A belated Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Really wish I’d remembered this promise earlier today, so I could have tried to get Erik to dye his hair green. Damn.
(Lawyer that he is, he’ll claim that since I’m at Google now instead of FeedBurner, the bet’s off. But I’d argue that my continuity of employment is clear – I was even answering FeedBurner […]
Best of luck to Eric
Almost exactly two years ago, Eric Olson contacted Dick about interviewing him for a podcast. Shortly after that, Eric asked Dick whether he thought the “business development associate” role was something he should apply for. We hired him almost immediately.
I was fortunate to have Eric work for me for the next 18 months. FeedBurner’s growth […]
Safer toys
Several months ago, I wrote about the horror I experienced reading about Magnetix toys in the Chicago Tribune. These toys – dozens of which were in our house at the time – had killed a young boy and injured many others. What was worse, the manufacturer and the government were both made aware of the […]
The best realtor in the East Bay, bar none
During conversations with the group at Google I’ve now joined, it became clear that a relocation was probably in the cards – not required, but it would be to my advantage. Given the teams I’ll be interacting with, face-to-face and ‘in the hallway’ time will make a huge difference in my ability to be effective. […]
Matt Cutts liked Daemon
Courtesy of a recommendation a couple weeks ago, Matt Cutts ordered a copy of Daemon and so far, it’s his favorite of the summer books he’s read.
Rock on.
Subscribe to SEL or the Dog Gets it
After seeing Danny’s post about getting to 50,000 subscribers, I just couldn’t resist this version of his big feed icon:
(With apologies to National Lampoon.)
TPM goes backstage with Colbert Report
It’s pretty cool to see a guy I’ve known for over a decade rise to the top of his game. Josh Marshall and I were competitors in the web design for lawyers business (he was a founder at College Hill Internet, and I was at Inherent.com). We got to know each other, mostly because we […]
Chicago Olympics
I’m very excited to see that Chicago is the U.S. bid city for the 2016 Olympics. There’s a long route between now and the pick for the host city, but an Olympics in Chicago would be an incredibly exciting event. I have a few friends involved in the bid process, and I’ve been threatening to […]
Paul Curreri at the Glee Club, part 2
Here’s part 2 of the film made of Paul Curreri at the Glee Club last summer:
More later.
Waiting for The Velvet Rut
Don’t know why it didn’t occur to me earlier, but I just checked YouTube out for any videos of Paul Curreri. You may recall that we were fortunate enough to have Paul perform at our house last summer; he’s got a new album coming out later this month (“The Velvet Rut”) – you really need […]
