<![CDATA[Valleywag: makeover]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/valleywag.com.png <![CDATA[Valleywag: makeover]]> http://valleywag.com/tag/makeover http://valleywag.com/tag/makeover <![CDATA[ Can Ari Balogh "rewire" Yahoo? Probably not, but it will be fun to watch ]]> Ari, bahCheck out Ari Balogh's geek makeover! In jumping from stiffly corporate VeriSign to stiffly corporate-but-trying-pretend-otherwise Yahoo, the CTO ditched the '70s mustache and switched to an open-necked sweater for a keynote at Web 2.0 Expo. The upshot: Yahoo is "rewiring" itself to be more "open." As with Balogh's sweater, those who use this openness to get a closer look may get frightened. Yahoo's software certainly requires rewiring, but putting a new layer on top of it and inviting software developers to build applications using Yahoo services won't solve the problem. As one ex-Yahoo put it to me, vast swaths of Yahoo are built on "spaghetti code," poorly maintained and poorly understood software that's prone to breakage. Opening this up to developers may lead to all kinds of surprises, but not the kind Yahoo's tech-indifferent executives hope for. (Photo by Dan Farber)

]]> Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:40:00 PDT Owen Thomas http://valleywag.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=383783&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[ Don't make her beg -- Natali wants a new website ]]> I've been too much of a gentleman to say anything. But Natali Del Conte's website hasn't been doing the CNET editor and TV personality justice. It was such a relief to get an email from her admitting it was "ugly" and announcing a contest to give her website a facelift. Do you have what it takes to give Natali a makeover? The winner gets $100 and "mad props." The guidelines:

  • Use one of the two photos above.
  • "I would like to get rid of this aquatic-looking color scheme. Perhaps something a bit more gender-neutral. Even a gray scale would be nice," says Del Conte.

To submit an entry, leave a link to your design in the comments before February 29, when Del Conte will pick a winner.

]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:08:23 PST Owen Thomas http://valleywag.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=359509&view=rss&microfeed=true