Sign In
SHARE
Email Confirmation
Nov 18 2008
3:30PM
EST
Yang's Lowercase Tendencies Might Have Been a Sign
Shannon Geis writes: From the memo announcing Yahoo's repudiation of the Microsoft offer in May, to a memo earlier this month announcing layoffs, and to his final memo announcing his resignation as C.E.O. last night, Jerry Yang has consistently issued missives in lower-case letters. What could it mean?
Handwriting analysts put a lot of emphasis on capital letters. According to several handwriting analysis websites, capital letters, no matter whether they are at the beginning of proper names, sentences, or signatures, signify personal esteem, personal confidence, and the importance of people or places in the writer's life.
Smaller capital letters indicate lower self-confidence in handwriting.
Yang's actions as C.E.O. of Yahoo haven't always been the most confident moves for the company. And lately he seemed to be pleading with everyone from Google to AOL to Microsoft help them out.
GigaOM notes that Yang was never an inspirational leader, and he never addressed the core issues needed to save the company.
Perhaps viewing this as the last short-stature-letter memo, Yahoo investors sent shares up 11 percent on Tuesday to $11.80 a share. Apparently Yahoo needs a bolder, more uppercased statement.
Handwriting analysts put a lot of emphasis on capital letters. According to several handwriting analysis websites, capital letters, no matter whether they are at the beginning of proper names, sentences, or signatures, signify personal esteem, personal confidence, and the importance of people or places in the writer's life.
Smaller capital letters indicate lower self-confidence in handwriting.
Yang's actions as C.E.O. of Yahoo haven't always been the most confident moves for the company. And lately he seemed to be pleading with everyone from Google to AOL to Microsoft help them out.
GigaOM notes that Yang was never an inspirational leader, and he never addressed the core issues needed to save the company.
Perhaps viewing this as the last short-stature-letter memo, Yahoo investors sent shares up 11 percent on Tuesday to $11.80 a share. Apparently Yahoo needs a bolder, more uppercased statement.
See more in
Loading...
Thank you for registering as a Portfolio.com Insider. Your comment has been added.
Create Your Public Profile
Recent Blog Posts
- Last Bytes: Next Up, CES
- Jan 7 2009 5:18PM EST
- 60 Million Want Their DTV and Can't Get It
- Jan 7 2009 12:43PM EST
- First Bytes: The New Madoff
- Jan 7 2009 9:26AM EST
- Last Bytes: Apple Happenings
- Jan 6 2009 5:27PM EST
- Apple Plans for iTunes: Signs of Retreat?
- Jan 6 2009 1:40PM EST
- Comcast Mends Its Ways
- Jan 6 2009 12:15PM EST
- First Bytes: Digital TV Conversion Holdup
- Jan 6 2009 8:25AM EST
- Last Bytes: Hacked in 140 Characters or Less
- Jan 5 2009 5:07PM EST
- The Sorry State of Videogames
- Jan 5 2009 2:20PM EST
- Adobe's "Flash Lite" Coming to TV
- Jan 5 2009 10:04AM EST
- Steve Jobs Speaks Out on His Health
- Jan 5 2009 9:55AM EST
- First Bytes: Trade Show Hullabaloo
- Jan 5 2009 8:46AM EST
- Last Bytes: Mogul Feud, Zune Mystery
- Dec 31 2008 2:17PM EST
- On To a New Year
- Dec 31 2008 2:10PM EST
- Creative Commons Flourishing in Recession
- Dec 31 2008 11:59AM EST
Archive
Jan
2009
Categories
Links
- Mark Cuban's blog
- TechCrunch
- GigaOM
- Engadget
- USA TODAY Tech
- Romenesko
- BuzzTracker Tech
- Roger McGuinn's Folk Den
- Maney's band on MySpace
- Spiedies, mmmm
- Somewhat Frank's tech conference list
- Tom Foremski
- Fred Wilson
- Pandora
- SciTech Daily
- Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog
- Steven Johnson
- The Long Tail
- paidContent
- John Battelle's SearchBlog
- Marc Andreessen
- Kevin's site
- Kevin Maney & His Briefs on CD Baby
Mobile