"I started writing hits the day I sold my piano."

"Yahoo has a very large, diverse, and fast growing user base plus massive amounts of content and data."

"This is the perfect environment for fundamental research on the Web."

"I am excited to join Yahoo!’s leading Internet researchers in exploring emerging search technologies that will distil…"

"The industry is pretty small, and I had offers from Yahoo and the other big guys in search."

"I have many friends at all three, and no matter which one I chose, two-thirds of my friends would be unhappy that I d…"

"My background is research."

"People often ask what is the difference between research and advanced development."

"It’s a very interesting question these days, because it used to be that research looks five years forward and advance…"

"That’s not true any longer because the cycle has become so short."