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Web content and community expert, writer, editor, blogger, and internet video producer.
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In 2004, a guy who I don't know named Jeremy Abbate saw my website and wrote a song called "I Wanna Be As Cool As Jessica Barron." It still amuses me. Here's the mp3 and here are the lyrics.

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See how this site looked in 1998
Poprocks.com screenshot from early 1998
and how the place looked in 2000.
Poprocks.com from June 2000
Yahoo counted me as a "cool person" from 1997-2001. How far have I fallen?!
Yahoo counted me among the "Cool People" in 1997-1998.
The internets have come a long way, baby...

March 11, 2005 Rules for Employees Traveling Together
In order to contain the potential loss and disruption associated with a catastrophic accident, Yahoo!'s policy is to limit the number and mix of key employees who travel together and are placed at risk. This applies to airline flights, trains, cars and any other mode of transportation.
  • No more than any combination of three (3) Executive Vice Presidents, Founders and/or Board of Directors may travel together.
  • No two (2) founders may travel together.
  • No more than three (3) immediate subordinates may travel with each Vice President or Board of Directors.
  • No more than half of a business unit / department may travel together.
  • No more than twenty (20) employees may travel together.

    I'm about to jump on a plane to LAX with the entire Yahoo! Full Coverage team (except Molly). You have seen The Full Coverage team's handiwork if you ever view the headlines underneath the "In The News" heading on yahoo.com. Yes, as I have pointed out in the past many times, actual humans choose our news stories. It ensures that the news mix and relevance is better quality than than what can be found on computer-generated headlines found on some other competitor websites. Anyway, please do not tell the folks at Google News that we are all travelling together.

    We will be spending the weeking at the Loew's in Santa Monica to see the new Yahoo! Media Center and to look for housing.

    Luckily, there are no rules in the company handbook limiting how many employees may drink together.

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    posted by Jess Barron @ 8:42 AM