As part of my new PR job, I'll be announcing cool new stuff from Google. Like today's Google Circles. It's not evil, it's useful!
In other news today, Steve Rubel cost me $20 on the Strumpette dead pool. I figured Steve would last at Edelman at least until May. Turns out he's joining Jeremy Pepper and forming a new PR firm. What's next? I'm hearing rumors that Dave Winer and Tim O'Reilly are joining forces to do a new series of OPML conferences together. It's a weird world today, what can I say?
I'll be honest, Amazon made a last minute play to keep me from going to Google. They figured if I could take harsh questions from Amazon's CTO, that I probably could withstand the harsh questions that the Wall Street Journal or New York Times will ask (not to mention those real journalists over at the Register). But, alas, I didn't agree with their new policy of releasing all employee IM addresses.
Oh, is it just me or did Slashdot get a better design today?
Heh, and did you see "the real Steve Jobs" over on the Joy of Tech? That made me laugh for at least 15 seconds.
I must admit that I'm really bummed. Just when I accept a job at Google Matt Cutts leaves and goes to Yahoo. Now I gotta work with Jeremy Zawodny. Well, I'm off to the Googleplex' many snack bars to eat some of those ummy gummy things. That'll make me feel better.