Year: 2009

Took another crack at hacking my site’s template over the last few days, mainly to better understand what options are out there for Blogger users. I’d gotten pretty tired of…

I’d been invited to speak at a couple SXSW conferences but had conflicts each time. Ironically, I’m not speaking this year but given Blogger’s long history with SXSW, I was…

I leave for SXSW tomorrow, and will be there through Tuesday. While I really don’t like traveling over weekends without the family, Blogger has a long history at SXSW and…

Oh! what a tangled web we weave… (Sir Walter Scott, Marmion) Earlier this week, a friend of mine’s father passed away from a sudden heart attack. He blogged about his…

Forgive me a brief indulgence in some Illinois politics: there was a special election today in Rahm Emanuel’s old district. Twelve Democrats were running. Special elections are almost always hard…

My first job was as a dish-washer at Chez Claude restaurant in Acton, Massachusetts. It was a family-owned French restaurant, and I wasn’t yet old enough to drive, so my…

Last night we announced a big upgrade to Blogger Following, something we’ve been working on for months. I’m excited about this for a lot of reasons – but before I…

Nearly two years ago to the day, I joined Twitter. I explained: I can recall at least a half dozen different explanations from people I respect who all explain Twitter…

I had a blast last year serving as a mentor to TechStars, and oddly enough they’ve asked me back. If you’re a start-up looking for some seed capital, mentorship from…

This is pretty cool (as originally seen in @CThilk’s shared items on Google Reader, which pointed to Neville Hobson’s cool coffee mug): Get your twitter mosaic here.