February 20, 2006
Full Disclosure
I suppose I take it for granted that people know why I make constant reference to various search engines or bands on this blog. And then every so often I am talking to someone and mention one or the other, and they say, "How come you are always talking about that/them?" and I realize that many folks don't know the full extent of my connection to these various entities. As such, I thought I'd go through and fully disclose all my various affiliations and associations so everything is out in the open.
First off, Blogdigger. Blogdigger is a blog search engine. The basic idea is we gather blog posts from as many blogs as we can, index them, and provide a service that finds the latest posts on any topic you are interested in. To me, the great thing about blogs is the ease of publication, and the breadth of available topics. There are no daily sources of news, discussion or thought on issues that, while of immense interest to me, aren't sufficiently popular to merit inclusion in regularly published mainstream media. There are, however, people blogging about these issues on a daily basis; the trick is finding them. Blogdigger aims to solve this problem. Some of my favorite searches are for things like parsha or Maimonides or "sotah OR chagigah OR (moed kattan)." Blogdigger is really useful for finding stuff on any topic I'm interested in on a daily basis; it's got lots of other uses as well, so check it out.
I am the founder and CEO, and I recently parted ways with my full-time employer and am working on Blogdigger, so please check it out, and let me know what you think, how we can make it better. You can follow developments on Blogdigger over at the Blogdigger Dev Blog. I also blog at gregword, on topics of technology, startups and other business related stuff that doesn't fit here.
O.A.R., as you may or may not know, is a band. The reason I talk about them so much is because my brother, Benj, is the bassist. We've watched the band grow from high school to Madison Square Garden. Check out their music, it's good (and I'm not just saying that).
I have on occasion blogged elsewhere, but I'm not really actively doing that anymore. All I will say is that if you are a Harry Potter fan, this site is a must read.
I am not affiliated with any of the restaurants mentioned on this site, other than being friends and/or neighbors of some of the proprietors. I get no meals for free, although I wouldn't turn down a steak sub if it just so happened to find its way onto my doorstep late at night. ;)
Why did you feel that full disclosure was needed? -Zoe
Posted by: Zoe Strickman at February 20, 2006 9:24 PMBecause he's a mentch.
Posted by: yehupitz at February 20, 2006 11:11 PMMostly because I've spoken to some people recently who wondered why I always mentioned these things, and didn't know I was involved.
Also, I like to pimp my wares.
Posted by: Greg at February 20, 2006 11:14 PMYou're going to be sooo loaded. Don't forget who you were buddies with when you were uuhhh...a nobody..just joking.
Posted by: alanlaz at February 21, 2006 4:46 AMGreg,
did you get that info that you were going to send me?
Greg,
did you get that info that you were going to send me?
Greg,
did you get that info that you were going to send me?
Greg,
did you get that info that you were going to send me?
Greg,
did you get that info you were going to send Elliott?
Greg,
Elliot's been trying to get some info from you. Your phone's ringing Dude.
