Since learning that I’d be presenting at SMX West, my mind has shifted from managing client goals and expectations to assuming the role of a teacher. I have never considered myself a strong teacher. That said and out of the way, I also know that I can still effectively share my industry knowledge. Today I had an opportunity to meet a couple of new hires at my office job — and I was thrilled by their eagerness to explore the…
So, I see the finalists for the 2008 SEMMY Awards were announced. I was not one. ::sniff::
Armed with an RSS subscription checking blogs for any appearance of “Eric Lander”, I can usually tell when people are talking about me (or, a highly accomplished human genome scientist, who I am not). Today, I was greeted to the wonderful news that I’ve been nominated for my work on Search Engine Journal for three SEMMY awards. WTF is a SEMMY you ask? Dude, it’s the proverbial who’s who of search marketing, spreading the love and rewarding others for top…
Being one of the few search industry bloggers unafraid to tell it like it is, I love reading up on Michael Gray‘s blog. Sometimes, you’ll catch a rant or three about Google’s insane take on business and their “rules don’t apply to me” attitude. Other times, you’ll get a great nugget of information like this post which includes a list of his installed Firefox extensions. If you’re into modding up FF, there’s some great ones here — and be sure…