Archive for February, 2011

Traveling for next few weeks

Sunday, February 27th, 2011

I’m going to be traveling for the next few weeks. I’ll be at three different conferences: February 28th – March 4th: TED . I’ll be attending, plus doing a short (three-minute) audience member talk about my 30 day challenges . March 8-10th: SMX West . I’m doing a session called The Spam Police... »

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Google launches two-factor authentication

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

Google just launched two-factor authentication , and I believe everyone with a Google account should enable it. Two-factor authentication (also known as 2-step verification) relies on something you know (like a password) and something you have (like a cell phone). Crackers have a harder time getting into your account, because even if they... »

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Google launches two-factor authentication

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

Google just launched two-factor authentication , and I believe everyone with a Google account should enable it. Two-factor authentication (also known as 2-step verification) relies on something you know (like a password) and something you have (like a cell phone). Crackers have a harder time getting into your account, because even if they... »

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Google 2000 vs. Google 2011

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
Google 2000 vs. Google 2011

I sometimes hear people say “Remember when Google launched and the results were so good? Google didn’t have any spam back then. Man, I wish we could go back to those days.” I know where those people are coming from. I was in grad school in 1999, and I remember that Google’s quality... »

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Google 2000 vs. Google 2011

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
Google 2000 vs. Google 2011

I sometimes hear people say “Remember when Google launched and the results were so good? Google didn’t have any spam back then. Man, I wish we could go back to those days.” I know where those people are coming from. I was in grad school in 1999, and I remember that Google’s quality... »

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How to strip JPEG metadata in Ubuntu

Monday, February 7th, 2011

If you want to post some JPEG pictures but you’re worried that they might have metadata like location embedded in them, here’s how to strip that data out. First, install exiftool using this command: sudo apt-get install libimage-exiftool-perl Then, go into the directory with the JPEG files. If you want to remove metadata... »

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My thoughts on this week’s debate

Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
My thoughts on this week’s debate

Earlier this week I was on a search panel with Harry Shum of Bing and Rich Skrenta of Blekko (and moderated by Vivek Wadhwa) and the video now live. It’s forty minutes long, but it covers a lot of ground: One big point of discussion is whether Bing copies Google’s search results. I’m... »

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My thoughts on this week’s debate

Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
My thoughts on this week’s debate

Earlier this week I was on a search panel with Harry Shum of Bing and Rich Skrenta of Blekko (and moderated by Vivek Wadhwa) and the video now live. It’s forty minutes long, but it covers a lot of ground: One big point of discussion is whether Bing copies Google’s search results. I’m... »

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