Monthly Archives: January 2006

First day

Posted on January 30, 2006 by

I’ve now officially moved on from my job at Yahoo and today is my first day at Automattic!

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Cochrane Talk

Posted on January 25, 2006 by

I heard a great talk this morning at the Etel conference. The very smart and entertaining speaker was Peter Cochrane. The presentation was about a number of future trends (VOIP, RFID, GPS, mapping, demise of telcos, convergence as a myth, … Continue reading →

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A great day

Posted on January 17, 2006 by

Sometimes things work out beautifully: a couple of feet of fresh powder at night, followed by clear blue skies in the morning, lots of skiing all day and Fondue in the evening

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Random quote

Posted on January 12, 2006 by

If you thought that nobody really talks in that certain way that various “bullshit generators” make fun of, consider this: a few weeks ago I got a voice mail from a recruiter and he said verbatim “Would you be interested … Continue reading →

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Fine, it’s cars then

Posted on January 12, 2006 by

I will now present a random car from the “I’d love to have one of these” collection: It’s a Lancia Stratos, famous for winning several rally world championships in the 1970s (including winning the famed Rally Monte Carlo in 75, … Continue reading →

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Not sure yet

Posted on January 11, 2006 by

Nothing much here yet. I might use this blog to talk about the business side of wordpress.com. Or not. We’ll see.

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Moving On From Yahoo -> Automattic

Posted on January 11, 2006 by

I wasn’t going to write about this until my last day at Yahoo, but then Om Malik (the best informed man in Silicon Valley?) found out about 10 seconds after I started telling people at Yahoo, so here it goes: … Continue reading →

Posted in Automattic, Yahoo | 36 Comments

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