comments
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5068714/why-paul-boutin-really-told-you-to-kill-your-blog

5 reasons to Digg this article now

In "King of Digg," GangstaDawg4Life takes on FroggietheDestroyer! This is the future of media. Kevin Rose conceived Digg, his so-called social news site, as an experiment in democratizing the consumption of news. Rose's formula: Get rid of...

12:40 PM on Tue Oct 21 2008, by Owen Thomas, 1,010 views, 5 comments
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5066554/5-reasons-to-digg-this-article-now

Kill your blog

@WiredReader: Kill yr blog. 2004 over. Google won't find you. Too much cruft from HuffPo, NYT. Commenters are tards. C u on Facebook? That's all you need to read from my essay at the front of Wired's new November issue. The rest is good, thanks...

10:40 AM on Tue Oct 21 2008, by Paul Boutin, 2,623 views, 12 comments
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5066236/kill-your-blog

Who cares about business models? "MacGyver" is on YouTube!

Look, you're going to be reading a lot on AdAge and NewTeeVee and Silicon Alley Insider about YouTube's deal with CBS to run full-length TV shows, and what this means for online-video advertising models and what this means for the Google-owned...

5:00 PM on Mon Oct 13 2008, by Owen Thomas, 695 views, 3 comments
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5062777/who-cares-about-business-models-macgyver-is-on-youtube