Winston Smith commented on Reader asks Valleywag about company t-shirt etiquette

"Nothing screams "I am a cheapskate with no dress-sense" than wearing a company t-shirt."

Winston Smith commented on Very special correspondent Paul Boutin even more special now

"@Michael Arrington: ooh ooh ban me too please!"

Winston Smith commented on Finding the worst-entry level job in tech: Round Two

"mmm...."

Winston Smith commented on Why Google can't sell enough MySpace ads

"@petekazanjy: that comment you posted is less about how ironic it is to see Facebook ads when searching for a myspace ad and more about you going whole hog to show how clever you are."

Winston Smith commented on Are Google's H1-B hires 20 percent overpaid?

"With a weak dollar, it is difficult to lure people from other developed nations when the compensation is difficult to match. When I moved here from the UK many moons ago I was earning way more than I did back home."

Winston Smith commented on Can Ari Balogh "rewire" Yahoo? Probably not, but it will be fun to watch

"@ballmer: grow up you whiny bitch"

Winston Smith commented on Microsoft pretends Vista sales video is a gag, and CNET editor buys it

"valleywag, valleywag, valleywag why you always got to rag about what msft has in their bag? they put up a fight Yang is so uptight and all they get is abuse in your mag"

Winston Smith commented on Lessons from Ad:tech: Facebook needs to pack the crack pipe for Madison Avenue

"I prefer the heroin approach."

Winston Smith commented on Jimmy Wales hires bodyguard for New York event

"@Rachel Marsden: I thought sexual equality did away with all that malarkey of the man having to go out of his way to court a lady?"

Winston Smith commented on Jimmy Wales hires bodyguard for New York event

"@Rachel Marsden: I hope you got the looks to back up a comment like that."

Winston Smith commented on The battle for Yahoo

"Don't forget that MSFT has also made inroads into trad media integration. They had a JV TV channel with NBC."

Winston Smith commented on Yahoo turf wars get nasty, and we love it

"Morrissey is great - he's like a SoCal Banana Slug."

Winston Smith commented on Yang uses capitalization in letter to shareholders

"@tootingbec: Freedom for Tooting!"

Winston Smith commented on Yang uses capitalization in letter to shareholders

""a pioneer in the growing fields of mobile advertising" how ironic - Y!"

Winston Smith commented on Yahoo cuts come just before bonus time

"I think Jerry Yang is a pretty cool guy."

Winston Smith commented on Yahoo cuts come just before bonus time

"Well the good thing is this happening after the MSFT bid so at least these ex-yahoos have viable stock options."

Winston Smith commented on Yahoo layoffs happening now

"I hear 2 months is the case and they are doing this before people get 07 bonus"

Winston Smith commented on Layoffs start at Yahoo

"even as we speak the facebook ads will target the fired Yahoo!s with uncanny precision. Almot like big brother is watching you...."