http://dir.salon.com/topics/dot_coms/?source=rss&aim=dot_coms en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:07:00 PDT By Gabriel Winant Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/10/fiorina_senate/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/10/fiorina_senate/index.html?source=rss Two dot-com bubble CEOs eye the Golden State's biggest races By Katharine Mieszkowski Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/review/2003/08/22/goin_dotcom/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/review/2003/08/22/goin_dotcom/index.html?source=rss "Goin' Dot Com!" is a musical devoted to lampooning and celebrating the joys and horrors of the Internet boom, and it's funnier than it has any right to be. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/03/04/toys/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/03/04/toys/index.html?source=rss The best book yet about the dot-com years shows how the battle between etoy and eToys.com encapsulated the idiocy -- and the idealism -- of that weird era. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2003/01/10/industry_standard/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2003/01/10/industry_standard/index.html?source=rss At least Enron and WorldCom went down because of greed. But as James Ledbetter's "Starving to Death on $200 Million a Year" reveals, the Industry Standard pissed away a fortune out of mere carelessness. By Damien Cave Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2002/04/10/f_ed_companies/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2002/04/10/f_ed_companies/index.html?source=rss "F'd Companies," Philip Kaplan's obituary for online flameouts, is more pathetic than the companies it skewers. By Brad Wieners Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2002/01/09/dot_con/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2002/01/09/dot_con/index.html?source=rss "Dot.con: The Greatest Story Ever Sold" is the first good book about one of capitalism's most embarrassing debacles. By Tom McNichol Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/satire/2002/01/09/unemployed/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/satire/2002/01/09/unemployed/index.html?source=rss The market is booming for tales of the out-of-work. By Ruth Shalit and Robin Danielson Hafitz Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/07/11/brands/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/07/11/brands/index.html?source=rss You may have thought Webvan and Kozmo were just dot-com delivery boys. But their demise has left their customers deeply scarred and cast adrift in a suddenly meaningless universe. By Damien Cave Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/05/04/not_com/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/05/04/not_com/index.html?source=rss Bankruptcies! Layoffs! Has the old economy bubble popped? By Damien Cave Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/04/13/kozmo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/04/13/kozmo/index.html?source=rss We come to bury the defunct dot-com delivery service, not to praise it. By Lori Cox Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/02/26/can_t_get_laid_off/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/02/26/can_t_get_laid_off/index.html?source=rss When your company's a sinking ship, that pink slip starts looking more like a ticket to the good life. By Amanda Nielsen Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/01/25/lay_off_sidebar/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/01/25/lay_off_sidebar/index.html?source=rss We've got our résumés ready, savings in the bank and our fingers crossed. By   Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/12/13/dot_com_death/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/12/13/dot_com_death/index.html?source=rss By Jennifer Jeffrey By Jodi Mardesich Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/11/22/unlaunch_party/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/11/22/unlaunch_party/index.html?source=rss At a South of Market "unlaunch" party, laid-off dot-com workers celebrate the start-up that could have been. By Damien Cave Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/11/11/propl/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/11/11/propl/index.html?source=rss With a margin narrow enough to be called "presidential," the outcome of the anti-development measure remains up in the air. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/11/08/l_wins/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/11/08/l_wins/index.html?source=rss Voters pass anti-growth measure Proposition L by a slim margin. By Janelle Brown Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2000/11/07/yettie/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2000/11/07/yettie/index.html?source=rss The "young entrepreneurial technocrat" has arrived: Finally, Mouse Jockeys and Nerds Made Good have an acronym of their own. By Wagner James Au Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/11/06/propl2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/11/06/propl2/index.html?source=rss San Francisco's anti-development Prop L will squeeze tech firms into a battle for survival. And nothing could be better for them. By Damien Cave Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/11/06/bad_internet/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/11/06/bad_internet/index.html?source=rss San Francisco's anti-growth Proposition L is an unnecessarily harsh referendum on the merits of the new economy. By Jade Hays Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/10/17/crack_babies/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/10/17/crack_babies/index.html?source=rss Complaining about how San Francisco is going to hell in a handbasket just ain't as easy as it used to be. By Damien Cave Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/09/29/dotcom_vote/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/09/29/dotcom_vote/index.html?source=rss Sparse attendance at a pro-business rally spreads panic in an industry under siege. By Katharine Mieszkowski Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/09/26/dance_party/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/09/26/dance_party/index.html?source=rss Can Web monkeys be persuaded to salsa their way out of their cubes? By Dottie Downturn Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/09/21/dottie5/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/09/21/dottie5/index.html?source=rss Nostalgia for the glory years, or post-dot-com downturn disorder? Whatever the case, Salon's new-economy etiquette arbiter clearly needs help. By Rennie Sloan Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/09/13/diary/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/09/13/diary/index.html?source=rss An ex-workaholic new media director who quit her job at a major magazine ponders caffeine absorption, phone interviews and choosing the perfect gig. By Janelle Brown Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/08/14/dotcom_publicists/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/08/14/dotcom_publicists/index.html?source=rss We'll call you, dot-com publicists, if we ever want to use your silly story ideas.