Arts & Entertainment 3 Questions For StyleMob's Founder, Sasha Cagen Sasha Cagen, the author of books Quirkyalone and To-Do List, has founded (with co-founder Adam Souzis) something astonishingly addictive -- StyleMob. A very nice SFist reader sent us an invite during the "invite-only
SF News Aquafina: Fresh From Your Tap Reuters reports that PepsiCo Inc. will now actually inform consumers what they’re shelling out their health-conscious and ever-hydrated bucks for -- bottled tap water, or, according to PepsiCo, stuff from a "Public
SF News Poll Dancing: Field Research Corp. Making A Move? We've gotten a tip that the well-respected pollster, Field Research Corp. (who generate the oft-cited "Field Polls"), is closing its San Francisco offices. The tipster cites the reason for the closure to be
SF News Digg and Microsoft, Sittin' In a Tree, A-D-V-E-R-T-I-S-I-N-G Hey, remember our friends at local Internet innovator, Digg? We talked in brief with the founder, Mr. Kevin Rose, a little while back. Well, according to a press release issued by Microsoft Corp.
Arts & Entertainment The Bay Guardian 'Does It Right'?! First, there was reporter G.W. Schulz's award from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for his "Scumlords" series. Now Mr. Bruce Brugmann's San Francisco Bay Guardian has been named to Editor & Publisher
misc Get a Job Take, for example: - Clarity Administrator (Sounds life coach-y, job title-wise, but we promise you that it's not.) [Zenex Partners] - Video Software Engineer [NVIDIA] - Geotechnical Engineer [Cinci Engineering] - Controller [Iconma]
SF News SF Almost the Best Place for Yuppies Coming in at a respectable number two, Forbes Magazine named San Francisco the second best spot to park your yuppie ass. As if you didn’t already know that. (Although we’re puzzled
SF News <i>The Economist</i> On Our City's Economy It's always interesting to take an "outside-in" look at our fine city, like when the L.A. Times wrote about the Haight a couple months back. This time, it's the venerable UK-based that's
Arts & Entertainment Media Critic Singles Out Chron For Most Likely To Go All-Electronic When we talked to Phil Bronstein, the publisher of the San Francisco Chronicle, a few weeks back, he told us that "the Chronicle will continue to be packed with talented journalists who will
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Noah's Turns 18, Invokes Jewish Symbolism Noah's Bagels are similar to other pale imitations of a superior product: they are akin, say, to low-carb anything, sugar-free candy, Tofurkey, etc. Of course, there are decent examples of situations in which
Arts & Entertainment All Kwik-E-Mart Managers Must Be Skilled in the Deadly Arts Here's your chance -- we never thought it could happen, but the magic of the Kwik-E-Mart has landed, temporarily, in the real world. It's a place where you can buy KrustyO's, pink donuts,
SF News 'No Limit' For Sonoma Casino? River Rock To Increase Size 10 Times Degenerates visiting Sonoma rejoice! River Rock Casino in Geyserville is undergoing a massive steroidal treatment -- expanding from 62,000 square feet to more than 600,000 sq. feet. Yowza. The new facility
SF News Day Around The Bay --Apple iPhone madness begins! That's a picture of the line in SF yesterday night by photo genius Steve Rhodes, who reported around 60 people in line by midnight. We're hoping to have more
Arts & Entertainment What Immigration Means To Us: KQED Documentary Examines Impact On Bay Area Economy With all the recent hoopla regarding national immigration legistlation, now might be a great time to get a perspective on immigration here close to home. We're not sure how many SFist readers are
misc Yahoo's Happy To Share Personnel News; Not So Chatty About New Webmail Ads So, we were just reading the newswires, and came across this story of how one of Yahoo's co-founders, Jerry Yang, has been named CEO. Well, "yahoo" for him . . . we guess. Perhaps he'll help
SF News Green Wombat's Got The Goods On The B of A/Redwood Forest Foundation Deal Green Wombat was at the Bank of America / Redwood Forest Foundation announcement yesterday, which took place at the "urban redwoods" next to the Transamerica Pyramid. As part of the bank's $20 billion "green
SF News It's Nice Working With Friends, Ain't It? (Accountemps, a Robert Half Int'l company, is a temp firm specializing in finance/bookkeeping/accounting needs. You may know the company from its extremely annoying radio spots where the boss always pines for
SF News Oh No-Gurt: Local Company Recalls Soy Yogurt WholeSoy & Co. issued an allergy alert on June 7 and expanded it just yesterday when the scope of the accidental ingredient became more clear. Two customers reporting allergic reactions to the product
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Masters of Bacchanal Administration? Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, already offers an undergrad degree in wine business -- but now the school is expanding its program. Graduate students cam now earn an MBA in Wine Business.
SF News If the Public Paid For it, Does That Make Wal-Mart Public Property? According to WMSW, California ponied up about $50 in taxpayer-funded gifts to the Arkansas company, in exchange for which those towns got giant megabox shopping extravaganzae. And also, lots of uninsured people --
Arts & Entertainment Can We Exchange These NetFlix? Los Gatos-based NetFlix has one of the greatest products around, and we give them a lot of leeway despite the company's annoying, ever-present pop-up ads. The company just announced a summer concert series
SF News Do You Dare Say No To The Yes Men? It wasn't a cheap stunt to produce, and their next one won't be, either. So they need your help. They're asking for PayPal donations, which seems a bit sketch to us -- you
misc Tales From The Workplace: Application Flagellation SFist received the following note from a local hiring manager that was annoyed at a particular response regarding a position she posted on Craigslist. We found it amusing. Please note that details have
SF News Just Don't Read SFist While You're Driving The Merc is reporting that as of yesterday, Avis Rent A Car is offering Wi-Fi service with cars rented from its SFO location. It's $10.95 a day, which seems pricey, but we
SF News Yahoo Maps Digging A Little Deeper Into SF According to an article on PC World, Yahoo's mapping product is undergoing some improvements. The company is switching from a third-party data provider to an in-house platform that it hopes will prove more
