Author: Rick Klau

Courtesy of a recommendation a couple weeks ago, Matt Cutts ordered a copy of Daemon and so far, it’s his favorite of the summer books he’s read. Rock on.

If you’re a film buff, you absolutely have to stop what you’re doing and go visit this page, a collection of some of the great tracking shots in film. To the ones on that page, I’d add (as others in the comments noted) The Contender and Swingers. And do yourself a favor: while the tracking…

A couple months back, I wrote about giving Twitter a look. In the past few months, I’ve found it’s never become part of my daily routine. It’s somewhat interesting to see what others are up to, but the signal-to-noise ratio is higher than I need. I tried using a stand-alone Twitter client (Twitbox for Windows)…

This is a neat little hack for Gmail: if you find yourself pasting in links in the message window that are unruly, you can highlight the URL, hit ctrl-shift-T and Greasemonkey will auto-convert your URL into a TinyURL. Neat. (If you have Greasemonkey installed, click here to install the script.) I ran into a problem…

This is a little curious. I mistakenly started typing a phone number in the Google search bar in Firefox the other day, and before I realized it to switch back into the contact window, the Google suggestions engine kicked in, and produced the following “suggested” numbers: The first one produces no results, which is even…

Last month at SES, I sat down with Peter Clayton to talk about FeedBurner. The interview ended up covering far more ground than I expected; how I got my job at FeedBurner, how I hired Eric and Jake, the guy who got me into blogging (John Robb), Daemon, search engine optimization, FeedBurner’s growth, and much…

Sort of, anyway. In his “Hometown Hero Town” spot, Stephen glowingly reviewed Naperville for a recent news story that profiled a tow truck service to tow you and your car home if you’re drunk. As Stephen noted, the cost is $85, but it’s $65 if you have a reservation. “Finally, folks, you can schedule your…

Few people know that Volkswagen has a super-luxury sedan called the Phaeton (in the US, it’s no longer sold, and only a few thousand are on the road here). Its price tag was north of $75,000, and most US buyers think of VW as the Jetta/bug/Cabrio company, not an Audi A-8 competitor. I saw one…

If you’re a parent, particularly of boys, you need to stop what you’re doing and read the Tribune’s special report on Magnetix. It’s breath-taking, and not in a good way. I’ve stolen a few hours this evening brainstorming how the tech community might bring its resources to bear on this particular challenge. It’s already proving…

Go read C.C.‘s review of Daemon. Steven Vore also liked it. Next up, Matt Cutts bought a copy for his summer vacation. I’m a man on a mission. If you are reading this blog, chances are you like tech. You will love this book.