Words and photos by T.J. DeGroat

Last night was a busy one, but bub.blicio.us was at both the Jaiku Supernova soiree and the NewTeeVee/Metacafe Pier Screenings event (more on that later).

The Jaiku party, a pre-Supernova get-together, had such a gargantuan guest list that the organizers decided at the last minute to switch locations, opting for the large Ritual Roasters space in the Mission. The change allowed more Bay Area regulars and out-of-town conference-goers to mingle over complimentary mini-burgers, mixed drinks and wine (courtesy of Wine Library, whose Gary Vaynerchuk was on board to help pour).

Wine Library’s Gary and AJ

Bub.blibio.us rolled in relatively early, but among the attendees already at Ritual Roasters were PodTech’s Robert Scoble (with son Patrick in tow), Leo Laporte, host of This Week in Tech on Twit.TV, and the primary tentacle of Laughing Squid, Scott Beale.

Robert Scoble

Leo Laporte

For more, check out the T.J.’s full Flickr photoset or the archived action from the Justin.tv/bubblicious backpack cam.

Check out the official, open backchannel of the Supernova 2007 conference. Follow us on Twitter.

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by Alison McNeill

Chris Nuttall, technology correspondent for the Financial Times, showed up to Lunch 2.0 at Ning to see what all the fuss was about. The outcome was an article called “Silicon Valley Staff Tuck in to Lunch 2.0.”

In the article Nuttall notes, “In a phenomenon dubbed Lunch 2.0, workers in the Valley are descending on other companies for free food and the chance to satisfy their appetite for making contacts.” Read the full article here.

Nuttall also blogged about the event on the Financial Times Tech Blog, mentioning the bub.blicio.us crew was there to catch all the action. You can read that post here.

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Words and photos by T.J. DeGroat

Just hours after news of Yahoo’s C-suite shakeup broke, one of the company’s relatively new San Francisco offices opened its doors to anyone with a Wii controller and a desire to kick a little butt.

Those watching the live stream from last night’s outing saw me get lost while walking from GUBA’s office in San Francisco’s Financial District to the Brickhouse space in SOMA (and heard a lot of profanity — my bad). It took longer than expected but the buildup fueled my competitive spirit. I definitely owned coworker and friend Kathleen on the computerized tennis court (didn’t do quite as well on the bowling lanes).

The first official Wii Mondays event took place June 11, but the Brickhousers weren’t ready to take on the public until last night. The idea is a great one; sometimes us hard-working Web 2.0’ers want to hang out and be social after a long day of work without having the don a blazer and head to a frou-frou lounge. The Brickhouse crew provided beer and instant noodles and even showed outsiders around the space. One of the best features is the much-Flickr’d Post-It art.

Although not there physically, two familiar faces in the 2.0 space, Min Jung Kim (Photobucket) and Jason Schupp (8020 Publishing), were all over Brickhouse, becoming the default avatars on the big screen for a while.

For more Wii action, check out Flickr photos tagged wiimondays or the archived action from the Justin.tv/bubblicious backpack cam. Special thanks to Jumpcut‘s Ben Long for showing us around.

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And then there was Google. Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) was leapfrogged, embraced by those driving the new landscape for Web 2.0 as well as savvy search, advertising, and Internet technologists and marketers.

It’s only strategy for recovering lost market share has been to play catch-up. And to quote Scott Karp of Publishing 2.0, “Yahoo can’t out Google, Google.”

The sudden news of Jerry Yang’s appointment to CEO and the ouster of Terry Semel from the role has taken few by surprise — well the timing was a surprise. Sue Decker was named President.

The question is, was it an attempted coup to save the company from a possible hostile takeover or is Yahoo really trying to regain its position? Either way, Semel needed to go.

In the company’s press release, Semel was quoted, “Jerry and Sue will make an unbeatable team. Jerry has long been recognized as an Internet visionary. His incredible experience and close involvement since founding the company 12 years ago have given him tremendous strategic, technical and industry insight as well as unparalleled knowledge and understanding of Yahoo! and its great potential. We are equally fortunate to have Sue Decker, one of the most talented executives in the industry, as our new President. Sue has played a broad and important role in driving our strategy over the years, and has shown even greater skills and leadership with the success she’s had in taking on more operating responsibilities.”

Let’s hope he’s right.

I was reading the Searchnomics blog this morning and they had some pretty startling information that portrays a picture of internal chaos and destruction. Semel may be out but so are 10 of Yahoo’s 26 executives. In the last year alone, there has been a 40% turnover within executive management, which is incredibly alarming.

The WSJ says it reinforces doubts about Panama, the competitor to Google Adsense, when the guy overseeing the global rollout leaves smack in the middle of it.

Yahoo’s Summer Solstice party eerily reminds us that even giants can fall.

In the game of business, sometimes the best offense is a great defense. We always root for the giant that lost his way only to make a glorious comeback for all to witness.

With the Yang in the role of CEO, the company returns to its roots. But the future for search is rapidly evolving and the company may need someone who’s vision can see beyond the evolution of search, 2.0 and the impending proliferation of the semantic Web. But in order for Yahoo to regain its glory, it needs to change the entire game and give Google the opportunity to play catch up.

For the analyst call details, visit PaidContent.

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On June 28th, the Under the Radar conference will present startups who are shaping the future of entertainment and media.

This is an ideal forum if you you a dealmaker looking to partner with, invest in, acquire or just get a sense of who the new startup contenders will be.

The conference showcases the future leaders of innovation – startups with next big idea, seasoned management teams and pedigrees that get the blogosphere buzzing.

If you’d like to attend the event, follow the link at the bottom of this post for $100 discount.

PRESENTING COMPANIES TO DATE:

Adap.tv | Bunchball | ChaCha | CrazyEgg | Criteo | Cruxy | Doppelganger | FlowPlay | Fora.tv | Hothead Games | iLike | Kaneva |  Kongregate | Meez | MOG | mPire | Multiverse | Pluggd | PolarRose |  PowerReviews | ReverbNation | ScanScout | SplashCast | Splice | ThisNext | Ustream.TV | Vidmeter | Visible Measures | Wize | XLNTAds | YuMe Networks | Zattoo

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JUDGES:

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Chris Carvalho, Director, Business Development, Lucasfilm

Sean Crawford, Director, Home Services, Orange FT Group

Peter Daley, Equity Research Analyst, Rutberg

Simon Hayhurst,  Director, Product Management,  Adobe

David Hornik, General Partner, August Capital  

Steven Horowitz, VP, Media Innovation, Yahoo!

Sam Klepper, GM, MSN Media Network Group

Steven Li, WebEx

Doug MacMillan, Forum Nokia Americas

Alexander Marquez, Director, Strategic Investments, Intel Capital

Rafe Needleman, www.webware.com

Chris Pirillo – Lockergnome.com

Jeremy Toeman, www.livedigitally.com

Jeff Yapp, Executive Vice President, MTV Networks Music & Logo Enterprise Group  

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Jeff Clavier – SofttechVC

Ain Indermitte -  Forum Nokia

Jake Ludington – MediaBlab

Morgan McLintic – Lewis PR

Peter Pham -  PhotoBucket

Chris Pirillo – Lockergnome.com

Jeremy Toeman – LiveDigitally.com

Anne-Marie Roussel – Microsoft 

Gary Sasaki – Digdia.com

Click here for a $100 discount on admission.