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Journalist and author Sarah Lacy reveals the inside story of business in Silicon Valley.

MY NAME IS SARAH LACY AND I HAVE AN ASSISTANT.Today

Geoff and I have been giggling about this all morning because it's just so indicative of my life right now. About a month ago, I Twittered (and talked about to anyone who would listen) about how happy I was when I hired a personal assistant, prompting Valleywag to gently mock me in a post even called, "Now We Can Breathe: Sarah Lacy Has Found an Assistant." Now, today, this site is "calling me out" for not calling her an assistant as if it's some nefarious plot. Um, I guess the Internet wasn't a big enough forum?  LOL

Save the Assistants? Meet Google.

(BTW, I'm only teasing the site. I'm glad someone is looking out for assistants everywhere!)

How I Stopped Whining and Learned to Love Online VideoToday

I've been working on a blog post for a very long time about my love-hate relationship with on camera reporting, and the transition I've been going through over the last year. I'm starting to realize I will probably never post it, because it's probably too revealing of behind the scenes ups-and-downs and my own issues. But I will relay one anecdote from it.

It was several months ago when things were rough for me at TechTicker-- not at all because of the crew and certainly not from any Yahoo-Microsoft stuff. It was more exhaustion with everything swirling around me generally and frustrations with how long it takes to process and produce professional video-- something I'd never really realized before. Believe me: This is a lot harder than it looks. Over this time I kept saying in fits of frustration, "I'm not an on camera person! They should have hired one if they wanted that!" Finally, Brad, one of my crew guys who doesn't mince words, looked at me and said, "You're working an on camera reporting job. Maybe you should learn to become one."

It was a great humbling moment. The worlds of print and video are so different, I think there was a lot of fear that I'd lose all the skills that had made me successful in the print world by embracing video. Video is logistically challenging-- no doubt! And more pressure filled. But the reporting and writing challenges are far greater with print. But I decided Brad was right and just started to embrace on camera. And as a

LacyJump: Ellis StyleToday

When I married Mr. Lacy (nee Mr. Ellis) I got an unusually great group of in laws. My mother and father in law are in town this week and just came by Tech Ticker to see me shoot some segments with Paul Kedrosky (who kindly waved to them from his usual studio perch in San Diego.) They also shot my sister-in-law Jeni doing her very own LacyJump in San Jose yesterday. As you can see, coordination runs in the family!

once you're lucky twice you fall down from Jennifer Ellis on Vimeo.

Facebook Shares! Get Your Red Hot Facebook Shares!Yesterday

I wasn't planning to write about the story sweeping the tech blogosphere about Facebook reportedly allowing employees to sell shares, mostly because I thought others covered it well, and as Peter Kafka points out, we're talking about a small amount of money and a small amount of equity.

But I wound up doing a tech roundup post for TechTicker today and started to get into it, so I figured I'd post some thoughts here too. If you know my writing, you're probably not surprised that it's the larger cultural ramifications of the move that concern me.

From TechTicker:

"Still, it furthers a symbolic shift in the Valley. Pre-Web 2.0 resurgence, entrepreneurs almost always had to wait for an IPO or acquisition to cash out shares, but in order to encourage them to hold out for a bigger exit, VCs started doing "partial liquidation" of founders' shares. Founders Fund-one of Facebook's backers-even institutionalized this with something called "Series FF Stock." So if anyone would take it to the next level-namely letting rank and file employees sell shares-- it's no surprise it's Facebook, especial

BitchBuzz (Calm Down! It's the Name of the Site!)Yesterday

I've long thought a cloned-me could only make the world a worse place, and I know there are a good many Twitterers who agree with that statement. However, I couldn't help but wish there was a little more of my time to go around when the ladies behind a new women's blog, BitchBuzz, asked if I wanted to be a contributor earlier this week. Happily I'm more than gainfully employed with my assortment of jobs, so I  sadly have no time to take on any new projects. Still, I plan to make time to read the site regularly when it launches in about an hour.

From the release:

"BitchBuzz is a feisty new website that serves as a sexy, smart alternative to the women's weblogs and magazines of today. Founded by Cate Sevilla, former editor of Dollymix and author of the popular blog CupCate.com, BitchBuzz provides refreshingly uncensored views on pop culture, sex, relationships and everything in between.

From reviews on the hottest films and gadgets, to advice on how to best organize your home office, BitchBuzz is the ultimate lifestyle guide for all things creative, fierce and female. It is BitchBuzz's mission to provide women with a website that's real, honest and entertaining. They don't just promise their readers that they’re different and won’t patronize them like other female-oriented media: they actually do it.

... They're not interested in being perfect feminists, or perfect women: they cra