Disqus - Latest Comments for louismg

Re: Google Charleston East Dome Almost Ready

Louis Gray — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 13:06:21 -0000

I object to you saying I put a higher quality version of this photo on Instagram. I absolutely did not. That was Twitter, sir.

Re: Yoshka & Stan At the GooglePlex

Louis Gray — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 13:32:32 -0000

This is the original Yoshka, Barry. https://googleblog.blogspot...

Re: Raw Google Product Strategy Notes

Louis Gray — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 13:32:57 -0000

You're right Barry! That's pretty fun!

Re: Easing Back Into Writing

Louis Gray — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 14:40:47 -0000

It has been an incredible run for you. One that's not near done. I look forward to your many insights and I hope people are ready to listen. This is why I've had your RSS feed in my Google Reader (uhhh I mean Feedly) for going on a decade now.

Re: Yahoo Cookie

Louis Gray — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 17:14:52 -0000

Now just where did I say I had their earlier cookies? :D

I said this has the new Yahoo! logo. That's how you know they are new.

Re: Handcuffed and Under Surveillance

Louis Gray — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 02:41:14 -0000

Wowzers. Sorry this happened to you, Steve! But I can't say I'm surprised you took the opportunity to be curious on the tech.

On the flip, I'm also glad you just weren't shot.

Re: Dear Apple: Please Sync My Dock

Louis Gray — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 01:16:05 -0000

As @Marcosardi mentioned, the behavior you're looking for is similar to that of Chrome bookmarks sync and others. We've all grown accustomed to porting bits via cloud from device to device. But if you use multiple mobile devices, for example an iPad and an iPhone, or two Android devices, the application tray differs there as well. It's likely for Apple that this behavior is working as intended. At the very least, you should have the option to sync, and then it'd be as simple as a toggle switch.

You're 100% right though, because you're the user.

Re: Pocket

Louis Gray — Tue, 25 Dec 2018 02:13:47 -0000

I use the Pocket chrome extension and hit it to save the important stories of the day. I also heavily leverage the Pocket integration in Feedly, so, as best as I can, I can replicate the shared items list of Google Reader of old. Pocket generates an RSS feed, and those get sent to my @lgstream feed on Twitter.

For me, Pocket isn't what I'll read later. I've already read it. It's for what I want everyone else to read or know too.

Re: Barry Schwartz Wins US Search Personality Award

Louis Gray — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 13:18:22 -0000

Nice tiara, Barry! Well deserved!

Re: louisgray.com: When the Hometown You Always Knew Could Burn Gets Erased from the Map -- Paradise is Lost to the #CampFire

Louis Gray — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 21:08:04 -0000

Thanks, Francine. Great to hear from you. I felt this topic was too important to let go. It's been all I've been thinking about all week as I make sure friends and family who remained there are safe.

Re: louisgray.com: Comments as a Platform, Or Silencing the Trolls

Louis Gray — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 15:34:13 -0000

Clearly I leave comments on here because, for the most part, the engagement is positive. Twitter is a great example, as are most comment threads on most news sites, of that not being the case. What I want to strongly advocate for is flexibility and providing options for users. It is disappointing when services decide they know best and disable users' capability to own their own content and how it lands.

Re: Chromebook

Louis Gray — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 14:39:31 -0000

Disclosure: I work at Google and I know Kevin and I read his site and I have used only Chromebooks since 2012. My whole family has Chromebooks -- kids too. They are fantastic and versatile inexpensive machines. You will be very happy.

Re: louisgray.com: Real Valley Stories: Search Engine Marketing With the Open Directory Project

Louis Gray — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 15:31:19 -0000

Honestly speaking, the original intent of my editing DMOZ way back when was just to get our sites listed, and to clean it up. But it's a slippery slope from listing your sites to promoting them, and obviously, there was real value in it.

Re: louisgray.com: With Web at the Core, Chromebook Options are Strong, Plentiful

Louis Gray — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 16:50:19 -0000

How easy is it for you to blog on a tablet? Which tablet do you like?

Re: Google is eating Apple's ecosystem for lunch

Louis Gray — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 21:09:26 -0000

Nice writeup, Owen! Great to see how you're enjoying the Google Home. I am pretty close to the one device per room setup myself.

Re: Silos

Louis Gray — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 11:43:41 -0000

Since we're all going back in time, I should let you know I ripped out Google+ comments from the blog and brought back Disqus! It's so beautiful! All those comments from previous years on previous posts... are back.

Re: louisgray.com: Smartphones Have Virtually Eliminated Boredom from the Modern Life

Louis Gray — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 00:34:13 -0000

I wonder if I should be jealous that you got official training or relieved that nobody is paying me enough attention.

Re: WebMention Only

Louis Gray — Sat, 13 Jan 2018 17:02:40 -0000

Back in my day, we called these Trackbacks. And we liked it.

Re: Mentions

Louis Gray — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 17:02:45 -0000

Me too! For the web to remember.
https://blog.louisgray.com/...

(And I linked to you)

Re: Mentions

Louis Gray — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 13:31:32 -0000

Yes! I am 100% with you on this. I still check referring sites religiously in Google Analytics (where I work, obviously) and use other stat analytics to see I'm not missing anything. But what I've observed is that people just don't link to each other any more. If they like you, they'll tweet it. But it doesn't stick to the web.

Re: Android Oreo Statue At Google

Louis Gray — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 03:34:31 -0000

Where are all the Googlers in this photo? Fake news!

Re: Fun Friday: Best Performing Public Market Investment In 2017

Louis Gray — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 21:25:35 -0000

This is a fun conversation @fredwilson. I set up a fake $1m portfolio with 10 securities (long or short) and am playing this fantasy portfolio against friends for 12 months. See http://tinyurl.com/1mstockgame for that. The fun part is I went short on $AMD and $NVDA, which proved to be a disaster. But I shared on Medium how to set a game like this up. Would be interesting to see how easily one could do a fantasy competition of this type.

https://medium.com/@louisgr...

My #1 pick for the current game? $SRPT. But in 2017, it'll probably be some biotech firm I'm not watching.

Re: Fitbit Pole to Pole Badge

Louis Gray — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 13:16:43 -0000

I'm only 1,129 miles behind you! And I did manage a 100k step day. December 22, 2014. Need to do it again.

Re: The Bull Case For Solar

Louis Gray — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 12:25:41 -0000

This is spot on. Solar is a no brainer, especially in regions like California, where climate change and the drought are leading to more sun and less water (which is required for much of standard power production). I put panels on my roof just over a year ago with Sunrun (Affiliate link: http://tinyurl.com/gosunrun) and have saved about 67% vs what we were paying before. My 20 year PPA will be paid off in six years at this pace. And Sunrun is going public soon. $RUN

Re: Meet Ingress, your new augmented reality obsession

Louis Gray — Fri, 29 May 2015 23:25:07 -0000

Welcome to team Enlightened, agent!