I’m a big fan of companies knowing general information about me so that I can see better ads as I browse the web. I’m going to see ads anyway, might as well be ones that are interesting. I’m also fine with retargeting, the strategy of serving me ads based on a site I’ve been to [...] Continue reading →

In Saturday’s comic, Dilbert’s girlfriend gives him some great advice: I’m not kidding when I say that it’s almost impossibly difficult. [...] Continue reading →

In 2005, I had the choice of having Valentine’s dinner with my bosses and some Google folks out in Mountain View or having it with my wife. I had been thinking about leaving anyway, and that ended up being the push out of the nest I needed. I turned in my notice on January 31 [...] Continue reading →