Social newsfeeds make relationships so much easier

Definitely the most fun feed item. It’s like live daytime soaps. First, Yahoo! Mash is up. It used to be called Yahoo! Mosh, but since Nokia has a beta product called Mosh, they changed it. Surprisingly they kept “Pulse” which is direct conflict with Plaxo Pulse. Go figure. Speaking of Pulse, feeds, and other things… […]

Engineering Manager in LAMP

Next Internet is seeking an Engineering Manager for one of our fast growing companies in San Francisco, who is experienced in Internet marketing and advertising network startups with a keen interest in building out the world’s best transaction platform…. Qualifications: The ideal candidate will have strong development skills, with experience in designing and architecting scalable high-performance systems and services that are also flexible, reliable and maintainable Extensive Startup Experience Experience with transport systems such as Strongmail, PowerMTA, Lyris, etc Experience with LAMP open source deployments and ecommerce technology: PHP, Perl, Python, MySQL, Postgres, Ruby, etc They will have excellent problem-solving skills, a solid understanding of computer science fundamentals, along with a quantitative mindset Database skills and experience with large-scale multi-tiered distributed systems are also highly desired This position offers a competitive base salary and bonus program, stock options, and other comprehensive benefits.If you want to work at a company where numbers continue to grow exponentially in every positive aspect, the environment/culture is awesome, the people are friendly and are constantly smiling, laughing, and actually look forward to going into work every day, this is the place to be!

Best. Commerical. Ever.

The first time I saw this, I didn’t think it was that good. But then I actually paid attention. So pay close attention… (Yes, I’ll be at Zend Conference this year. No, I won’t be drinking heavily else I’m liable to tell Keynote speaker, Joel on Software, what I really think of his software. Hint: […]

A PHP and a RoR job in the city (San Francisco)

Here are two jobs in the city. If you are interested contact Debra: datandassoc [at] this site or call 415 246 1979. Senior Software Engineer [PHP] Senior Interface Designer / Developer [Ruby on Rails, Ajax] My blog is becoming a job board in this bubble, and that’s bothering me. I’m barely posting a fraction of […]

I’m officially a LinkedIn whore

I’ve been achingly close to reaching that fabled “500+” in LinkedIn for a while now—that icon reserved only for a select few recruiters (13), marcom/sales peeps (5), product/program managers (5), founders/CEO (3), professional networkers(3), VC (2), and Adam Glickman (dude, I see you at Lunch 2.0 all the time, but still haven’t figured out what […]

Avoiding a repeat

Just got back from crashing the Xobni party. Xobni is a Y Combinator company which has managed to reach the point of external funding. I have no clue what Xobni does other than make a Facebook app that tells people to e-mail you instead of send a message—I installed it in my profile just before […]

Socializr is looking for kick-ass-coders

Jonathan Abrams, the junior programmer at Socializr, sent me this. He is looking to double the size at the Socializr World Headquarters! They have put together #1, #2, and #3, but they need #4, #5 and #6 to complete Socialzr. Jonathan needs you to complete (his company) Socializr World Headquarters, SOMA, San Francisco, California Nikon […]

What Web 2.0 is…

Dave called me today to complain about the sudden explosion of strange terms that have been appearing on the resumes of people he interviews: Ajax, SaaS, SOAs, Scrum, and, of course, the dreaded Web 2.0. I said some stuff which I won’t repeat because I’ve decided to refrain from kicking Java while it’s down. 😀 […]

BrightRoll is hiring

I know everyone thinks that I have the hate on Ruby, but “some of my best friends use Rails.” 🙂 Actually, I used to work with the CEO and CTO of BrightRoll and they have a killer product. BrightRoll is a preroll and postroll advertising platform with customers such as CBS, ABC, Fox News, Comcast, […]

I just like hearing my name

As I told Ed Finker, “Newbie, did I forget to tell you he just likes it when people say his name?” —Dr. Cox, Scrubs Season 5 Unfortunately, Ed didn’t oblige me like he did last time. But luckily for me, Sean and Paul did. 🙂 With Cal’s PHP Abstract now on the air, the busy […]