Silly Fun Archives
The S#!T Series: Silicon Valley Edition
I find the “S#!T XX Says” videos to be pretty amusing. They’re now proliferating all over the place. Yesterday I saw the Silicon Valley edition: I kept thinking: I know that woman, who is she? Then it was revealed: Kate Imbach formerly of Boston’s Skyhook Wireless, who moved west and brought her sense of humor with [...]
Randi Zuckerberg: “Don’t Make Me Sing”
This post about Mark Zuckerberg’s Sister Randi signing in Davos made me think of this SNL skit:
Will I Fail the ‘Unplug Test’? (a $50 Bottle of Wine Is at Stake)
On a call with Local Matters morning I mentioned I was going to be out next week on vacation. Nahid Giga and Jeff Porter didn’t believe that I could fully disengage from the screen and unplug. “Oh yes I can,” I said. “Oh no you can’t,” they said. They put their money where their mouths [...]
April Fools Post 2010: Joining Google
Several people have commented to me about my April Fool’s post last year, so here it is again if you’d like to revisit it: I’m Joining Google As Head of Local. Have a good weekend.
YPG Not Buying Dex, SuperMedia (April Fools)
Apparently my previous post was too straight (even with the disclaimer at the bottom) and numerous people were falling for it in a serious way. While most people discovered it was an April Fools joke, many people did not and I apologize to those that were upset or disappointed — as the case may be.
Exclusive: YPG to Buy Dex, SuperMedia
Recognizing that it has all but locked up the SMB market in Canada, Montreal-based Yellow Media (formerly YPG) has begun to focus on the US market in earnest. YPG has made minor and tentative forays into the US in the past but has now decided the time is ripe for a major push to the [...]
April Fools Jokes Abound
The annual tech industry April Fools ritual was in full swing late yesterday when TechCrunch broke the embargo with its early post Google Inadvertently Classifies Google Places As A “Content Farm” And Removes From Search Index. Then, as of about 9:30 Pacific last night, most of the rest of the jokes were on display. Search Engine [...]
About Greg
Greg Sterling is the founding principal of Sterling Market Intelligence (SMI), a consulting and research firm focused on the Internet's influence on offline consumer purchase behavior.
