Comments on: 9/11, Yahoo, and Me http://wdr1.com/blog/2006/10/02/911-yahoo-and-me/ Screams in the Night Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:06:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Bill http://wdr1.com/blog/2006/10/02/911-yahoo-and-me/#comment-858 Bill Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:38:16 +0000 http://wdr1.com/blog/2006/10/02/911-yahoo-and-me/#comment-858 Thanks Marc. I'm not sure if you're free of me yet, as one of the times you're down in LA, we'll have to get together for drinks or something! Thanks Marc. I’m not sure if you’re free of me yet, as one of the times you’re down in LA, we’ll have to get together for drinks or something!

]]> By: Marc http://wdr1.com/blog/2006/10/02/911-yahoo-and-me/#comment-857 Marc Tue, 10 Oct 2006 05:05:52 +0000 http://wdr1.com/blog/2006/10/02/911-yahoo-and-me/#comment-857 Miss ya bud. Have fun at the new gig! Miss ya bud. Have fun at the new gig!

]]> By: Jeffrey Friedl http://wdr1.com/blog/2006/10/02/911-yahoo-and-me/#comment-856 Jeffrey Friedl Thu, 05 Oct 2006 10:08:34 +0000 http://wdr1.com/blog/2006/10/02/911-yahoo-and-me/#comment-856 Indeed, that project is unforgettable. I still have a copy of the code and all the data. In the end, there were 60 million pageviews over the few days it was up, with half a million tiles made by people from 217 countries. What really struck me that day, though, was the front page of Yahoo being black & white, in inverted video. Yahoo never, never, ever changed the front page like that, so seeing the color sucked out of it was really moving. By the way, one of the most prolific tile sanity-checkers was Filo. As if he didn't have enough to do. Ash did plenty himself, too. And to his great credit, even Terry Semel, the CEO himself, did a dozen. Indeed, that project is unforgettable. I still have a copy of the code and all the data. In the end, there were 60 million pageviews over the few days it was up, with half a million tiles made by people from 217 countries.

What really struck me that day, though, was the front page of Yahoo being black & white, in inverted video. Yahoo never, never, ever changed the front page like that, so seeing the color sucked out of it was really moving.

By the way, one of the most prolific tile sanity-checkers was Filo. As if he didn’t have enough to do. Ash did plenty himself, too. And to his great credit, even Terry Semel, the CEO himself, did a dozen.

]]> By: Bill http://wdr1.com/blog/2006/10/02/911-yahoo-and-me/#comment-855 Bill Wed, 04 Oct 2006 16:15:11 +0000 http://wdr1.com/blog/2006/10/02/911-yahoo-and-me/#comment-855 Thanks Jeremy & Tony! No implosion -- although now we need to suck you into ticketmaster. ;) Thanks Jeremy & Tony!

No implosion — although now we need to suck you into ticketmaster. ;)

]]> By: tp http://wdr1.com/blog/2006/10/02/911-yahoo-and-me/#comment-854 tp Wed, 04 Oct 2006 13:22:21 +0000 http://wdr1.com/blog/2006/10/02/911-yahoo-and-me/#comment-854 Congrats on the move! Sounds like a bit of an implosion on your team, unfortunately. Glad I didn't get sucked in... Congrats on the move! Sounds like a bit of an implosion on your team, unfortunately. Glad I didn’t get sucked in…

]]> By: Jeremy Zawodny http://wdr1.com/blog/2006/10/02/911-yahoo-and-me/#comment-853 Jeremy Zawodny Tue, 03 Oct 2006 21:15:52 +0000 http://wdr1.com/blog/2006/10/02/911-yahoo-and-me/#comment-853 Wow. Congrats on the move. Yahoo will miss you. Wow.

Congrats on the move. Yahoo will miss you.

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