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2012-07-16 20:49:08 (500 comments, 818 reshares, 5487 +1s)

I'm incredibly excited to start my new role at Yahoo! tomorrow: http://pressroom.yahoo.net/pr/ycorp/236553.aspx

2012-07-01 17:32:31 (375 comments, 18 reshares, 468 +1s)

Finally breaking in to Breaking Bad after tons of recommendations.  Am going to try to watch just one episode a day.  Can it be done? 

2012-05-30 13:24:48 (171 comments, 196 reshares, 852 +1s)

At long last, introducing Google+ Local - share and discover places with your friends and it includes Zagat scores and reviews! http://plus.google.com/local

Here's the full product announcement - Local—now with a dash of Zagat and a sprinkle of Google+: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/localnow-with-dash-of-zagat-and.html

2012-05-10 16:39:42 (31 comments, 31 reshares, 148 +1s)

So proud of APM alums +Dan Siroker and +Pete Koomen and their company, Optimizely. Huge fan of split A/B testing and they are making it easy and practical! Congrats on the great Wired article, guys!

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/04/ff_abtesting/all/1

2012-05-09 22:15:42 (49 comments, 52 reshares, 244 +1s)

New! Now Google Offers are right on the map in Google Maps for Mobile!
http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2012/05/shop-and-travel-smarter-with-google.html

2012-05-08 17:25:49 (11 comments, 4 reshares, 76 +1s)

I so love Daniel Humm's cooking and approach to food. I really miss his early days when he used to cook in San Francisco. Huge Congrats to Daniel for his James Beard award - well-deserved!
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-rt-us-food-jamesbeardawardbre84702l-20120507,0,6333827.story

2012-05-01 18:42:47 (28 comments, 9 reshares, 90 +1s)

Just got Uber's "on-demand mariachi" email. On May 4th, you can request special Ubers with bands, margaritas and more. #totallyawesome

2012-04-24 04:18:08 (65 comments, 73 reshares, 342 +1s)

Unzip our homepage as we honor the inventor of the zipper, Gideon Sundback in one of our more elaborate doodles yet!
http://www.google.com

2012-04-22 04:13:23 (65 comments, 61 reshares, 376 +1s)

For our Earth Day logo, doodler Jen actually planted and grew our logo, then made a time-lapse video: http://www.google.com

2012-04-19 02:34:25 (32 comments, 17 reshares, 131 +1s)

Congratulations to the TIME 100 for 2012, especially Ginni Rometty - honored that I was asked to write the piece about you.
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2111975_2111976_2111962,00.html

2012-04-16 13:53:56 (85 comments, 12 reshares, 220 +1s)

Very excited about my nomination for Walmart's Board!
http://investors.walmartstores.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=112761&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1683310&highlight=

2012-04-14 15:55:59 (29 comments, 11 reshares, 137 +1s)

Today our logo pays homage to great B&W photographer Robert Doisneau! http://www.google.com

2012-03-30 06:11:07 (25 comments, 11 reshares, 91 +1s)

Proud of our friend and neighbor Olivia Fox Cabane - her book 'The Charisma Myth' launched today and is already #122 of all books on Amazon. It went into its second printing even before launch!
http://www.amazon.com/The-Charisma-Myth-Personal-Magnetism/dp/1591844568/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1333087837&sr=8-1

2012-03-27 14:17:28 (49 comments, 12 reshares, 163 +1s)

Our logo today is a tribute to Mies van der Rohe and his landmark building Crown Hall at the Illinois Institute of Technology:
http://www.google.com

2012-03-20 14:07:58 (30 comments, 8 reshares, 118 +1s)

Happy first day of spring! We're very excited to collaborate with Marimekko on this year on our seasonal doodles. Helsinki is the world design capital this year, so it's a fitting tribute.

http://www.google.com

2012-03-14 06:52:55 (31 comments, 14 reshares, 144 +1s)

We're celebrating one of the all-time great origami artists - Akira Yoshizawa - with a logo folded by Robert Lang!
http://www.google.com

2012-03-05 07:14:30 (51 comments, 6 reshares, 139 +1s)

An amazing weekend skiing in Vail - first time this year when skiing actually felt like skiing. They got 15 fresh inches last week. Saturday was cold - keeping the snow powdery under foot. Today was warm - and the snow soft and clumpy. Such a great weekend. Yay!

2012-03-05 03:09:01 (21 comments, 29 reshares, 94 +1s)

Two alumni of Google's Associate Product Manager program: +Ben Lewis and +Tony Hsieh launched Karma. So proud of them! Check it out - they have both Android and iOS versions - and it's getting rave reviews:
http://techland.time.com/2012/02/28/karma-a-fresh-take-on-gift-giving/

2012-02-22 21:48:41 (21 comments, 17 reshares, 54 +1s)

We're happy to announce our list of 30 Under 30: San Francisco's Hottest Up-and-Comers!

Honorees include: +Andrew Paul Mariani of +Scribe Winery, +Fred Tang of +Spice Kit, +Lena Kwak of +The French Laundry, +Eric Railsback of +RN74, +Rodney Wages of Morimoto Napa. +Ethan Terry of +AQ Restaurant & Bar and +Cocktail Lab, and +Nicole Erny of +Cicerone Certification Program.

Find out what made them join the ranks of #30under30 and who else made the list here: http://zagat.bz/y1AC9K

We'll be celebrating tonight at Wo Hing General Store in San Francisco: http://goo.gl/at1lN. Follow the hashtags below and stay tuned for Hangouts and live postings!

#30under30
#ZagatSF

2012-02-22 10:45:49 (91 comments, 20 reshares, 329 +1s)

Our homepage logo today celebrates Heinrich Hertz!
http://www.google.com

2012-02-08 23:21:55 (79 comments, 43 reshares, 179 +1s)

I'm irrationally happy that Shamrock shakes will be available at any and all McDonalds this year... :)

http://money.cnn.com/2012/02/08/news/companies/mcdonalds_shamrock_shake/

2012-01-25 15:53:42 (47 comments, 9 reshares, 103 +1s)

So proud of my friend and former colleague +Jess Lee - the new CEO of Polyvore! Plus, $14 million in the C-round. Congratulations, Jess, +pasha Sadri and team.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/23/polyvore-the-fashion-site-gets-more-money-and-a-new-c-e-o/

2012-01-24 21:57:18 (90 comments, 40 reshares, 304 +1s)

And another showing the epic snowfall!

2012-01-24 21:56:42 (86 comments, 15 reshares, 258 +1s)

Greetings from snowy Davos Switzerland where they haven't had this much snow since 1952. That's me (5'8") next to a snow bank that is more than twice my size!

2012-01-06 17:20:19 (49 comments, 10 reshares, 84 +1s)

Excited to see one of my longest running angel investments taking the next step today. Congrats to Natera (formerly known as GSN Gene Security Network :) ), +Matt Rabinowitz and team!

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120106005197/en/Gene-Security-Network-Announces-Completion-20-Million

2012-01-03 23:28:56 (89 comments, 36 reshares, 199 +1s)

On the router question, I went out and bought a Netgear N600 at Walmart that same night. But, I had continued problems even with the new router -- with range and devices getting conflicting IPs (I have a bunch of phones, tablets, Tivos, Google TVs, Apple TVs, etc.). So, for Christmas, I asked for an Airport Extreme and 2 Airport Expresses (to chain together and create a mesh with better range). I set them all up last night, got all the devices connecting, and so far so good. It's not really a fair comparison, since there are 3 routers to the Netgear's 1, but iStumbler showed a lot more signal strength throughout the house, rarely less than 45%.

I was really impressed with Apple's Airport Utility and how simple it made the set-up and chaining of routers. Hard to make the experience of setting up of a home network beautiful, but at least it was easy.

I kind of wish I... more »

2012-01-03 20:42:50 (48 comments, 7 reshares, 76 +1s)

Thanks for all the advice & pointers, super helpful to hear from people first hand - I ended up ordering the HP LaserJet Pro CM1415 - Looking forward to better printing and fewer cartridge changes :)

2012-01-03 07:14:20 (181 comments, 6 reshares, 74 +1s)

What is a good home office laser printer?

2011-12-21 18:47:49 (54 comments, 9 reshares, 111 +1s)

Discovered Caviar Russe in New York (Madison between 54th and 55th second floor). Great view, great food, great ambiance. Almost like stepping in to Europe.

2011-12-14 19:53:06 (64 comments, 66 reshares, 175 +1s)

Something missing on Google Maps? Something you always wanted to add? Now Google MapMaker has an even nicer UI to help you edit the map. Congrats to the Mapmaker team!
Check out the new UI: http://goo.gl/9mF7p
And the announcement: http://goo.gl/p1hJR

2011-12-14 19:23:10 (32 comments, 20 reshares, 107 +1s)

Fun with +GeekSugar! They had me pick my favorite holiday gadgets :)
http://www.geeksugar.com/Marissa-Mayer-Tech-Picks-Holiday-Shopping-20860004

2011-12-14 19:17:58 (9 comments, 12 reshares, 56 +1s)

GetAround goes to Portland! Congrats guys :)
http://blog.getaround.com/hello-portland-welcome-to-getaround/

2011-12-13 23:57:43 (17 comments, 6 reshares, 46 +1s)

Minted featured on the Today Show this morning!!

2011-12-13 22:46:58 (14 comments, 21 reshares, 100 +1s)

Excited to welcome CleverSense to Google! Welcome +Babak Pahlavan, +Nima Asgharbeygi, and team - excited to have more serendipitous encounters :)

http://www.thecleversense.com/

2011-12-10 05:36:17 (170 comments, 11 reshares, 66 +1s)

Need a new wireless router at home - anyone have any suggestions? It needs to have support for 20+ connections and good range in terms of distance.

2011-11-30 01:55:23 (61 comments, 114 reshares, 289 +1s)

So excited for the Google Maps for Mobile team -- GMM 6.0 brings the advent of Indoor Maps! Google Maps can now help you navigate inside airports, transit stations, the Mall of America, IKEAs, Home Depots, and more. AND it can accurately tell you where you are in the building (i.e. the little blue dot is in the right place). Enjoy!

http://maps.google.com/help/maps/starthere/index.html

2011-11-24 22:58:48 (44 comments, 53 reshares, 172 +1s)

Happy Thanksgiving! Here's a fun video based on Google StreetView from my friend +Elise Urbanek:
http://flowingdata.com/2011/11/24/touching-google-streetview-stop-motion/

2011-11-14 03:04:33 (84 comments, 96 reshares, 394 +1s)

10 Crazy Restaurant Concepts

2011-11-12 21:50:41 (35 comments, 5 reshares, 145 +1s)

I don't really follow bands and artists, I like the radio for its serendipity, etc. So, every now and then, I have a moment where I find out that most of my favorite songs are all the same band/person. Today, that's One Republic.

2011-11-08 23:07:58 (27 comments, 18 reshares, 78 +1s)

Well-deserved!

2011-11-08 19:40:42 (22 comments, 13 reshares, 76 +1s)

On Friday, Martha Stewart came to Google and we were able to talk about all kinds of things - the upcoming Thanksgiving, how she built her company, how technology comes into play, and the appropriate periodicity for changing sheets ;)

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/martha-stewart-visits-google.html

2011-11-07 16:49:41 (19 comments, 40 reshares, 179 +1s)

Honoring amazing Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie with today's logo!
http://www.google.com

2011-11-04 06:11:10 (139 comments, 13 reshares, 107 +1s)

Tomorrow, I'm interviewing +Martha Stewart! What should I ask her?

2011-10-31 15:11:24 (54 comments, 64 reshares, 290 +1s)

Check out our Halloween doodle! It's a time lapse video of our 6 doodlers carving 1000+ lb pumpkins from Half Moon Bay. Peg man from StreetView also makes a cameo :) Thanks to Carver Dan for the inspiration - the doodlers had a great time revisiting sculpting!

http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en

2011-10-25 22:55:56 (48 comments, 6 reshares, 137 +1s)

My husband (+Zachary Bogue) is hilarious (and apparently a big MC Hammer fan...)

2011-10-25 20:59:50 (79 comments, 239 reshares, 314 +1s)

This laser keyboard for iPad/iPhone is amazing (and cheap!). Best gadget for the holidays, hands down. http://goo.gl/BWFGc

2011-10-25 20:54:49 (21 comments, 41 reshares, 104 +1s)

They did have me do the running man for this video. Mercifully, they cut that :)
"2 Legit 2 Quit" endorsement video for Ed Lee:
Ed Lee Is...2 LEGIT 2 QUIT [MC Hammer, Brian Wilson, will.i.am, Ashkon]

2011-10-21 08:39:13 (89 comments, 72 reshares, 346 +1s)

Funny (but often true!) Finnish saying -"nothing is more permanent than something temporary."

2011-10-21 00:53:26 (37 comments, 25 reshares, 205 +1s)

Love Mary Blair's art - a fitting tribute on our homepage!
http://www.google.com/

2011-10-12 21:01:22 (60 comments, 60 reshares, 334 +1s)

Check out our interactive claymation tribute to Gumby on the homepage: http://www.google.com