<![CDATA[Gawker: valleywag, fright masks]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: valleywag, fright masks]]> http://gawker.com/tag/valleywag/frightmasks http://gawker.com/tag/valleywag/frightmasks <![CDATA[The 5 scariest people in Silicon Valley]]> Halloween's on a Friday. With people already more worried about keeping their jobs than actually doing them, you might as well plan on writing the workday off. Trying to figure out a clever costume in which to pester your remaining coworkers? Valleywag has done the work for you. Print up one of these masks, designed by Valleywag interim creative director Richard Blakeley, on the finest-quality office paper you can steal from the supply closet, follow our tips on how to act the part, and you're good to go. Select from our list:

]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5071482&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Michael Arrington, TechCrunch editor]]>

How to wear it: Biz-dev blue dress shirt and pleated pants.

How to scare them: Whenever someone starts talking to you, find someone more important in the room and walk away. If anyone complains, take a mental note of where they work and swear never to write about them again, unless they offer you a stake in the company.

Next: Jerry Yang, Yahoo's undead CEO

]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5071480&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Kara Swisher, obnoxious AllThingsD blogger]]>

How to wear it: Soccer mom meets Castro lesbian, with a denim shirt and blue jeans. Oh, and a Pure Digital Flip camera.

How to scare them: Find a tech-company executive. Insist on interviewing them. Blurt out the most annoying questions you can think of. If they flinch, threaten to disinvite them from your exclusive Wall Street Journal tech conference.

]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5071478&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Jerry Yang, Yahoo's undead CEO]]>

How to wear it: Polo shirt, khakis, and a golf club.

How to scare them: Go to Yahoo's Sunnyvale headquarters. Refuse to leave.

Didn't find the right mask? Check out the rest of Valleywag's 5 scariest people for Halloween.

]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5071481&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO]]>

How to wear it: Black power suit and a kicky necklace.

How to scare them: Find some Facebook employees. Be really, really nice. Talk their ears off about your days in Washington and how you singlehandedly solved the Asian financial crisis, with a little help from Larry Summers and Bono. At the end of the conversation, take out a notepad and ask them for their names. Frown a little as you write them down.

Next:

]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5071479&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Steve Jobs, ailing Apple CEO]]>

How to wear it: Black mock turtleneck, blue jeans, and an iPhone.

How to scare them: Find an Apple shareholder. Clutch your stomach and groan.

Next: Kara Swisher, obnoxious AllThingsD blogger

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