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Thursday, February 14, 2008

BoomTown as Web CEO: A Titanically Bad Idea

Here’s an interview I did with Master of 500 Hats blogger Dave McClure last week, which I am sure to regret at some point.
Mostly because of this odd illustration he also did (that I secretly like way too much).
In it, he asks me what I would do with various big Internet companies if I [...]

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Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Love–and Being a CEO–Means Always Having to Say You’re Sorry

So, Mark Zuckerberg apologized.
Yes, he took too long to do it. Yes, he was dumb to release a product, Beacon, without thinking through the potential privacy implications. Yes, it was a big black eye for the Facebook founder.
But good for him.
While some are arguing that no one but the press and privacy advocates cared [...]

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Friday, October 19, 2007

The Children’s Crusade Strikes Back at Not-a-Teenager (aka Really Old Lady) BoomTown

The ankle-biters have spoken and it seems that I am completely wrong in my estimation in several recent posts where I wrote that Facebook widgets are–how shall we put it delicately?–exceedingly inane.
Why? Apparently because inane is the goal! Well then, I guess: Mission accomplished!

At an appearance at the Web 2.0 Summit yesterday, a group on [...]

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About Kara

Kara Swisher started covering digital issues for The Wall Street Journal's San Francisco bureau in 1997 and also wrote the BoomTown column about the sector. With Walt Mossberg, she co-produces and co-hosts D: All Things Digital, a major high-tech and media conference.

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Ethics Statement

Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.

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