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geeks gone wild
Facebook ladies shake it on stage with Thievery Corporation
Maybe Facebook's hackathon wasn't an all-nighter like founder Mark Zuckerberg prefers, but that didn't stop Facebook hotties Brandee Barker, Caitlin O'Farrell, Kathleen Loughlin and Raquel DiSabatino from enjoying themselves on stage with Thievery Corporation. Apparently, the crowd enjoyed them on stage too. "So awesome," commented Facebook's Dave Morin, despite being very taken by Google's Brittany Bohnet. Here's what we want to know about the video: Where's Sheryl Sandberg? What, mama don't dance no more? We hear her team insisted she wear jeans to the event, a fashion move the buttoned-up Sandberg almost never makes. But dancing must have been a step too far. -
geeks gone wild
Only millennials get Random Play on Facebook
If you were over 30 years old when you signed up for Facebook, you never got the option to look for "Random Play" — that's what the "kids" are calling it now. Sheryl Sandberg's new No Fun regime at Facebook has taken it a step further: They've removed the Random Play option from some people, including me, who'd already checked it. Now all users' inner sluts have been caged, at least as far as the interface is concerned. More »
12:20 PM on Thu Jun 26 2008
By Melissa Gira Grant
3,870 views, 12 commentsLatest by random_play: This is an outrage! How will anyone now know the subtle hipster douchebaggery of random_play? Am I to devolve more »
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Party Report
At OutCast CEO Dinner, Robert Scoble greeted us warmly
FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO — Let's be clear: Local PR firm OutCast's CEO Dinner event Thursday night wasn't really a dinner — most people ate standing up. Nor were there many CEOs. (I counted one: Jim Louderback of Revision3.) It's a far cry from years past where the decimated post-bubble survivors of San Francisco's tech press corps would gather in a room and listen to OutCast clients like Gordon Eubanks of Oblix, a salty former submarine officer, utter zingers about the wonders of Viagra. OutCast is a sizable firm now, and it's got big clients like Facebook and Yahoo. But Mark Zuckerberg? Jerry Yang? Nowhere to be seen. Instead, you had a hall full of hacks and flacks. I wonder how many of them shook videoblogger Robert Scoble's hand? Photo gallery after the jump:
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caption contest
With Randi and Brandee, Dave McClure feels dandy
At Sunday's SXSW afterparty, Facebook fanboy Dave McClure acquired a fan club: Facebookers Web-video auteur Randi Jayne (née Zuckerberg) and Brandee Barker, chief damage-control officer. More photos from the party, after the jump; your best headlines in the comments. More » -
live coverage
Mark Zuckerberg SXSW keynote
AUSTIN, TX — 1:53 p.m. Central Time: Facebook PR director Brandee Barker gave me this exclusive scoop: CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who's due to take the stage for his SXSW Interactive keynote in minutes, is not wearing his famous Adidas flip-flops. In other news, Julia Allison just chewed me out and then gave me a granola bar. Daft Punk is playing on the sound system.
2:05 p.m.: Zuckerberg and BusinessWeek columnist Sarah Lacy, who's interviewing him, have taken the stage. More » -
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brandee barker
Facebook flack's reality check: not yet an exec
A tough message to deliver: "Mr. Zuckerberg is also seeking to hire ... a vice president of communications and public policy, says Facebook spokeswoman Brandee Barker." Barker's title? Director, a level below VP. Mark Zuckerberg isn't just hiring someone over Barker's head; he sent her to relay the news to the Wall Street Journal. The position's so new that it's not yet listed on Facebook's website. Is this how Zuck told his spokeswoman she wasn't getting the VP job? Harsh, dude. (Photo by Brandee Barker) -
great moments in journalism
Fortune's Facebook infomercial
Before Fortune magazine's little dustup about Facebook's controversial new advertising products, Andy Serwer's court jester, David Kirkpatrick, produced a hardly hard-hitting video on the subject. Just how much of a puff piece was this? Fortune managed to dig up some intercutting shots of a very enthusiastic Facebook user. Recognize her? More » -
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Facebook's foolish foes
I remember, distinctly, when former Business 2.0 editor Josh Quittner's love affair with Facebook began this spring. He couldn't stop talking about it, and I could hardly avoid hearing about it, since my office was next door to his. With all the zeal of a late convert, Quittner evangelized Facebook for most of this year — and now, feeling betrayed by Facebook's Beacon ads, he has attacked them with all the betrayed fury of a new apostate. Facebook is dead — to him, at any rate. Quittner's fickle rage perfectly captures the Silicon Valley hype cycle, and the press's complicity in it. Having buiilt up Facebook, Quittner and his fellow reporters must, inevitably tear it down. But in this latest episode, it's Facebook's critics, not Facebook, who have jumped the shark. More »
12:27 PM on Wed Dec 5 2007
By Owen Thomas
1,892 views, 6 commentsLatest by Davion: Facebook does have a couple old grey-hairs advising it. They like to stay out of the limelight, because they're more »
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robert scoble
Fake blogger lands real Zuckerberg interview
An anonymous reader writes:I read [object of inexplicable Valleywag obsession Robert] Scoble's post where he said he'd give Facebook lots of time on his blog, "But they only seem interested in talking to big-brand journalists and I'm not interested enough to pull out my Fast Company business cards to get them to pay attention." Oh come on, Fast Company? Would Facebook really talk to Scoble for Fast Company? I created a Robert Scoble email account and wrote Facebook asking for an interview. Imagine my shock when they said yes! Screenshot attached. What do I do now?
You know what really hurts about this? More »
1:59 PM on Tue Dec 4 2007
By Paul Boutin
2,135 views, 12 comments
