Yahoo! Terry Semel Is Out??
Yahoo! (YHOO-NASDAQ) is trading up about 2% in early trading on market rumors that Terry Semel is either out or on his way out. Is this true? Well, he didn't give this impression just last week and the company would have probably kept him from speaking too much if it was going to force Semel out. We have been pretty vocal about Terry Semel needing to leave. There was actually a point where he was the right guy at the right time, but that was a temporary issue and his value to the company was in the past. Semel came in at a time when the company needed someone with tenure and real world experience.
Can the above be true??
My opinion is that whatever the action of Yahoo! Board of directors took, the current Board member lack the solid credential to take the top job.
It is better for yahoo to find a season boomer Senior executives to run the Business.
In my opinion, there are too many in fighting in Yahoo. As many are eying the $1XXmillions a year job.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Flickr = Censorship
The following is by Thomas Hawk:
Flickr = Censorship
[I'm CEO of Zooomr]
Well it is with great disappointment that I found myself yet again a victim of censorship on Flickr. Earlier today while engaging in a debate about Flickr's recent censorship in Germany I had over a dozen of my comments permanently deleted out of a debate by Flickr staff.
You can see the references to my involvement in the debate here and here among other places.
It's ironic that of all places that Flickr would choose to censor me would be in a thread protesting their censorship. And without any warning even or explanation.
This is not the first time I've been censored by Flickr.
The points that I was making in my debate about censorship on Flickr had a lot to do with what I see as problems at Yahoo. The fact that their CEO is the highest paid CEO in the United States, the fact that Yahoo 2 days ago rejected an important shareholder proposal denouncing censorship. And yes this most recent issue of censorship where people in Germany can only access Flickr in "safe mode."
Now some might say that it's not right for me as a competitor to Yahoo to be critical of their practices. But let me point you to the screen shot above. It comes from Flickr employee Dunstan Orchard's public zipline on Zooomr. Dunstan and other Flickr employees have been on Zooomr disparaging our site for the past week. So to me it seems a tad hypocritical that when I legitimately object to censorship on Flickr that I would have my words censored, while Flickr staff seems to feel that it's perfectly appropriate to disparage Zooomr over at Zooomr.
It's not right. And what Flickr doesn't understand is that by censoring your critic you only make him stronger. I'm sure it's probably only a matter of time before I get kicked off of Flickr entirely. All my photographs destroyed and deleted as well. Over 40,000 comments from many good friends.
This is the difference though between me and Flickr. When Dunstan and other Flickr employees disparaged Zooomr I let their words stand. Rather than censor them, I took the high road and did not. Meanwhile Flickr continues to build a name for itself: Flickr = censorship. Silencing me will not change this and it's a sad state of affairs to see happen to the Flickr that I once loved so much and that even now professes to "love me" on the little icon above my page.
Censorship is borne out of fear and weakness. This is something always to remember.
Uploaded by Thomas Hawk on 14 Jun 07, 3.24AM PDT.
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The following is my comments:
I have been a supporter of flickr like TH all along. Although I have a Zooomr account, but I am not too active.
To me, These events are a history repeated by itself of flickr-Yahoo.
Yahoo - flickr = Yahoo!
TH is a user of flickr. However, flickr have the Supreme God & goddess. Whom decide who should be censored; block or deleted...etc.
I have experience that since Sept 29, 2005 till today.
To me flickr is a great photo management community, but over time the Power - politics seem to be happening in both internal & external which are the "customers".
If the management on the top is assuming the imperialism management or authoritarian style then e-gangsterism or e-hooliganism would born naturally.
TH is good heart by sounding out for flickr to improve. It means well & good. However, that is not really appreciated as my earlier experiences.
Perhaps it is the same as what I have been served & f-team God think that it is a threat to their existence.
Especially, TH have commented at his own flickr. Which they have the power to do what they want. Anytime a violating the TOS can just created. & then they can exercise their power.
flickr junior staffs messing at Zooomr site are totally un-professional in the web2.0 era.
In my opinion, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel should need to come forward to the front to assume the leadership to iron out those censorship issue including Germany, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea & also those blockage, suspensions, deletions, harassments; oppressions; bully to the Yahoo customers..etc. before it is too late.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
NICHT MIT UNS!
NICHT MIT UNS!
flickr sperrt uns aus! Und auch dich!
Seit gestern werden für deutsche Nutzer keine Bilder mehr angezeigt, die als 'moderate' oder 'restricted' markiert sind! Es gibt keine Möglichkeit das umzustellen - das ist eine grobe Unverschämtheit und Frechheit von flickr!
Lade dieses Bild runter und poste es in deinem Account! Lass uns das Bild überall auf flickr verteilen und es in 'Interestingness' heben!! So geht es nicht!
Original Version: farm2.static.flickr.com/1299/543864623_7aadef1e69_o.jpg
Weitere Infos:
- www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/91085
- www.flickr.com/groups/404938@N23/discuss/72157600347681500/
- www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/42597/
- www.flickr.com/groups/keine_zensur/
- www.flickr.com/groups/againstcensorship
If your Yahoo! ID is based in Singapore, Germany, Hong Kong or Korea you will only be able to view safe content based on your local Terms of Service so won’t be able to turn SafeSearch off. In other words, german users can not access photos on flickr that are not flagged "safe" ... only flowers and landscapes for germans ...Copy and upload this picture to your account - show flickr who we are!
Uploaded by HamburgerJung on 13 Jun 07, 10.09AM PDT.
Saturday, June 09, 2007
The Wheel That Gengiskhan Used
My research into the history is that , he bring along the carpenters, Smith; masons; technicians, architects; cooks; animals & birds; weapon & bomb scientists; chicken in his missions. These skill & knowledgeable people are taken from Middle kingdom then the Sung Dynasty.
He have a language adviser from Persia; A business consultant from Italy; the strategies & his Guru of Dao from China; a group of Lama from Tibet.
So all the tools never fall short!!
Gengiskhan rewrite the history of the Mongolian history & assume the leadership of the changing culture.
From my research, Mongolian or the Beijing Ren have trans immigrating in uni-directional to the whole world.
Then with the lack of the science & technology, language & business culture, the early human lost their root of origin.
Weather conditions; water; food; diet terrains further define the difference of the feature of individual & people in the location where they lives.
With the earth axis have change for about 5 times & the recent era of the earth plate formation. that further define the early man lives in the present world.
50,000 years before the present civilization in China, India, Egypt, Greece; Babylon there already have the early men culture. These also applied to the Mayan race in central & South America.
Gengiskhan have recruited the Chinese & Indian; physicians; mathematicians, astrologers; teachers; I believes that he also have a teacher from Babylon a jewish to work on the Mongolian characters.
He also bring in the Buddhism from as the national religion of Mongolia.
The leadership of Gengiskhan was quoted in my paper on the
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