The newly minted CEO of AOL, Tim Armstrong, asked for my advice as he stepped into the new job. I know Tim from the industry and from our days working together on the AOL/Google partnership.

He then asked me to come back to campus and give a quick talk to employees at the All Hands meeting today. I thought that was very gracious of him and since I am loyal to AOL and to its employees, customers and partners, I took Tim up on his offer. I am retired from AOL. I have no agenda and no ax to grind. I only wish good tidings for the company.

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