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Startups Are Like Dating
I frequently joke that working at a startup is a great analogy for dating. It generally starts hot and heavy and you don’t know if this is going to be a great relationship or the ex from hell. Having...
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You are what you index
Twitter Summary: Search engines only return results for items indexed. The more garbage they add, the more garbage their customers see. Search engines can only return results based on the content they...
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Search Engine Relevance: User Feedback Loop
Twitter Summary: User relevant search results can only be achieved by incorporating a user-centered feedback loop. The largest improvement in the relevancy of modern search engines has been the...
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Information Aggregators: A marketer’s dream
Twitter Summary: Information aggregators have the best chance at getting the right advertisement to the right person at the right time. Prior to advertising on the web, advertisers were primarily...
View ArticleOther people’s postings
Two posts came out in the past few months that I would like to highlight as they both served to remind me that just about every organization is striving to make great environments for their employees...
View ArticleSmartphones and Health Systems Research at Intel Seattle
I have a new post up at blog@CACM, “Smartphones and Health Systems Research at Intel Seattle“, about a recent open house I attended at Intel Seattle research labs. One of the biggest factors to success...
View ArticleBetter GPS Software through user feedback
I have a new post up at blog@CACM, “Better GPS Software through user feedback“, about some of my experiences and frustration in using the software for my myriad of GPS devices. I love my GPS devices...
View ArticleThe Joy of Building
Twitter Summary: The joy of building and making something successful in any size of organization. I recently signed on to work for Google as an Engineering Director in its Seattle offices. This move...
View ArticleHope vs Fear: Privacy challenges in online health communities.
Twitter Summary: The difficulty in creating privacy controls in online health communities represents the struggle between hope and fear. I have a new post up at blog@CACM, “Hope vs Fear: Privacy...
View ArticleBetter Game Playing using Parallel Algorithms
Twitter Summary: Innovations in playing the game “Go” using Monte Carlo Tree Search and parallel algorithms. I have a new post up at blog@CACM, ”Better Game Playing using Parallel Algorithms” The post...
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