tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467244930033387182.post5909838283120854456..comments2009-03-17T09:52:45.162-07:00Bradley Horowitznoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467244930033387182.post-37308219828371032602007-09-27T01:56:00.000-07:002007-09-27T01:56:00.000-07:00Hi Brad,<br><br> This feels so stalkerish (readers, this has little to do with Brad's blogs). I was looking for Eve H.'s e-mail, just found her phone. I was thinking (and thinking in a very loose term of the word) of trying to make some kind of reunion of the '87 U of M, Psych 369 (369?) "culture" happen. Okay, it would be a year past 20 years.<br> Two things -- if you're interested, but 2000 or whatever miles is too far to come, maybe you could send some video, or a paper or song or something, and 2) Want to e-mail a bit? I am doing well and about to move back to my favorite home of the last twenty years, a groovy, west-side Cleveland suburb.<br> If interested, check out poemhunter.com, I have some poems.<br> (okay, if you're asking "who's marc mannheimer--U of M, SY, anorexic, not too happy a character, at the time)<br><br>take er care,<br>MarcMarc Mannheimerhttp://poemhunter.com/Marc-Mannheimernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467244930033387182.post-5913276873261382232007-09-26T04:04:00.000-07:002007-09-26T04:04:00.000-07:00[...] Bradley, don’t let this get you down, keep on making Yahoo better! Glad to see you send VW fishing for a real story. [...]Trash Talk in the Valley at thincvox: daniel raffelhttp://thincvox.com/blog/?p=6noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467244930033387182.post-84209457975528638172007-09-25T10:52:00.000-07:002007-09-25T10:52:00.000-07:00hehe, got cutoff:<br><br>Pipes was built inDaniel Raffelhttp://thincvox.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467244930033387182.post-87955853241557583052007-09-25T10:33:00.000-07:002007-09-25T10:33:00.000-07:00A part of me simply doesn't want to say anything because I'm just responding to trash talk but Valleywag has the story so wrong that I can't resist chiming in.<br><br>First, Brickhouse is easily the greatest office space I've ever had the pleasure of working in. Others can judge it for themselves (but it's awesome):<br>http://www.flickr.com/photos/dpstyles/523838360/<br><br>Second, accusations of you having a "god syndrome" couldn't be more off. You've been the biggest fan and supporter of each and every project happening at Brickhouse.<br><br>You're not only familiar with everybody working there you're also genuinely interested in helping them, their projects and teams in every possible, positive way. I constantly hear you asking various folks "How is the project going?" Followed by, "More importantly, how are you doing?" And closing with offering to help out in any way you can.<br><br>I've said it before to you but it's been a pleasure working for and around you! I most definitely learned a ton. BTW, what's that about projects at Brickhouse being slow as molasses? Pipes was built inDaniel Raffelhttp://thincvox.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467244930033387182.post-6490652174381376302007-09-25T07:12:00.000-07:002007-09-25T07:12:00.000-07:00Current Brickhouse employee Tom Coates (who actually risked spending the entire day there, dirty socks and seismic danger and all!) agrees that Valleywag is loopy: http://twitter.com/plasticbagUK/statuses/292967582<br><br>God<br><br>(er, um, Bradley)Bradley Horowitznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467244930033387182.post-64931009931421691512007-09-25T07:08:00.000-07:002007-09-25T07:08:00.000-07:00[...] Earlier today, we asked about Yahoo’s Brickhouse — the ostensible incubator of innovation in San Francisco’s South Park charged with reviving Yahoo’s reputation for Web cool. Departures from the Pipes project, the only notable product release from Brickhouse, raised questions about the operation. Brickhouse head Bradley Horowitz thinks his group is “thriving,” but a recent ex-Brickhouse employee reports otherwise. His complaints range from the petty (the office “smelled like dirty socks”) to the more troubling (Horowitz, he claims, “suffers from god syndrome and needs to get over himself”). The full email, after the jump. I worked at Brickhouse and quit. The place smelled like dirty socks and had no ventilation. In general the building feels cursed, probably from the old Organic days. [Organic, an online ad agency, used to occupy the same building, which Yahoo now shares with Wired. — Ed.]I even question the seismic soundness of that building. Don’t take your kids there either, they could fall through the railings on the stairs. [...]Nicholas Negroponte: Oh, no laptops per child?  »TechAddresshttp://www.techaddress.com/2007/09/25/nicholas-negroponte-oh-no-laptops-per-child/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467244930033387182.post-13601280430746446112007-09-25T06:59:00.000-07:002007-09-25T06:59:00.000-07:00[...] Earlier today, we asked about Yahoo’s Brickhouse — the ostensible incubator of innovation in San Francisco’s South Park charged with reviving Yahoo’s reputation for Web cool. Departures from the Pipes project, the only notable product release from Brickhouse, raised questions about the operation. Brickhouse head Bradley Horowitz thinks his group is “thriving,” but a recent ex-Brickhouse employee reports otherwise. His complaints range from the petty (the office “smelled like dirty socks”) to the more troubling (Horowitz, he claims, “suffers from god syndrome and needs to get over himself”). The full email, after the jump. I worked at Brickhouse and quit. The place smelled like dirty socks and had no ventilation. In general the building feels cursed, probably from the old Organic days. [Organic, an online ad agency, used to occupy the same building, which Yahoo now shares with Wired. — Ed.]I even question the seismic soundness of that building. Don’t take your kids there either, they could fall through the railings on the stairs. [...]Videogames: Microsoft’s gaming division has struggled …  »TechAddresshttp://www.techaddress.com/2007/09/25/videogames-microsofts-gaming-division-has-struggled/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467244930033387182.post-52448024530863850242007-09-25T06:55:00.001-07:002007-09-25T06:55:00.001-07:00[...] Earlier today, we asked about Yahoo’s Brickhouse — the ostensible incubator of innovation in San Francisco’s South Park charged with reviving Yahoo’s reputation for Web cool. Departures from the Pipes project, the only notable product release from Brickhouse, raised questions about the operation. Brickhouse head Bradley Horowitz thinks his group is “thriving,” but a recent ex-Brickhouse employee reports otherwise. His complaints range from the petty (the office “smelled like dirty socks”) to the more troubling (Horowitz, he claims, “suffers from god syndrome and needs to get over himself”). The full email, after the jump. I worked at Brickhouse and quit. The place smelled like dirty socks and had no ventilation. In general the building feels cursed, probably from the old Organic days. [Organic, an online ad agency, used to occupy the same building, which Yahoo now shares with Wired. — Ed.]I even question the seismic soundness of that building. Don’t take your kids there either, they could fall through the railings on the stairs. [...]Yahoo: Escape from the Brickhouse  »TechAddresshttp://www.techaddress.com/2007/09/25/yahoo-escape-from-the-brickhouse/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467244930033387182.post-69207099756369717152007-09-25T06:55:00.000-07:002007-09-25T06:55:00.000-07:00Great stuff Brad! Nice to see someone respond to the V-wag fishing!Farhan Laljihttp://www.fiftybyfifty.com/lifeoffarhan/noreply@blogger.com