Archives / August, 2005

Google: The Auction King

Having co-founded a first-generation web search engine, I occasionally spend time watching Google take over the world and reflect on the factors that led to their amazing success which built upon what initially seemed like a me-too idea, while the early search engines such as Excite, Infoseek, Lycos and Inktomi floundered. Most of us know…

My First Podcast

OK, file this one under “shameless self-promotion”. John Furrier, who runs Podtech.net and does a podcast series called “The infoTalk PodCast”, came by my office several weeks ago and interviewed me for his show. This is the first podcast that I have appeared on. If you want to hear me wax a bit geeky about…