Happy Birthday, April 1, 2013

From Len Berman’s ThatsSports.com

Happy Birthday: Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson. 48 and Singer/actress Debbie Reynolds. 81

From DigiDame

Barbara O’Connell, Writer, Biker, and Real Estate Investor
George Rosenfield, financier, wine expert, super Uncle

Happy Birthday Al Gore

Former Vice President Al Gore celebrated his 65th today. Sadly, he was so upset how fast his birthday ice cream was melting.

Thank you Jay Leno

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Show Your Support

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You will be seeing this image a lot more in the future.

Thousands upon thousands of users on Facebook and Twitter (me too) changed our profile pictures to the image of a pink equal sign over a red background. This shows our support for same-sex marriage. The graphic is a take on the usual blue and yellow logo of the Human Rights Campaign.

We Never Had It So Good

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When we were in our 20s and 30s, no one was concerned about our work environment. We were just thrilled to get a paycheck.

Today, maturing digital companies in Silicon Valley, Seattle, and even New York, are literally building country clubs as offices in order to attract creative talent who are willing to work long hours.

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Update on Summly

One of my faithful DigiDame readers, who is an investor in the high tech business, says that Yahoo never had any intention of keeping Summly alive.

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