Please help me run the Boston Marathon
On April 21st, 2014, I’m going to run the Boston Marathon. If you want to show your support, please donate to a good cause for cancer research . Anyone who wants to give is welcome.
Google life
Halloween costume for 2013: Silk Road Dread Pirate Roberts
For Halloween 2013 I decided to be the Dread Pirate Roberts from the movie The Princess Bride: I even grew a slight moustache to help make the character believable: But to be clear, I wasn’t just any old Dread Pirate Roberts. I decided to be the Silk Road Dread Pirate Roberts .
Securing your Google Account after a possible hack
A couple friends have recently had security scares with their Gmail account where they were worried that their accounts might have been hacked. I was emailing one of them about how to make sure that your account is safe, and I realized it might be handy to post this on my blog as well. Here’s the email that I just wrote to a friend: Here’s what I’d do: – change your password (make sure you’re on google.com when you change your password) – check for any strange activity
30 day challenge: Chromebook Pixel
For May 2013 I decided to try making a Chromebook Pixel my primary laptop. So how did it go?
30 day challenge: no social media, no news
I realized that I didn’t mention this widely: my current 30 day challenge (July 2013) is not to read any news or social media. So no Twitter, Google News, Techmeme, Google+, Hacker News, Reddit, Imgur, etc. So if you’re wondering why I haven’t replied to a question, that’s the reason
The heart of a computer is now the network connection
Back in the 90s, the heart of a computer was the CPU. The faster the CPU, the better the computer was–you could do more, and the speed of the CPU directly affected your productivity. People upgraded their computers or bought new ones whenever they could to take advantage of faster CPU speeds.
Funny SEO emails, part 6
Folks at Google get cold-call emails out of the blue just like everybody else. Here’s an email that a colleague of mine got recently: I was on your website www.google.com and wanted to shoot you a quick note. I think I can make a few changes (aesthetically and/or SEO – wise) to make your site convert more visitors into leads and to get it placed higher in the organic search results, for a few of the select terms.
Penguin 2.0 rolled out today
We started rolling out the next generation of the Penguin webspam algorithm this afternoon (May 22, 2013), and the rollout is now complete.
What to expect in SEO in the coming months
We just recently taped a new round of webmaster videos, and I thought this video deserved a full-fledged blog post.
The dangers of productivity porn
A quick “hairball” post about how sometimes it’s better to just go with the flow. I like how xkcd made this point with a chart of whether it’s worth the time to fix something that’s bugging you . I have a friend who is mechanical engineer.