Blog on a Stick

Exploring modern web development, WordPress, parenting, weather, and whatever else piques my interest.

SES 2005

I made it home safe and sound, barely. I found myself cutting it close getting to the airport once. 😉 I have so much information...

Met Stuntdubl – Day 3

I got to meet Todd Malicoat aka Stuntdubl tonight and Justilien Gaspard (I think that’s right as I don’t seem to have a business card)...

GoogleDance 2005

It was my first GoogleDance and it sure was a lot of fun. Google gave us free pop, water, beer and wine to drink. There...

Day 2 & GoogleDance

Just got back from the GoogleDance and it was a lot of fun. Got pictures too. I know I haven’t gotten any posts up today...

Yahoo Search Night Off

Yahoo Search Night Off was a lot of fun. They rented out Paramounts Great America and we were given free food, drinks, ice cream and...

Competitive Research

My last session of the day was on competitive research. Knowing what your competitor is doing can help you out. Things to watch include: Alexia...

Personalized Search & Search History

Another session I was looking forward to but not really impressed with. It was mainly about Yahoo, Google, Ask and A9 talking about their personalized...

Video and Podcast Search

I was a little disappointed at this one, however it was still quite interesting. They spend most of the time talking about video searches and...

Search Algorithms: Patent Files

My first session today was on search engine patents; what they mean an how they relate. It was pointed out that every search engine knows...

Morning Sessions

So far the morning sessions have been ok. The first one was about search engine patents and the second about audio and video searches. I...