Google at 10: Marissa Mayer, VP Google talks about Apple and Steve Jobs (Part 5)

September 9, 2008

I had a chance to conduct a one-on-one interview last year with Marissa Mayer, Vice President, Search Products & User Experience at Google. In honor of Google’s 10th birthday, and with Apple’s scheduled iPod announcements today, here’s what Marissa had to say about Apple and Steve Jobs.
DAVID ECKOFF: I understand you admire Steve [...]

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Google at 10: Interview with Marissa Mayer: Small Teams and Leapfrogging (Part 4)

September 8, 2008

I had a chance to conduct a one-on-one interview last year with Marissa Mayer, Vice President, Search Products & User Experience at Google. In honor of Google’s 10th birthday, I’m publishing excerpts of the interview on my blog.
DAVID ECKOFF: If you were to go to work at a company more mature in it’s lifecycle, [...]

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Google at 10: Talking with Marissa Mayer: product management, prototypes and 20% time (part 3)

September 8, 2008

I had a chance to conduct a one-on-one interview last year with Marissa Mayer, Vice President, Search Products & User Experience at Google. In honor of Google’s 10th birthday, I’m publishing excerpts of the interview on my blog.
DAVID ECKOFF: Could you talk about the product management process at Google, how you go from idea [...]

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Google at 10: More from my 1:1 interview with Marissa Mayer: Culture & Innovation (part 2)

September 7, 2008

I had a chance to conduct a one-on-one interview with Marissa Mayer of Google last year, filmed before a live studio audience. Marissa leads Google’s product management efforts on search products. In honor of Google’s 10th birthday, I’ll be publishing more excerpts of the interview on my blog.
DAVID ECKOFF: What cultural attributes makes [...]

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Our SXSW Interactive Panel Proposal On Technology & Fitness

August 9, 2008

I’m co-planning a session proposal for the SXSW Interactve conference, with Biray Alsac of FITTmaxx Institute. Hope to see you there in 2009!
“Reduce MySpace Between Waist & Thighs So Wiki Live Longer.”
Let’s face it, most of us in the Web 2.0 community lead a non-stop lifestyle, with jobs that keep us plugged in 24/7, online, [...]

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Interview with Sarah Lacy, author of “Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and Rise of Web 2.0″

May 14, 2008

I recently interviewed Sarah Lacy, BusinessWeek reporter, Tech Ticker host and author of the book “Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and Rise of Web 2.0″ (scheduled for release tomorrow).
Sarah and I had an in-depth conversation about her new book, life in Silicon Valley, Twitter, her infamous SXSW interview, and [...]

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@ Georgia Technology Summit: Don Tapscott, author of Wikinomics

March 1, 2008

ATLANTA – I recently attended a presentation by Don Tapscott, author of the best selling book “Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything“. Tapscott explained how businesses can tap the potential of the emerging networked economy and its self-organized, mass-participatory communities. A digest of some of the more interesting insights I heard from Tapscott, along with [...]

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@ Las Vegas Motor Speedway

February 29, 2008

Today and this weekend, I’m at Las Vegas Motor Speedway as a guest of execs at LVMS, attending my first NASCAR event. I’ll be Twittering on location with my behind the scenes observations and impressions of the event.

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