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Re: Don’t stop believing — Silicon Valley lip-synchs while market burns

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Re: Don’t stop believing — Silicon Valley lip-synchs while market burns

Gubatron — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:58:46 -0000

If you're jealous you can have a vacation like that, and you think it's disturbing, then you shouldn't go and rub it in.

The Web 2.0 is far from over, I just see a bunch of successful people that took the time to make a really fun video (choreographed and all in one shot). If anything we'd all should try to reproduce something like this, at times where others are struggling, that even makes it more cool.

Stop hating people that do well, we're not a communist nation.

Re: Don’t stop believing — Silicon Valley lip-synchs while market burns

david — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:19:57 -0000

Jees, leave them alone - people can't even have fun anymore?

Re: Don’t stop believing — Silicon Valley lip-synchs while market burns

Anthony Ha — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:08:30 -0000

Yeah, I probably overreacted a bit, and also failed to make the post as clearly tongue-in-cheek as I would have liked. But I do think that the juxtaposition (of video/circumstances/general economic context) is interesting and unflattering, even if that's not really the fault of anyone actually in the video.

Re: Don’t stop believing — Silicon Valley lip-synchs while market burns

davemc500hats — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:31:04 -0000

and by the way, that was a pretty damn good one-shot amateur video.

also, as noted by andrewbadera above joe green does appear to be somewhat excited. (good eye ;)

Re: Don’t stop believing — Silicon Valley lip-synchs while market burns

davemc500hats — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:28:56 -0000

dude. seriously.

they're on vacation.

most of them work for facebook, which has several hundred mil in the bank, and is generating another hundred mil in revenue this year. most all of them have been busting their ass working 60-80+ hour weeks for several years, and now some of them have stock options that may be freeing up, options which are seriously in the money.

why SHOULDN'T they be partying?

again, a reminder for all you folks who love to wail on facebook because they're not the next google, most FB employees & all-but-last-round investors are laughing all the way to the bank / market.

deal with it.

Re: Don’t stop believing — Silicon Valley lip-synchs while market burns

the build — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:29:01 -0000

It's so interesting that they spent time to plan something like this out and execute it.

Re: Don’t stop believing — Silicon Valley lip-synchs while market burns

Nick O'Neill — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:23:35 -0000

Umm is it only me but I want to one-up them on this trip ... they are going down ...

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Blogger — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:32:48 -0000

This video belongs on stuffwhitepeoplelike.com

Re: Don’t stop believing — Silicon Valley lip-synchs while market burns

Real Web 2.0 Entrepreneur — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:29:13 -0000

Who cares if they are taking a vacation during a down economy. The problem is they look like total douchebags in that video! They give real Web 2.0 entrepreneurs a bad name.

Re: Don’t stop believing — Silicon Valley lip-synchs while market burns

Anthony Ha — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:18:50 -0000

Yeah, I'm not really comfortable talking too much about the WSJ article in particular, since it was actually written by a friend of mine; I was just pointing to the Valleywag post because it basically explains why a WSJ reporter would be in the video.

Not sure I'm completely on-board with the idea that journalists should go above the "perception" of conflict of interest, though -- I mean, that would be ideal, but it's not always possible, and ultimately I'm more concerned about *real* conflicts of interest.

Re: Don’t stop believing — Silicon Valley lip-synchs while market burns

Anthony Ha — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:10:06 -0000

I know! Totally jealous.

Re: Don’t stop believing — Silicon Valley lip-synchs while market burns

Deva Hazarika — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:42:47 -0000

That place has a pretty sweet pool.

Re: Don’t stop believing — Silicon Valley lip-synchs while market burns

Bobby — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:10:32 -0000

Wow, I was expecting some really shady stuff after reading that Vwag article. Once I read the actual piece, I wasn't as upset. It seemed like turned to her colleagues for sources, and it happened to be Jessica's BF. Is it completely clean? No.

Still, where do you draw the line? It's hard to not mix business and pleasure - but shouldn't a journalist go above and beyond to clear conflict of interest, or even the perception of it?

Re: Don’t stop believing — Silicon Valley lip-synchs while market burns

Anthony Ha — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:57:53 -0000

Oh, you kids and your slang.

Re: Don’t stop believing — Silicon Valley lip-synchs while market burns

andrewbadera — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:55:53 -0000

That's not "chubby" as in "fat" ...

Re: Don’t stop believing — Silicon Valley lip-synchs while market burns

Anthony Ha — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:52:14 -0000

Actually, I think it's a pretty good-looking crew overall. Another VentureBeat writer pointed out that we should really give them points for the coordinated swimsuits.

Re: Don’t stop believing — Silicon Valley lip-synchs while market burns

andrewbadera — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:46:15 -0000

whoa, who's the guy with the chubby at 1:23-1:28 or so? did that REALLY need to go on Vimeo?

Re: Don’t stop believing — Silicon Valley lip-synchs while market burns

Anthony Ha — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:37:54 -0000

Yeah, I was a bit puzzled then I remembered this: http://valleywag.com/392068...

Re: Don’t stop believing — Silicon Valley lip-synchs while market burns

Bobby — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:33:38 -0000

Am I the only one a bit perturbed that the WSJ's tech reporter is with them?