Greg Sterling notes that Google News just got much more personal, including recommendations. Sounds a bit like Findory (or, for that matter, FireFly) to me. It’s very interesting that Google chose to launch this product, which requires monitoring of your…

Wow, an amazing couple of days recently at the office. We announced that PacifiCare was launching a site using our health search platform. Forrester Research, dropped a very complimentary piece on us. And just tonight, the New York Times’ Bob…

Alright, this is a little embarrassing. 3 months until my fourth year of blogging, and I haven’t written much more than a disclaimer in months. Shameful! On a positive note, I’ve dropped 5% body fat and can once again fill…

Just tossing this out into the Ether to avoid/prevent future confusion. (I’ve not been asked to do this by anyone… just realized I should have done it during my consulting days, and certainly when I took a full-time job. Better…

UPDATE: Just got this email from Urchin, err, Google Analytics CS (emphasis mine): “Thank you for your email. You do not have to change your pages or add new Google Analytics code. This is not causing your reporting delay. Large…

I’m very pleased to have been asked to join a panel on vertical search (moderated by none other than John Battelle!) at this month’s SD Forum Search SIG. Panelists will be:Adam Beguelin, TruveoPete Flint, TruliaGautam Godhwani, SimplyHiredMe! 😉 Here is…

Believe it or not, the “plain old flu” is a big deal; it shares a category with pneumonia — the two combined are amongst the top 10 causes of death [usually closer to 6th] in the U.S. Organizations like the…

Steve Lee, a sharp UC Berkeley Haas student I met a ways back, dropped me a note about their upcoming Play Digital Media Conference, to be held at Cal on Saturday, Nov 5, 2005. Some of the usual suspect, some…

Had a blast at Friday’s TechCrunch BBQ party. Some highlights worthy of note: Drove down with Kevin Burton, late of Rojo, now bootstrapping TailRank, a blog recommendation engine. In a true act of kindness, Dave Winer gave Kevin a $20…

First, let me say, that there’s no coverage like splog coverage; it’s simply amazing how popular press releases are with splogs. Having now sorted through most of them, here are some more reactions I’ve found… 1. Valentin, a PhD student…