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 Google […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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This Week: Judging GRA/TAG Business Launch Competition

May 5, 2008

This Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, I will be a judge for the semi-finals of the GRA/TAG 2008 Business Launch Competition. Applicants, then semifinalists, then finalists are competing for a prize that includes a $100,000 cash award and services valued at an additional $200,000, for a total grand prize of $300,000. This event is conducted by […]

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The “Twitter Dilemma”: How Many People Can You Follow?

April 10, 2008

I find myself using Twitter much more for communication and collaboration – and using e-mail, IM and blogs less. But I am facing what I’d like to call the “Twitter Dilemma”: what is the maximum number of people you can reasonably follow on Twitter? On one hand, a lot of people I know say 100-200, […]

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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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Innovation Focus: Krishna Bharat, creator of Google News

February 22, 2008

ATLANTA – I’m attending the Symposium on Computation & Journalism at Georgia Tech, with a capacity crowd of 230 people focused on the intersection of journalism and computer science. Krishna Bharat, principal scientist at Google and creator of Google News, was a keynote speaker Friday. Some of the interesting points I heard: Google doesn’t want […]

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Innovation at Google: Interview with Marissa Mayer, VP Search Products & User Experience (part 1 of 5)

January 14, 2008

I recently had a chance to interview Marissa Mayer, Vice President at Google, who leads the company’s product management efforts on search products. The 90 minute interview was filmed before a live audience at Turner Studios, and I’ll publish excerpts here over the next few weeks. DAVID ECKOFF: How do you evaluate and screen new […]

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Fitness Results Over One Year: Transforming My Body Through Fitness and Nutrition

January 13, 2008

Just received my most recent fitness results, which I’m measuring over time via hydrostatic analysis, the gold standard and most accurate method for measuring body composition. I’m publishing the results here, because a public commitment is a great motivational tool for staying on track to my goals. In future posts, I’ll talk more about how […]

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