Today (well, yesterday since it’s now 12:10AM on Thursday), is/was my 1 year Anniversary of starting at Google. It’s been a great experience and I can’t believe time has gone by so quickly! Reflecting on the work I’ve done so far, it’s been a great learning experience and chance to challenge myself in an industry [...]
I’ve playing around with Google Trends a bit and really enjoy the comparisons you can do. I imagine businesses will enjoy using this tool to keep track of competitors. Unfortunately, it’s not a simple vanity tool, where I can check to see if my full name has more search volume than my friends. Same with [...]
Lucky me got to be paid to talk to developers on Thursday at the Google I/O conference. I demoed Google Webmaster Tools for a fair number of developers, who seemed genuinely interested in trying it out and using it to make better websites. Moscone Center, where the conference was held in SF, was completely Googlefied [...]
It’s always good fun to visit Google on April 1st. They’ve had a series of hoaxes which are all documented on Wikipedia. My favorite April Fool’s joke was going to any “Featured Video” on YouTube. You’ll end up at this video: It’s a Rick Roll! So good! I think I saw this about 15 times [...]
Today was pretty cool. Besides training, there are a few things why working at Google is awesome 1) Free, excellent food – today I ate at one of the 14 cafeterias, and had some really tender roast lamb, portobello mushrooms, fresh salad, and some great chocolate chip cookies. It seems that everyday during lunch, it’s [...]