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more about #valleywag more comments → raincoaster: If the guy in the picture wants a stalker, I can be contacted on my Messages page here. Just sayin'. #google more » JennaW: I had no idea JK Rowling's black ops team would act so quickly to avenge their queen. [io9.com] #wereadtwittersoyoudonthaveto more » resipsaloquacious: That sucks, Lev! I loved the Magicians and I was excited to read the sequel. I hope this does not delay the publishing too long. more » Airvault: I bet he makes that face a lot. #gavinnewsom more » BullfightsOnAcid: I imagine his Life Coach must spend at least an hour a day coaching him on his hair. "Repeat after me. Feel your follicles. Feel your fibers. You are... more » Conchie Birdie: I was beginning to forget we even had a mayor. #gavinnewsom more » TheSometimesWhy: Does the phrase "Appalachian Trail" take on a new meaning after this revelation? #gavinnewsom more » nirreskeya: If the BBQ was truly awesome he'd have remembered where it was. #google more » mattchew03: When is the novelty people associate with all of this stuff going to wear off? Because I want to be there, watching all of their "I just sharted and i... more » Magister: Countdown until it's subpoenaed. #google more » Steverino Begins: Very scary, but I predit it'll be the norm within the next decade. It's sort of Facebook photo tagging taken to its logical, evil conclusion. #google more » MsMuffinMcGuffin: That is beyond scary. #google more » ifstone: Someone "invented" PHP? I'd always assumed it had plopped out of the collective asses of a thousand webmonkeys. Seriously, if I'd invented PHP, I woul... more » lionel-mandrake: They're moving to LA, ultimately they'll be closing down all the SF production. #currenttv more » Unsolicited Advice: We're not losing money, these 80 people are just useless! #currenttv more » -
#jobs
Google's Broken Hiring Process
Google strives to hire "the world's best engineers,"and has crafted an "interminable" interview process dotted with puzzles and brainteasers to do so. One little problem: the process tends to give the worst scores to the best future employees. More » -
#perks
Google Honchos: Our Employees Should Be Grateful They're Not Starving in Gutter
Google used to say its lavish perks bolstered productivity and, if anything, would only grow more posh. But a recession changes things. Now the official line is more like, just be happy you're working, you ungrateful fucking pigs. More » -
#megalomaniacs
Measuring Steve Jobs Recuperation Through His Minions' Anguish
Steve Jobs really is getting better! Rumors that the Apple CEO is being an impossible bastard to his staff have been confirmed by the Wall Street Journal, to whom said staff leaked details of their torment. Old Steve is back. More » -
#cubicleculture
Twitter vs. Facebook: Who's Got the Most Superficially Cool Offices?
Photography Lounge wondered which of Silicon Valley's two hottest startups had the coolest office. A better question: If Twitter and Facebook are such game-changers, why do their staff work in such depressingly old-fashioned conditions? More »
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#cubicleculture
The Twitter Frat House
Twitter's been repeatedly brought down this month by attacks from global hackers, attacks that sysadmins at rival Google managed to deflect. What better time to tinker with the elaborate process of home beer brewing? More » -
#cubicleculture
What You Wear to a $50 Million Deal Closing in Silicon Valley
FriendFeed grew out of Google's casual engineer culture, and the team didn't bother dressing up to sell the social aggregator to Facebook for $50 million, either. This picture does indeed speak volumes. More » -
#cubicleculture
Steve Jobs Nursing Self to Health By Being Maddening Bastard Again
Apple is poised to release a tablet computer early next year, according to AppleInsider. But first, picky CEO Steve Jobs gets to have some fun driving his engineers completely insane. More » -
#cubicleculture
Twitter Hacker's Biggest Revelation (So Far): Employees Need Naps
A hacker compromised various online accounts of Twitter staff, and while the company insists Twitter's own servers were not breached, the attack exposed internal documents gleaned elsewhere — showing the company's hubris and employees' growing sense of entitlement. More » -
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#cubicleculture
We're Firing! Then, 'We're Hiring!'
People appreciate of corporate flexibility in a recession. Fire people, hire them back, God bless you. But keep firing and hiring in an endless cycle, and people are liable to think you're as sadistic as Yahoo. More » -
#cubicleculture
Exposed: Mystery Googler With Movie-Star Apartment
Who is the rich Google employee who bought a Park Slope mansion from movie stars Jennifer Connelly and husband Paul Bettany? The New York Times wouldn't say. But it wasn't hard to figure out. More » -
#cubicleculture
How MySpace Humiliates Fired Workers
MySpace's CEO purportedly keeps his body pretty tight. But he should lay off the weight obsession at work. Owen Van Natta said MySpace was "bloated" when he laid off 400 workers; now they're reportedly called "fat" to their faces. More » -
#cubicleculture
Facebook Heckling Rampage By Kara Swisher
As co-host of the Wall Street Journal's $5,000/head D conference, reporter Kara Swisher demands best behavior from her guests. Invite her to your startup, though, and she'll taunt your chef, heckle bizdev and mock your taste. More » -
#therich
Bill Gates in Cambridge Slob Shocker
Notice something about Bill Gates in the attached video? Shuffling along a procession at Cambridge University, the Microsoft founder is the only dignitary without a tie. And he looks plenty sheepish about it. More » -
#cubicleculture
Inside the Startup Office from Hell
Frank Addante, the Los Angeles tech entrepreneur, has helpfully consolidated pretty much every terrible office idea and Web 2.0 startup cliché into one place: This video tour of his online ad company, Rubicon Project. More » -
#tooglemanygooglers
No Company Vacations for Googlers This Year
To feel like a big, happy family, Google used to take everyone on an annual ski trip. The company grew so big it switched last year to Disneyland. This year, though, the All-Google trip is dead. More » -
#cubicleculture
Jeering Googlers Bring Entitled Coworkers In Line
Google is reportedly flooded with Yahoo résumés. We'd recommend an overtly modest approach to anyone who scores an interview: Google has lately been brutal in handling presumptuous, entitled transplants. More » -
#valleywag
Why Is Yahoo Laying People Off? The Answer Is on an Engineer's Desk
After thousands of layoffs last year, Yahoo's gearing up to cut more staff. Here's an idea: Why not trim outrageous spending first? One Yahoo engineer has helpfully, if unwittingly, shown where to start.
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#cubicleculture
Zappos.com Reveals Secret to Selling Overpriced Shoes
The dotcom dream is alive! Zappos, the Las Vegas online shoe retailer, has free food, on-site massages, and a life coach! Employees are even paid to Twitter. Just don't mention the November layoffs, okay?
