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Widget Summit 2007 - Keynote Speakers

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

The widget summit was overall a very interesting and informative event, it really got my head spinning with ideas. It was well attended and the people who came were representatives from major companies, developers, and widget start-ups.
Google had a large presence here, and while officially three Google employees were presenting and one exhibiting, there were [...]


Widget and Gadgets and Apps Oh My

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

I am in San Fran at the Widget Summit and day 2 is about to begin. Day one was pretty impressive and I will be writing about each of the sessions and highlighting many people and companies in the widget community over the next few days. I met some great people and had an great [...]


Widget Summit 2007

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Widget Summit is yummy and good…
Google’s Adam Sah, who I still have to interview, (oops, sorry Adam, long story) will be presenting a session about Google gadgets, and all sorts of other great stuff… Facebook development, MyBlogLog founder, Nokia is presenting their blueprint for mobile phone gadget sweetness, and of course Niall Kennedy, who is [...]


Adam Sah of Google to Speak at AjaxWorld

Saturday, September 8th, 2007

AjaxWorld announced that Adam Sah, the Google gadget Guru will be speaking. Adam is the mastermind of gadgets at Google and oversees the Google gadget directory.
Sweet. I am so there. I will probably have to sneak in, but I am so there.
The article touches on Google gadget use on the enterprise level…
“Many companies, including IBM, [...]


Google on Buying Paid Links

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

Google provided the most specific and actionable guidance on purchasing paid links to date during the “Are Paid Links Evil?” session of SES.
I think this fact has been overlooked.
I have often been critical of the way that Matt Cutts has distributed information on “nofollow” and paid links in the past. It is hard to be [...]


SES San Jose

Saturday, August 18th, 2007

The big event starts Monday, and I know people who are coming from as far away as Australia to attend it (what up Shor) and of course the host of regulars will be there too.
I, on the other hand, wasn’t going to go because of some serious lack of planning (with just a dash of [...]


SMX Drunk Photos of Me

Thursday, June 7th, 2007

These are some photos from the Google party and the SEOmoz party

There are more photos of SMX out there, mostly on Flickr.


SMX Coverage

Thursday, June 7th, 2007

The Microsoft Party
SMX kicked off with a party thrown by Microsoft. I had sorta envisioned this party as the place where I was going to meet everyone, pick some brains, and introduce me, me, wonderful, fabulous me to the world of SEO.
Then I realized the drinks were free.
I drank and drank and tried different [...]


Microsoft Party and SMX Day 1

Monday, June 4th, 2007

The Microsoft party was great and the drinks were free, resulting in happy, drunk SEO people. I would have used this to my advantage but I couldn’t because I was drunk. It was a well done, and very nice affair, and I got to meet just about everyone. After the party (which ended which resulted [...]


Blonde Norwegian Girls and Seattle Rocks

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

Okay, I am at the Green Tortoise hostel in downtown Seattle. My roommates are three Norwegian girls who are part of a larger Norwegian girl group, water polo or something appearantly involving giggling. Hostels rock.
The weather in Seattle is glorious. I am not just saying that. It is a beautiful and sunny day and the [...]