BartKela commented on Who should play Zuckerberg in a Facebook movie?

"Terry Semel"

BartKela commented on Valley denizens descend on Black Rock City

"Yeah, they're Marina chicks who read about this Burning Man party on Daily Candy. Anyhow, Violet Blue has an entertaining column at SF Gate about San Francisco during Burning Man."

BartKela commented on Spy photos from the Facebook toga party

"An archetypal high-tech "party" -- simply not worth the time unless you're trying to network for a new programming job."

BartKela commented on Lindsay Lohan denies coke-fueled affair with Terry Semel's daughter

""The only bad publicity is your obituary." -Editors of the Harvard Lampoon"

BartKela commented on British dotcom millionaire in rape-and-drugs row

"So Bolton, England is now part of the Valley?"

BartKela commented on Dan Lyons is not trying to make it in standup comedy

"Friday light, definitely."

BartKela commented on 5 ways the newspapers botched the Web

"With AdBlock Plus on Firefox, the only thing I look at when I read newspapers are the ads. As mentioned above, the biggest problem is having old-school veterans run new media ventures."

BartKela commented on Microsoft's ad agency says it "exists because of the Mac"

"Yeah, Twitter's probably down again."

BartKela commented on "At this rate, it will take the United States more than 100 years to catch up with Japan"

"I note that AOL basic dial-up service (56kbps) is the same price ($10/month) as the ghetto-ass DSL offering (768kbps) from AT&T. U.S."

BartKela commented on "At this rate, it will take the United States more than 100 years to catch up with Japan"

"There are other countries with similar population density to the U.S."

BartKela commented on Hillary's flack told Bill Gates not to bother "being human"

"Let's be real: Bill Gates started to soften his public image when the Department of Justice (and similar agencies in other countries) stepped up their investigations into Microsoft's anti-trust behavior. That said, philanthropy seems to be in Billy's blood, passed down from Mom."

BartKela commented on Usability guru's site not very usable

"Slow news day, eh?"

BartKela commented on Big in Japan! How Twitter jumped the Pacific

"I'm more inclined to believe that the users decide which services end up being popular, not which VCs or Twitter executives they know. As a matter of fact, I doubt that most Twitter users can actually name a single Twitter exec, doubly so in Japan, where I imagine teenagers and people in their early twenties using this service."

BartKela commented on Google Street View catches house on fire

""Here's your ticket, pack your bag: time for jumping overboard The transportation is here Close enough but not too far, maybe you know where you are Fighting fire with fire""

BartKela commented on Earth to Blu-ray: Come back next decade

"The spousal approval threshold for consumer electronics is $200."

BartKela commented on Apple's overtime dodge is common practice -- are you being cheated?

"Based on the percentage of independent contractors to regular employees, I'd say that most companies prefer to have the latter. Also, many Silicon Valley companies have run afoul of labor laws by keeping on contractors for over a year (at which point the state thinks that these folks should be entitled to all the benefits of regular employees (healthcare, vacation, ESPP, stock options, etc.). The reason why many companies hire independent contractors is to make it easier to terminate the contract if the person doesn't work out."

BartKela commented on Gavin Newsom wants you to know he's busy having sex

"There's still hope for Spots."

BartKela commented on Frightened husband accidentally pays $999.99 for useless iPhone app

"You may be right, but if I recall correctly, I think you only need to authorize once per session, i.e., you don't need to enter your iTunes password for each App Store download (freeware or payware). So if the dude downloaded some freebies before clicking "Buy" on "I Am Rich" product page, it probably would have started downloading immediately. Anyhow, Apple probably credited the guy."