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WIMBLEDON, England � When Serena Williams completed her first-round Olympic victory, the tall spectator in the front row near the Royal Box rose, smiled and added her lusty applause to the roar from the Centre Court crowd.
Michelle Obama liked what she saw Saturday at Wimbledon. The first lady sat with Williams� family during the 6-3, 6-1 victory over former No. 1 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia.
Williams met with Obama after the match.
�Before, I would have been too nervous,� Williams said. �We talked about how I loved her dress. She�s always looking good.�
Williams looked good, too, picking up where she left off three weeks earlier, when she won her fifth Wimbledon title.
Also happy to be back on grass was Roger Federer, playing for the first time since he won a record-tying seventh Wimbledon title. The top-seeded Federer failed to convert three match points in the second set but recovered from a jittery stretch to beat Alejandro Falla of Colombia 6-3, 5-7, 6-3.
Federer, a four-time Olympian, and Williams each have yet to win an Olympic singles medal.
While the two Wimbledon champions fared well on the opening day of play, the grass at the All England Club took a troublesome toll. Areas along the baselines reseeded after Wimbledon deteriorated quickly, making the courts slick and causing players to slip and fall.
By the end of the first match on Centre Court, before Williams or Federer stepped onto it, skid marks and barren patches were visible at both ends.
�The grass is a wee bit slippery, but you�ve just got to deal with it,� Williams said. �Get ready to slip and slide, whatever it takes. The area at the net didn�t wear out so much. Maybe a lot of the players will start coming to the net.�
That would be a change, but then much is different about this particular tournament at Wimbledon. The club was more colorful, thanks to purple backdrops and a waiver of the rule requiring players to wear mostly white. Federer donned a red shirt, Williams went with a blue dress, and Falla opted for yellow.
The atmosphere also was more festive, beginning with a morning concert by the Pet Shop Boys on the picnic hill overlooking the grounds. The Centre Court crowd did the wave during changeovers and was more inclined to hoot and holler.
�Wimbledon is so quiet. You know, you don�t hear much talking,� Williams said. �But here you do hear talking. This atmosphere I didn�t expect. It�s bananas, and I love it.�
Bananas might be a slight exaggeration, but there was a fair buzz with matches on 11 courts.
Four-time Grand Slam champion Kim Clijsters won her Olympic debut by beating Roberta Vinci of Italy 6-1, 6-4. Former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova and former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic also advanced.
American John Isner won in his first Olympic match, making the most of a 15-inch height advantage to beat Olivier Rochus of Belgium, 7-6 (1), 6-4. The 6-9 Isner had 24 aces; the 5-6 Rochus had one.
Three other U.S. players lost Olympic debuts � Ryan Harrison, Donald Young and Christina McHale. Isner and Andy Roddick were eliminated in doubles, while top-seeded Bob and Mike Bryan won.
Crowds were smaller than for Wimbledon, with stands on the outer courts less than half full at the start of play. Centre Court almost was at capacity for Williams� match, although four of the six rows in the Royal Box were empty at one point.
To the left sat Obama, who sometimes chatted between points with Williams� sister Venus. Serena had met the first lady before and was advised she would be in attendance.
�They asked me did I mind if she sat in the family box,� Williams said. �I was like, �Of course not. Please, it would be my honor.� I mean, I love Michelle.�
As was the case during Wimbledon, Williams won with a dominating serve. She hit eight aces against Jankovic, lost only 10 service points and faced no break points.
The winner of 14 major championships and two gold medals in Olympic doubles, Williams said the incentive to win the singles is different from a Grand Slam event.
�Let�s face it, tennis players play to win Wimbledon,� she said. �We play to win Australia. We play to win the U.S. Open. The Olympics is a bonus. So sometimes you get the bonus; sometimes you don�t.�
Federer also tries to downplay his drive to win a singles medal, but there�s no question being ousted in the first round while ranked No. 1 would have been a bitter loss.
He never was on the verge of defeat against Falla but twice squandered leads. Federer seemed on his way to a routine win until Falla rallied serving at 3-5, love-40 in the second set.
�He hung tough, and I got nervous,� Federer said. �It was a tough set to lose for me, particularly in the situation I was in. That�s the beauty of the game. Sometimes you�re one point away, and the next thing you know, you�re 25 points away.�
Federer also blew a 2-love lead in the final set but had the crowd roaring with a succession of deft shots down the stretch. He�s now 264 points from a gold medal.


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PALO ALTO -- Tesla Motors (TSLA) posted a wider quarterly loss Monday but assured Wall Street it remains on track to deliver 2,500 to 3,000 all-electric Model S sedans in the fourth quarter and maintained its 2012 revenue outlook of between $400 and $440 million.
Tesla posted a third-quarter loss of $110.8 million, or $1.05 a share, compared with a loss of $105.6 million and $1 a share in the second quarter.
Investors cheered the news of the higher production rate, sending shares up more than 8 percent to close at $31.50.
In a letter to shareholders published on the company's website, Tesla said it has successfully made the transition to a mass-production car company and will be turning out 400 cars a week at its Fremont factory a month from now. That compares to making 200 cars a week in October and just 100 per week in September.
"Overall, I feel Tesla was really kind of past the point of high risk," said CEO Elon Musk in an early-morning conference call with analysts. "Several months ago, I said I thought that the coming several months would be really the test for Tesla. And it's the classic phrase of "going through the Valley of Death" -- and I feel as that we are through that valley at this point."
Carter Driscoll, an analyst at CapStone investments, isn't so sure. He has a "sell" rating on the stock and remains concerned about research and development expenses. He says many people simply assume that Tesla will meet their new targets.
"No one is really scrutinizing this company. They do a good job of glossing over deficiencies," said Driscoll. "I see too many holes. It's an overvalued stock. Until they get cash flow to break even, it's going to be a hurdle for me."
Although production of the Model S got off to a slow start, Musk said Tesla is on track to make at least 20,000 cars in 2013.
"If we see something that's even a minor aesthetic issue, we want to correct that," he said. "We're seeing a rapid decline in the number of correct issues that needs to be corrected as vehicles come up in the line. So it's getting better very quickly. So right now, I feel very optimistic about with the way things are. And I'm not aware of any issues in front of us getting to the 20,000 units to our annualized production volume."
The company says 13,200 customers have reserved a Model S, up from 11,500 at the end of the second quarter. Up to 20 percent of reservations are coming from Europe, which is Tesla's largest market for the Model S beyond the United States.
From 10 to 15 percent of reservation holders cancel their reservations before locking in options like trim color, Musk said, adding that very few people cancel after that point.
In September, Tesla unveiled plans for a nationwide network of "Superchargers," which are free to Model S drivers who buy the vehicle with the longer-range 85-kilowatt battery; customers who order the 60-kilowatt version can have the Supercharger hardware added for an additional cost of a few thousand dollars. Tesla is not planning to add it to the 40 kilowatt version. The goal of the charging network is to allow Model S drivers to quickly charge their vehicles at no charge while on long drives.
Musk said he recently drove from Los Angeles to San Francisco with all five of his children and experienced no hitches.
"When we had stopped for a meal or the restroom, by the time we came back, the car was ready to go," Musk said. "I am really excited about it and I think as people use it, it's really going to open their eye as to what an electric car could be like, and just not having to go to a gas station, and invest in fumes and pay how much money for gas. Tesla's free long distance (travel), powered by sunlight, I think is quite a revolution."
Contact Dana Hull at 408-920-2706. Follow her at Twitter.com/danahull.
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Americans' confidence in the economy has tumbled more since the government shutdown began a week ago than in any week since the global financial crisis started in September 2008, according to Gallup's daily survey.
Gallup's economic confidence index fell 12 points to -34, the polling organization said Tuesday. The 2008 drop was 15 points, to -56, in the week after Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy.
As the Journal reported Monday, confidence gauges by Gallup and other private organizations will take on greater importance in gauging the economy's direction as long as most official economic data remains halted by the government shutdown. Gallup's daily confidence gauge, which started in January 2008, is based on the public's assessment of current economic conditions and perceptions of whether the economy is improving or worsening.
"While the economy is, in many respects, stronger than it was during the 2011 debt-ceiling crisis, the current budget debate and government shutdown clearly show that partisan brinksmanship and the uncertainty it causes on Wall Street can negatively affect consumer confidence," Gallup's Alyssa Brown wrote. "Thus, Congress' inability to reach a compromise to end the government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling could negatively affect U.S. stock prices, America's credit rating, and, ultimately, the nation's economic recovery."
The latest drop was faster than the weekly declines tied to other fiscal fights, including the mid-2011 debt-ceiling battle that ultimately hammered the stock market and weighed on consumers and businesses into 2012.
Gallup's confidence index has plunged 19 points since mid-September, putting it near a two-year low. About 67% of Americans say the economy is getting worse, the highest share since December 2011. Only 28% say it's getting better.
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SAN JOSE -- An off-duty bouncer who was killed on a downtown street early Wednesday was stabbed in the throat when he went outside a bar to point police toward a customer who had been booted for acting erratically, according to a friend who witnessed the attack.
Tearful friends gathered at a Wednesday night vigil for San Jose resident Ryan Viri, 26, a big but even-keeled man who worked as a bouncer at a number of downtown venues.
"He was collected, calm and funny, but serious about keeping us in line," said Scott MacDonald, a downtown regular. "But at the bar, we'd give guff back and forth -- that's how it is. Everyone liked him; he had a lot of friends."
San Jose police arrested a suspect in the killing shortly after Viri was stabbed.
A crowd of those friends -- many clad in heavy metal T-shirts associated with the bar and club scene where Viri worked -- swelled to more than 100 at the First and Santa Clara Street corner where he was killed. It's about a half block from Johnny V's, the bar and music venue where Viri was hanging out when the troublesome customer was evicted.
Sean Blak, a friend of Viri's who was also at Johnny V's that night to promote a show, said the victim went outside after the customer was kicked out to make sure police -- who had been called about 10 minutes prior -- found the man.
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After the man was told to leave, he harassed bouncers outside before heading down the block. Blak said the man wore chef's pants, and when he arrived, he had been carrying an attache of knives like those carried by chefs. The knives were taken away from him when he entered and were returned to him when he left.
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Blak said in the moments after the attack, a police cruiser came by, slowed, and then raced down the street after the assailant, as did a few other officers that followed. The suspect, a 22-year-old San Jose man, was arrested in connection with the killing, sources said. His identity has not been released by police.
"When cops finally arrived on scene, there were about 12 of us there trying to help Ryan," he said. "(Officers) were belligerent and rude. They didn't help us -- one of them said the bouncer was doing a good job of stopping the blood, like he didn't want to help."
Officer Albert Morales, a San Jose police spokesman, said responding officers had a difficult decision between tending to the victim, who was already being given aid, and catching the suspect and keeping him from injuring anyone else.
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Alex Rosas, who'd known Viri since 2005, said his friend "got along with everyone" and agreed that it was unlikely that Viri went outside seeking a confrontation.
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Staff writer Robert Salonga contributed to this story. Contact Eric Kurhi at 408-920-5852. Follow him at Twitter.com/erickurhi.


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OK, that about wraps up the action for today. It was emotional.
After complaining about Google's governance structure and steep operating costs, the FT's Lex column concludes the company is still pretty amazing:
"It is important, despite these issues, to remember how dazzling Google's financial performance remains. Its cash return on total assets during the past year was – including Motorola and everything else – more than 24 per cent. Revenues are still growing in the double digits. Its forward price to earnings ratio is just 14. Its bad governance and accompanying lack of cost discipline are already more than reflected in the share price. Hold your nose and keep buying."
In an otherwise slow news day, we now also have the date for Google's next big launch event:
As expected, Google will hold an event on Oct. 29, at which it is expected to show off the next version of Android, called Key Lime Pie, and announce at least one, and perhaps several, new devices.
Last year Google released its Galaxy Nexus phone in partnership with Samsung. Now it is expected to release a new Nexus phone in partnership with LG. Photos of the new Nexus have popped up on technology websites over the past few weeks. It is rumored to have a quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, and a large HD display.
At the close today
Google's market cap: $227.3bn
Microsoft's market cap: $248.7bn
Speaking of Microsoft, it also reported 3Q numbers today, although the lack of premature disclosure disasters and, perhaps, our lower expectations, meant the company's 22% fall in quarterly earnings didn't make much noise.
Apparently the income drop is somewhat to be expected in the lead-up to the big Windows 8 launch coming next week. And the company also deferred a bunch of revenue it will recognise later. Here's the deal:
The company deferred $783 million in license fees for PCs pre-loaded with Windows 8 because it can't recognize the revenue until the units go on sale on Oct. 26.
It also deferred $384 million in license fees from PCs that shipped with Windows 7 but are eligible for a $15 upgrade to Windows 8.
Lastly, it deferred $189 million for the PCs that shipped with the new version of Office or are eligible for an upgrade.
Excluding those deferrals and other adjustments, net income was $6.66 billion, or 65 cents per share, down 7 percent from last year. Revenue was flat with last year's figure at $17.3 billion.
Redmond lives to fight another day! The FT's Tim Bradshaw points out that today's stock plunge pushed Google's market cap below that of Microsoft's.
In case you missed it during the earning madness, Google also pretty much threatened to invade France today:
PARIS— Google Inc. would exclude French newspapers from its search engine if France enacts a law to make search engines pay for the right to cite news articles online, according to a paper sent to the government that the company posted online Thursday evening.
The new law, sometimes dubbed the "Google law," has been pitched by French newspapers as a means to help support their business, which is under threat from a long-term migration of advertising away from print media. The trend has been exacerbated by cuts in advertising as a result of the sluggish French economy. The proposal mirrors a similar one under consideration in Germany.
Did the call convince investors that things aren't as bad as they seem? Well, it certainly did more than the absence of the call managed to. Google stock closed down 8% today at $695, as of 6pm NY time, about half an hour after the call finished, stock is up 1% to $702.
And if you want to double down and relive the call as blogged by Brother Lynley, or listen to it for the first time, here is the full 1hr 10m webcast.
For those wanting a full read of Larry Page's comments, the transcript has been posted over at Google+, giving us all a reason to see what Google+ looks like these days.
So, what's the story coming out of that call? Google certainly managed to argue there are more and better things going on behind the scenes than the fairly grim numbers suggest.
Thanks for that, Brother Lynley.
And that's it!
The call is over, and the classical music is back on the line.
So, Page dodged the question a bit. But key phrase there, is, "I'm impatient."
One last question! And it's a big one.
Q: Bigger picture on mobile, would you give us a rough sense to close the gap between desktop and mobile monetization. Is it a matter of orders or years?
(Ding ding ding! This is the billion-dollar question.)
Page: We have a policy of not talking about the future. I tend to be very impatient. I think that we're positioned very well and uniquely well because we have a significant fraction on mobile. That's a great start. We're working on changes, we've been investing in the space for a long time, our mobile monetization isn't zero. We've got a good base there and I don't think the things we need to do are that huge to get us in a very good spot. I think we have an opportunity to be higher monetization than where we are now with some innovation, which we're good at doing.
The other point I'll make is that, advertising, advertisers, our ad system requires they spend some effort to deal with mobile. I think advertisers, mobile until recently has been a very small percentage of advertising spend. That's starting to be no longer the case.
Another question from Merill Lynch
Q: Is search on mobile the same quality as PC? Are you getting high CPC travel?
Page: I don't know the details about particular queries, but I can tell you, in travel we bought ITA Software to provide a better experience there. I'm not worried about that to the extent we provide a great user experience when they're looking for all kinds of information, as long as we're providing very detailed, very organized results. That translates across all your screens just fine.
(Still, Zynga's mobile games monetize lower than its games on Facebook, and Facebook faces more challenges monetizing mobile. Google is probably not immune to these challenges.)
On Larry Page's vision of YouTube...
Q: Can you explain a bit more about your vision on YouTube?
Page: YouTube transitioned for me a year ago to something that could keep me entertained for hours on the TV. It could play back lots of high quality, highly-exciting things. We have tremendously-increasing YouTube usage, it continues to grow like crazy, and we have increasing monetization as well. This most recent horse-dancing "Gangnam Style" video has more than 500 million views. That kind of thing to flip a switch, turn it on, get worldwide distribution.
(Could this be Google's solution to mobile? Maybe, but YouTube hasn't traditionally been Google's strongest source of money. Also, here's the Gangnam Style video Page is referring to.)
One from Goldman Sachs
Q: Can you give us an idea of what the run rate from mobile is. What is the mobile advertising piece? Exluding Google Play.
What's the margin profile on the Google Play content revenue?
For Larry, in this new reality, how does Google Fiber play into this vision?
Pichette: On the $8 billion, let me give you just a bit more information. We don't break down the categories, a point that's important is, ads continues to be the bulk of it. The vast majority of it. On the case of Google Play, it's important to note that from a modeling perspective, everything that's content is booked on our books on a gross basis. Everything tied to apps is booked on a net basis. The vast majority of it is still ads.
(Google Fiber is a high-speed Internet access offered through Google. It's quite fast.)
Page: I think, Google Fiber, we're in the early stages. We're just rolling it out in one city or two cities. We're really excited about it. I'm about to get one soon for my house to try out. You control it with the Nexus 7 tablet, that's the remote for it.
Pichette: We're pushing for the enxt generation of the Internet with Google Fiber. We have a great mousetrap with Google Fiber. We hope it excites everyone.
Next question from Barclays
Q: CPC is down 8% ex-FX, can you talk about the other drivers? Everyone assumes the bulk of down-8 is mobile.
On allocation of sizable free cash flow, you've talked about reviewing capital returns, and at the same time as a strategic asset for Google, can you give us your thinking on allocation of capital?
Pichette: Nothing has change for the last few quarters, people have a tendency to harp and assume automatically it's mobile. If you look at our mix between our Google properties and our network, our network grew quite again this quarter. That would drive a lot of TAC. All of these mix effects, whether it's mobile versus tablet versus desktop, and also changes in ad quality, all these things… I think that matters a lot. I think it's really important all these mix effects are at play there in the CPCs. If we start giving the breakdown, it's endless. What really matters is, they're going down, but on the flip side our clicks are going up at a pretty healthy rate. People are engaged, people are using our products.
On the issue of cash and capital balance, you get the same answer. We review this on a constant basis. We've come to the conclusion is that its really a strategic asset.
Page: We have nothing to announce at this time.
Next one from Macquerie
Q: Can you talk about Internet access on television screens.
On iOS 6 there's a small change on the search bar where it says "search" and not "Google."
(A little bit of nitpicking here, but it looks like they are trying to get them to talk a little bit more about Apple.)
Page: Obviously we're excited about television and we have been for a while. We've had Google TV as a product for quite some time, I've used it. It's great to have a real browser on your television. YouTube is integrated on many devices, from DVD players and so-on to game consoles. We obviously are working hard to get distribution for YouTube, for Chrome and for the Internet as a whole on television screens. We're very excited about that, we're still in the early stages of that.
Pichette: Obviously, all the TAC we pay to Apple is just another partner for distribution, so it's all tied to the TAC line we have for Google.com. On your question of the default, nothing has changed. We're a great partner with Apple, we're a great partner for everyone. The fact we've changed from Google to Search is still gonna ramp our engines.
Next question from Stanford Bernstein
Q: If you run a website with high-content quality and you have to choose a protocol to add metadata, why wouldn't you add Open Graph? (This is talking about connecting to Facebook.) Doesn't this put Google at a disadvantage?
What's the future of vertical search?
Page: I'm not an expert on the protocols, in general we made a huge investment in knowledge graph. That's a major effort for us, we'd obviously love to have other people help us with that. I thin it's been a challenge to get all the labeling aligned, we're absolutely very excited about that and we're gonna do a lot of work. I think we're doing well in that space.
Vertical searches, our goal has always been to get you into the right place. You have to do that to really understand in detail your conext, what you need, what's going on with that information. Airline tickets, what are the flights between, products. Any place we can get that information accurately and present it to users, we're happy to do so. We're always open to working with partners.
Next question from Citi
Q: What's happening with desktop?
(Good question here. Tons of users are moving to mobile devices, and companies like Facebook and Zynga are taking hits as a result because users on mobile usually don't monetize as well.)
Page: You're asking the wrong question a little bit. We're really starting to live in a new reality, where the ubiquity of the screens helps users move from intent to action much faster and more seamlessly. This is going to create a huge new universe for advertisers. Focusing on platform-specific queries won't make sense. (He's pausing after every few words to take a deep breath and is speaking very slowly).
If we can notify of you commercial experiences (on Android), that's a really great opportunity for us. Monetization on mobile queries is a significant fraction of desktop. We're living the best of both worlds. We're able to move existing ads over to mobile and able to really innovate using Android and our strength of having ads on other platforms. We're uniquely positioned to get through that transition and profit from it.
Arora: On margins, you have a couple of effects this quarter, one is clearly the cost of the Nexus. Also, it's the first time you have the full-quarter effect on amoritization of intangibles for Motorola. It should be noted that amoritization of intagibles for Motorola flows to both the Google segment and the Motorola segment.
Next one from Morgan Stanley. Larry Page is speaking again.
Q: Can you talk about the strategy to monetize product listing ads? And about the retail strategy?
Google website revenue slowed, can you normalize that for currency?
Page: We're just really excited about providing a better experience for our customers when they're searching for something. (Larry is taking quick breaths and speaking very slowly.) It's helping us provide a better user experience and a better advertising experience.
Pichette: Relative to our Google site and TAC (traffic acquisition costs), our network is slightly skewed to the U.S. versus our Google site. Overall it still gives you a good sense of proportions.
It's Q&A time!
The first question comes from Deutsche Bank:
Q: The international growth was 26% but down from 29% last quarter, were there incremental weaknesses?
Sales and marketing was up from last quarter, what's driving that?
Pichette: On the marketing, what you see is the impact of the support for the Nexus 7 that we launched in Q3. Otherwise, everything was in line.
Arora: It's fair to say our revenue growth internationally has been strong, you are seeing pockets of difference of performance. Continuing economic effects in Europe affects that. But it's not cause for concern.
Surprisingly, Google has a big focus on enterprise
- Our enterprise business continues to thrive. There are 20 million students on Google Apps and lots of large enterprises use Google Apps.
That's talking about deploying things like Gmail as the primary email platform for a large company.
And two more trends...
Here's another one from Arora, though he's going on a tangent about some of their brands' experiences. Lots of numbers.
- Google is making headway amplifying offline campaigns with online media. Brands can advertise through different kinds of media to convert viewers to buyers.
Nikesh Arora is taking over
Currency headwinds appeared to have had a significant impact.
Arora is talking about four trends Google is following. Here are two of them:
- The multi-screen experience. Google has an $8 billion run rate in mobile, as more and more users switch to mobile. That's going to be a challenge for companies relying on desktop ads, like Facebook (and Google.)
- It's not the context, but the ability to deliver more precise answers. That includes things like Google's knowledge graph and Google Now. It also helps Google connect marketers with users at the right place and time.
Google's standalone company added a bunch of new employees
The consolidated business decreased by 1,000; Google added 1,800 for its standalone business. The consolidated company had 53,500 employees.
Currency fluctuations had a significant impact
Cost-per-click was down 15%, but currency headwinds had a significant impact. In fixed foreign exchange standards, it would be down about 8% year-over-year.
RR Donnelley CEO: Human Error Led to Early Release
Meanwhile, WSJ is reporting that the RR Donnelley CEO is saying the early Google filing was the result of human error. That's a bad day.
Patrick Pichette is now taking over
Pichette is going over the earnings.
"Our U.S. growth continues to be strong."
Google now has $8 billion run rate in mobile. This year, it adds gross revenue from the mobile sales of Google Play content and consumer spending on the Play apps.
"In the early days of Google, we type in a query and return ten blue links… today we expect more. You expect us to turn your intentions into actions in the blink of an eye."
Google is moving more into delivering that kind of an experience with services like Search Plus Your World, which integrates Google+ into search, and Google Now. The idea is that Google knows what users are trying to accomplish without users having to tell it so.
The future is mobile
"Screen independence is at the core of our strategy."
For example, when users search for something on a desktop computer with Chrome, they see their searches on their other devices running Chrome.
Mobile is going to be big for Google, whether it wants it to be or not.
Larry Page talks Android
Page is talking about Android now. Google activates more than 1.3 million new Android devices every month.
"Most people thought we were nuts, now there are half-a-billion Android users."
Some on mobile advertising...
Even after several months, Page's voice still sounds strained. He's speaking slowly and deliberately.
Google's mobile monetization per query is already a significant fraction compared to desktop, Page says. "In short, as we transition from one screen to multi screens, Google has an opportunity to drive higher monetization, just like in search in 2000."
Larry speaks!
"It's great to share progress from the last time we spoke six months ago. As you can tell, my voice is a little hoarse."
Page says he's happy with the business, with revenue up 45% year-over-year. At 14 years old, Google cleared its first $14 billion revenue quarter. "Not bad for a teenager," he says.
He said "sorry for the scramble" on the earnings.
Google is going through the safe-harbor statements, as expected.
Larry Page wasn't on the previous conference call, thanks to problems with his voice.
OK, Google call beginning. Over to you, Father Lynley.
The earnings call is starting!
Thanks to my colleague Tom Gara who has been running the live blog since the earnings announcement. I'm joining to cover the earnings call.
Patrick Pichette, Nikesh Arora and Larry Page are all on the earnings confrence call.
If "incrementally negatral" is the only lasting contribution to humanity that emerges from today, then gentlemen, our work here is done.
It appears that YouTube is being transitioned to a bright new era as a print-only product.
OK, now this is just getting ridiculous. The link to the webcast isn't working.
Google's earnings call begins in about ten minutes – the WSJ's Digits blogger Matthew Lynley will be blogging it live, right here. Here's Lynley's five main takeaways from the Google results.
Donald Trump is now on CNBC. Crisis over.
Just to reiterate, this is the product Samsung and Google are releasing, months after Samsung got dinged in a lawsuit for creating products that look too similar to things made by Apple.
The ad for Google's new $249 laptop released today, begins, appropriately, with a screaming child.
Closing bell just rung on the NASDAQ. Google closes down 8.05%
Worth a read while pondering why Google's all-important cost per click metric is heading downward, sharply: The Traffick blog on the six types of click that Google gets paid less for.
The WSJ's Spencer Ante has written a sharp post looking at the importance of Google getting its act together re: Motorola. The pointy bit:
"Here's another risk for Google if CEO Larry Pageand his team can't steady their new hardware group. Now that Motorola is officially part of Google, investors might start to place a lower multiple on the company's earnings, and hence, stock price."
Footnoted makes a good point – a giant technology company with an extreme competence in handling digital information should really be able to file its own electronic SEC disclosures:
"a number of large companies, including Southwest and Halliburton simply file their own earnings statements with the SEC. If Halliburton and Southwest can manage this sort of thing, wouldn't it make sense that a company like Google, which, after all is in the technology business, could?
Both RR Donnelly and Bowne, which Donnelly bought two years ago, date back to the 1800s, when things didn't move quite so quickly. Google has been using RR Donnelly since it filed its first S-1 in April 2004. Back then, it may have made sense to have a third-party with deep experience in SEC filings do this sort of thing for a newcomer like Google. But Google isn't exactly a newcomer any more. And the company is significantly larger than it was in 2004."
Early reports coming in that Larry Page's "we had a strong quarter," quote was incorrectly truncated and released prematurely by a devious print shop. The full quote is "we had a strong Quarter Pounder-themed burger promotion in the cafeteria, which boosted employee morale in an otherwise disastrous quarter"
And it gets worse – even the bit of Motorola that should be a no-brainer cash cow turns out to be some strange flavour of badness, Ante says:
"What's more, the home division, which reported a $54 million operating profit a year ago, swung to a $22 million loss. Revenues of the home unit, which makes cable set-top boxes, are falling but not as drastically as the cell phone business. In the current quarter, home division revenues were $797 million, down about 3% from the year-ago quarter."
The WSJ's Spencer Ante on Motorola's impact on Google: "This is the first time that Google consolidated the results of Motorola Mobility into its earnings and the picture is not pretty. The Motorola unit's operating loss was $527 million, helping to drag down Google's profit number, which badly missed Wall Street expectations. In the second quarter, when Google closed the acquisition on May 22, Google said Motorola's operating loss was $233 million."
Some perspective from TechCrunch: "Motorola is accounting for major losses within Google as well, reporting a GAAP operating loss of $527 million ($505 million of which came from mobile), a 20 percent decrease in revenues."
Trading resumed, all systems go. Something worked! Google stock doesn't seem to be bouncing back significantly, is jumping around -8.5%
"If you believe this company is well run and has a strong franchise that will last ten years, you won't get a 10% down day very often"
Trading in Google stock reopens in a couple of minutes – all eyes how the system handles the flood…
Again, back to those pesky underlying numbers – the WSJ's Mia Lamar says Google "appears to have put up its first ever year-over-year decline in adjusted earnings since going public in 2004. That figure strips out one-offs and is the number most Wall Streeters are looking at."
Giovanny Moreano: "Google's market-cap loss as of the halt at 12:50p ($687.3) stands at about -$22 billion"
Hands up if Google calling itself "just fourteen years old" makes you feel, like, really old.
NASDAQ says Google shares resume trading at 3:20pm EDT.
Larry's Pending Quote Has Arrived!! "We had a strong quarter. Revenue was up 45 percent year-on-year, and, at just fourteen years old, we cleared our first $14 billion revenue quarter," said Larry Page, CEO of Google. "I am also really excited about the progress we're making creating a beautifully simple, intuitive Google experience across all devices."
According to Business Insider, some pretty serious allegations were aired on CNBC that Google had been calling analysts in advance of these numbers being released, trying to prepare them for bad results. That would be a much bigger scandal than the early release.
Exactly how serious is this situation? Well, put it this way. Jim Cramer is wearing a helmet.
Look, Google, this premature thing happens to the best of us, and it's really nothing to be ashamed of. Some other recent sufferers, compiled by CNBC: Buffalo Wild Wings, NetApp, Disney.
MarketBeat: "The Internet company's results are "not thesis changing," says Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney."
This midday post from the WSJ's Steven Russolillo , written back in those innocent hours prior to the Google release, seems prescient:
"The tech sector can't break out of its latest funk.
Technology is the S&P 500′s worst-performing sector today, down 0.6%, as the broad market remains relatively unchanged.
Weakness in tech stocks hasn't materialized overnight either. Over the last month, the tech sector is down 4.8%, by far the biggest decliner of the 10 large-cap sectors in the index."
Paul Kedrosky: "That's a big mistake by Google, arguably one of the biggest it has made as a public company"
Back to those pesky actual numbers – Bloomberg TV's Cory Johnson: "YOY cost-per-click growth trend: 5%, 8%, -12%, -15%"
An R.R. Donnelley spokesman has told the WSJ the company is "fully engaged" in the investigation of the early release of Google's earnings, and it is seeking to "determine how this event took place"
March 5: "The mistaken filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission had caused Wynn shares to jump 6% in heavy Nasdaq trading Friday morning. After about 40 minutes, trading was halted for 45 minutes. The company then put out a new filing retracting the earlier one. Instead, Wynn said in the second statement, the deal hadn't been published in Macau's official gazette, which would signal the deal had been approved by the government.
Wynn said in the second filing that the earlier filing "was not authorized by the Company" and had been "filed by mistake by the Company's agent." It had no further comment.
The law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP said a clerk in its filing department had inadvertently filed an unauthorized filing.
"We apologize that this mistake occurred," the firm said in a statement. "We have taken steps to rectify the situation as quickly as possible and are reviewing what occurred to ensure that it cannot happen in the future."
From the annals of erroneous and/or premature stock market disclosures: back in March, casino operator Wynn Resorts had a similar little incident.
The looming story here is retail stock market players getting hosed on this. From the WSJ's Jacob Bunge: "When Google shares tanked upon surprise midday release of quarterly results, it proved too fast for individual investors who had buy orders lodged for the stock below its pre-earnings price–and who suddenly found themselves holding stock as the price fell further, before being halted at $687.39. "We have clients jumping up and down right now," says one brokerage official responding to the mess. Nasdaq OMX, Google's listing exchange, can only halt shares on news when a company requests such a halt, as Google did in this instance, according to a person close to the situation.
Notable number from the WSJ's Dennis Berman on Twitter: "Google now employs 53,546 people – more than Hyatt Hotels, PNC Bank, Southwest Airlines"
We have video! Here's the WSJ's Steve Russolillo discussing this mess.
Google's earnings call is coming at 4:30pm NY time, but unclear if/when trading in its shares will resume before then.
Ouch: from the WSJ's Kaitlyn Kiernan: "Some option traders are probably kicking themselves…October $800 call options were the most actively traded Google contract this morning, with about 16K exchanging hands, according to Henry Schwartz, president at option data firm Trade Alert. The calls, which sold at an average price of $2.65 a share this morning, are now bringing in just 10 cents, Schwartz wrote in a note."
Contagion watch – Facebook now down 4.5%
Google's new $249 Chromebook laptop reminds me of another prominent company's thin silver machines, but I can't quite put my finger on it…
Just in case anyone cares, Google also released a $249 laptop today.
Well, this is awkward.
- Is the premature release crisis a convenient cover for the bad earnings crisis? Just to get things back to the underlying numbers - this is a big miss:
Google posted a third-quarter profit of $2.18 billion, or $6.53 a share, down from $2.73 billion, or $8.33 a share, a year earlier. Excluding stock-based compensation and other items, profit fell to $9.03 from $9.72 a share. Revenue, excluding traffic acquisition costs, improved to $11.33 billion.
Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters expected earnings of $10.65 a share and net revenue of $11.86 billion.
Total costs jumped 71%.
- Contagion! Shares in Google's printing company RR Donnelley down 5% after being blamed for this mess.
- Statement from Google: "Earlier this morning RR Donnelley, the financial printer, informed us that they had filed our draft 8K earnings statement without authorization. We have ceased trading on NASDAQ while we work to finalize the document. Once it's finalized we will release our earnings, resume trading on NASDAQ and hold our earnings call as normal at 1:30 PM PT."
- Schaeffer: Option Bears Mob Google Before Earnings
- Here's the SEC filing that started it all…
- Marketbeat: Google Google Earnings Come Early; Shares Drop:
Google reported third-quarter earnings of $9.03, which came in well below the $10.65 analysts polled by Thomson Reuters were expecting.
Earnings fell 20% from a year ago as total costs rose and advertising prices continued to fall.
Ad revenue increased 16% as paid clicks surged by 1/3 from a year ago, and 6% from the previous quarter.
But it's the profit line that's getting all the attention Motorola MSI -0.39% weighed heavily on Google's profit, generating an adjusted operating loss of $151 million, or 6% of the unit's revenue
- Corporate Intelligence: "Pending Larry Quote" – Google Has A Premature Earnings Release


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The highlight of yesterday's trip to London was, without a doubt, the Berger & Wyse private view and book launch at the Guardian last night. Of course being married to one half of B&W does mean that my take on things may be a little less than reliable, but wine was drunk, prints were sold and a lot of fun was had. So much so that I failed to take the photographs I was supposed to take in my role as their official photographer. But at least I captured Roger, who has become something of a mascot for Berger & Wyse.
For those unfamiliar with Joe and Pascal's food cartoon, it appears each week in the Guardian magazine, and Roger is a pig prone to bleak moments and dark thoughts.
Although I know all their cartoons only too well (I often see rough drafts, and occasionally, when a joke is proving tricky, I may hear one half of the conversation during which it is thrashed out – Joe and I are in Bristol, Pasc lives in London), it was fantastic to see them en masse, framed up and of course larger than they are in the magazine.
More exciting still was seeing a selection of them in a book (pub. Absolute Press).
And talking of books, and remaining faithful to my promise in the last post that there would be more shameless plugging of my family – Joe's latest children's book, Hubble Bubble Granny Trouble is published by Nosy Crow this month.
Naturally enough I think the illustrations are nothing short of genius, but I can also say quite truthfully, and without any bias (I don't know her, haven't met her), that Tracey Corderoy's story is just lovely: charming and funny, and very sweet without being saccharine. It's fun to read aloud, and has even been road-tested with great success by Martha and her year 2 classmates who saw an advance copy before the summer holidays.


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OBAMA LAYS OUT FOREIGN POLICY VISION: President Barack Obama's outline of his foreign policy doctrine Wednesday offered insights into how the president thinks the U.S. should project its power: Not by major deployments of American forces, but through targeted operations, diplomacy and aid. The approach he laid out is a clear response to the shifting foreign policy landscape, marking the end of post-Sept. 11 wars, the rise of unexpected challenges from Russia, and tensions in Asia, among others.
Mr. Obama's address was just the start of a White House campaign to counter critics of his foreign policy doctrine and blunt any charges that what critics call his gun-shy approach has reduced the U.S.'s global influence. His arguments also hold marked overtones for the 2016 presidential campaign, where Republicans will need to toe the line between criticizing any decline in America's global stature and not wanting to be seen as conflict-hungry. Carol E. Lee reports.
–Rebecca Ballhaus
The two words that were most important in President Obama's commencement address at West Point were "core interests." Like all such phrases, of course, it is a little vague and open to interpretation. Read Washington Bureau Chief Jerry Seib's full post in Washington Wire in which he considers how the phrase contrasts with justifications that others have offered in the past to either call for or justify American military action.
HOUSE CONSERVATIVES PUSH GOP HEALTH BILL: House Republicans are shifting their tune on health care. After years of bashing the health law and trying to repeal it, Republican lawmakers are now pushing for a vote on a health-care plan to show they have a policy alternative. Some of the most conservative House Republicans are planning to urge GOP leaders during a meeting today to move forward with a bill that would change the tax treatment of health plans. Kristina Peterson and Laura Meckler report.
WATCHDOG FINDS 'SERIOUS CONDITIONS' AT VA: A watchdog's report has found systemic problems at Department of Veterans Affairs health-care facilities, upping the pressure on embattled VA Secretary Eric Shinseki. Among those problems were improper procedures for scheduling patient appointments and efforts to hide excessive wait times—practices that could amount to criminal and civil violations. The report has led to new calls in Congress for Mr. Shinseki to step down. Ben Kesling reports.
MENTAL-HEALTH BILL DEBATE RENEWED: Last week, three House lawmakers withdrew their support for legislation that would enact the biggest overhaul of the mental-health system in decades, citing second thoughts about making it easier to hospitalize people against their will. But in the wake of Friday's California rampage, the bill is drawing new attention, as the failure of gun-control proposals has left mental-health legislation as the most likely legislative response. Siobhan Hughes reports.
ALSO IN THE NEWS: Obama administration initiatives intended to help restrain soaring college costs are facing resistance from schools and from a bipartisan bloc of lawmakers … Michigan has become the first Republican-controlled state—and the seventh state overall—to raise the minimum-wage this year … Iran-based cyberspies targeted high-ranking U.S. and international officials, a report found … Apple has agreed to buy Beats Electronics for $3 billion.
CORRECTION: In a runoff primary election in Texas Tuesday, radio host Dan Patrick soundly defeated Republican Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, demonstrating the tea party's power in the state. Yesterday's newsletter incorrectly said Mr. Dewhurst won.
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The Affordable Care Act will likely be a big issue in this year's midterm elections. Washington Bureau Chief Jerry Seib discusses how the debate around the health law has changed in the past couple weeks.
–The Commerce Department is expected to confirm what many private forecasters have been saying for weeks: The U.S. economy contracted in the first quarter of 2014. A revised GDP estimate will be released at 8:30 a.m. EDT.
–Leaders of eight U.S. states, including California and New York, are expected to roll out more details of a plan aimed at spurring sales of 3.3 million "zero emission vehicles" by 2025.
–President Obama will host a sports summit as the White House looks to raise awareness of sports-related concussions among young athletes and start to fill in gaps in scientific research into brain injuries.
David Frum of The Atlantic says President Obama, in his West Point foreign-policy address, framed a debate between two false choices on the use of American military power—intervening in every conceivable conflict versus doing nothing—so that between "these obviously stupid extremes" his own record would look more reasonable.
Fred Kaplan of Slate, on the other hand, thinks the point of the speech wasn't to pave some path between interventionism and isolationism, but rather "to emphasize that not every problem has a military solution; that the proper measure of strength and leadership is not merely the eagerness to deploy military power; that, in fact, America's costliest mistakes have stemmed not from restraint but from rushing to armed adventures…"
Caleb Hannan, in Politico, thinks Texas Gov. Rick Perry's forays into states that happen to be run by Democratic governors in an attempt to lure away companies based there isn't just an effort to win more jobs for Texas, but also to lay the groundwork for a presidential run.
A feud has broken out in the Congressional Black Caucus over the support many members have lent to efforts to ease regulations on banks, an effort that can be traced to successful lobbying of the caucus by the financial industry, write Zach Carter and Ryan Grim in The New Republic.
In the WSJ's Think Tank, Linda Killian writes that many Republicans are skeptical about calls for the party to adopt a new "Contract with America"-like agenda to run on this year, fearing they will be over-promising at a time when a Democrat still controls the White House.
A steep drop in mortgage lending and a slowdown in securities trading fueled a 7.6% drop in net income in the first quarter from the same period a year ago at the nation's 6,730 commercial banks and savings institutions, according to FDIC data.
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CORPUS CHRISTI – Islanders Head Men's Basketball Coach Willis Wilson recently spent a few minutes with GoIslanders.com to update the fans on the goings on of his team. Coach Wilson looked back at his first year at the helm of the Islanders in addition to previewing the offseason and year number two for the new coaching staff.
Check out Wilson's video interview below:
The Islanders had 10 newcomers, including seven freshmen, on last season's roster, which was the youngest in the Southland Conference. A&M – Corpus Christi went 4-12 in Southland play, including road wins over SLC Tournament teams Sam Houston State and UTSA. The Islanders had five freshmen all average over 10 minutes a game, including Johnathan Jordan, who set the program's single season mark for assists in a season with 138.


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Ok, the update. Talked to Nancy today to see if anyone has contacted her yet and she said no. I asked if it would hep and she said yes, the more phone calls she can get and e-mails she recived, the better the chance of influencing her commitee. They are the ones that we have to convince.
She also said that NO-ONE ever shows up to the meetings except to bitch so if we had a large # of people to show up, the better yet are chances are. Their next meeting is Feb. 7th at 7:00 at the Police station. I would like to know if any of you would be willing to show up, she said if to many people want to come to let her know so she can change the meeting place to a larger area. Please let me know.
She is going to get me a map of windflower park so we can come up with a design. If any of you would like to meet with me in the evening at the library, I could use as much input as I can get.
As of today I have recived $400.00 more in pludges, that makes 500 so far and we are planning on hopefully more, anyone have other optionms, please let me know.
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Congratulations to Shillington graduate Christopher Porter for winning the Romeo and Juliet Re-covered book contest by The Fox is Black Chris did a fantastic job revamping the classic play. His goal: "I've tried to go with a direction that would appeal to younger generations, the Irvine Welsh generation, the sort of people who are more than likely to judge a book by its cover." We think you did an great job, Chris. Check out more of Chris's work here.


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The new Christmas tree, candles and holly may look nice, but if you have asthma, it could trigger an attack.
Sparrow Hospital health specialists say what's going around are holiday asthma triggers. Dust, mold, and pollen can form on a natural tree, as well as the artificial tree that's been stored all year. Food allergies which are common during the holidays can also trigger an asthma attack, so if you know you have asthma, there are some preventative measures to take.
"People with persistent asthma should follow a maintenance program from their asthma which includes anti-inflammatories or an inhaled steroid," said Dr. Larry Rawsthorne.
In addition to a maintenance program, consult your doctor if you should increase your dosage during the holiday season.
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Indoor Allergies (Perennial)
Molds, dust mites, cockroach droppings, house dust, which carries pet dander, and other indoor substances, can trigger bouts of sneezing, runny nose, and congestion at any time. That's why this type of allergy is called "perennial" (year-round).
Perennial allergies don't come and go with the plant seasons like seasonal allergies do. Since these triggers are indoors instead of outdoors, you may not be able to avoid them. Therefore, you may need ongoing treatment to control perennial allergies.
There are thousands of types of molds, but only a few types trigger allergic reactions. Indoors, molds thrive in dark, damp places such as closets, basements, bathrooms (especially shower stalls), houseplants, air conditioners, mattresses, upholstered furniture, and old foam rubber pillows. Millions of microscopic mold spores can become airborne and enter the nasal lining easily when they are inhaled.
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The Des Moines Disc Golf Club is going to be a PDGA Affiliate Club again this year. Anyone wanting to renew thier memberships through the club will need to fill out a membership form which I can email to you.
Forms will also be available at the Des Moines Ice Bowl on Jan. 28th where I will be signing people up during registration. I will be located inside the shelter with these forms.
You may also register online at http://www.pdgastore.com and click on the Affiliate Club link. Registering online will cost you a $3 handling charge so it will only save you $2.
If you just want to mail it to us send me a PM and I will get you an address and an attachment of the form you will need.


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Headlines for Monday:
- Chapter outline draft: Planning your day in Emacs (181 words)
- The return on investment of social computing (219 words)
- Meet Enterprise 2.0 (73 words)
- Wow. Lots of stuff done today. (891 words)
- Reading about Enterprise 2.0 (122 words)
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|@1200 Check mail
|@1020-1030 Prepare book outline (WickedCoolEmacs)
|@1400-1500 Show Stephen Perelgut interviewbot
|Follow up with Driss
|Refine interviewbot - allow use of password
|Find something cute to put the script into
|Finish 3 updates
|Take notes: Make Your Contacts Count
|Move finances to PC?
|Check Fido bill from 2007.10.01
|Notify Jane and Robert re work permit
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|interviewbot: Add notification when someone is done
|interviewbot: Register interviewees
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1. Chapter outline draft: Planning your day in Emacs: 10:29
The first chapter I'm working on is about planning your schedule in Emacs. Here's my draft outline. I'm targetting 20 pages. The chapter before this is about managing tasks (35 pages). The Org and Planner sections in this chapter will build on the previous chapter, which I haven't written yet.
Audience: - do not keep track of schedule at all - track schedule using Outlook, Notes, or some other program - track schedule using PDA - track schedule using Filofax or other paper planner - already use Emacs and want to learn more tips Why run your life in Emacs Overview of methods The basics Setting up Diary Getting reminders for appointments Importing an event Importing a calendar Exporting your calendar Publishing your calendar Synchronizing Using Org Using Planner Including Diary events Using tasks as appointments Sorting tasks by time Automatically updating a Diary section Keeping private Notes Publishing your schedule Tracking Time
Can you think of anything else that should go into it?
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2. The return on investment of social computing: 11:33
Luis Suarez has another good post on Making the Business Case for Social Computing. He realized that the arguments for informal learning are the same for social computing: the intangible can make a big difference, and these initiatives should be measured the way you measure other changes in the organizations—by the overall outcomes.
The most common objection I hear after my presentations on Enterprise 2.0 is, "I don't have the time to blog." The underlying questions are, "What's in it for me? What can I expect to get out of blogging? What's the return on investment on my time?" It's hard to give a dollar amount ("You will earn XXX more") or a firm idea of time savings ("You'll save YYY minutes every week"). I'm still trying to figure out how to explain the intangible benefits of better connection and collaboration to people who already think they're maxed out. Maybe learning more about how to establish the business case for informal learning and related concepts will allow me to be more effective at evangelizing Enterprise 2.0.
- Luis Suarez: elsua: Making the Business Case for Social Computing
- Jay Cross: Internet Time Blog: Making the Business Case for Informal Learning
On Technorati: enterprise2.0
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3. Meet Enterprise 2.0: 11:59
Here are some great presentations on what people who use Enterprise 2.0 look like. =)
- Meet Charlie: What is Enterprise 2.0?
- A new way to define a productive worker: Enterprise 2.0
- Meet Charlotte
Someday I'm going to make slides like that.
Thanks to The Shed 2.0 for pointing me to this group of Slideshare presentations.
On Technorati: enterprise2.0
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4. Wow. Lots of stuff done today.: 22:34
I really enjoy looking back on a day and saying, "That was a day well spent." You can do a surprising amount of stuff in a day, home-cooked meals and all.
Today's big rock was the interviewbot I'm building for Stephen Perelgut. I not only put together a decent proof of concept ("It's more than enough", according to Stephen), but I also implemented a number of features that I thought would take me much longer to do. I gave him a full-perms copy of the scripted object so that he can show it around. I have a couple of other feature requests I can work on while waiting for feedback. It's coming along nicely, and I wonder if it's something that we can even release as IBM in order to get more brownie points. ;) (Either that or I figure out how to sell it, etc.)
Building that interviewbot in Second Life showed me that I'm still good at picking up new languages quickly and exploring what they can do. The limits were a little frustrating, but knowing what features were important to my target user made it easier for me to figure out the simplest thing that would work instead of getting caught up in shiny, new, complicated procedures.
Building the command language for my interviewbot reminded me of the shells I'd worked on for embedded programming projects. I added tab completion and a simplified help structure to the Compaq iPaq Linux bootloader, the first open source project I ever had commit access to. I chose that project because working so closely with hardware terrified me. What better way to learn than to work with code that could turn my shiny new PDA into a brick if I made a mistake? (And I did. Compaq sent me a better model because I'd been so helpful.) I learned a lot while improving the user interface for something with limited memory and input capabilities (just a serial terminal for the bootloader). Several years later, when a friend asked me if I could recommend anyone with experience in both embedded programming and Flex/Bison (high-level tools for designing and interpreting new grammar), I took a look at the requirements and realized that many of the same techniques I used in my first project also applied. I fixed the problem in their code, wrote a cleaner solution in C, and sent it to my friend for free. And now I've done it again—had lots of fun writing a little command-line interface. I seem to like working with these interface constraints.
I am geek. Hear me roar!
So yes, I'm very happy about that. =)
I'm also happy about the book that I've just finished reading: "Make Your Contacts Count", by Anne Baber and Lynne Waymon. Most networking books read alike, but this one made me stop and take pages of notes. It's worth adding to my collection of favorite networking books, along with "How to Talk to Anyone", "Love is the Killer App", "Work the Pond", "Never Eat Alone", and the classic "How to Win Friends and Influence People." I'll write more about this book over the next few days. Great find. Written in 2002 and not the least bit dated. I wouldn't have found it if I hadn't requested practically every networking book in the Toronto Public Library as part of my goal to deepen my knowledge of professional networking. I've read extensively about professional networking, but that doesn't mean I've learned everything there is to know.
One of the things I love about reading all these books is recognizing things I'm doing or want to do. For example, "Make Your Contacts Count" suggests organizing your own lunches or dinners with interesting people at conventions. Hey, I've done that! It also suggests volunteering, and I know how much that pays off. There are a lot of articles I can write based on the notes that I've taken and the experiences I've had, and I'm looking forward to sharing my thoughts and learning from others.
I'm learning a lot on the home front, too. W-, J- and I had a lot of fun learning about Siamese fighting fish (bettas) for J-'s science homework. We enjoyed another perfect melon while watching Discovery Channel's How It's Made (fishing reels, doll houses, kitchen mixers... cool)! We've decided that this week is Halloween crafts week, and I'm looking forward to decorating. =) Life is good.
PCFinancial raised its savings rate to 4.25%, which further supports my decision to move the bulk of my savings to PCFinancial from TD. I'll still keep my accounts at TD for flexibility, but I'd rather park my money in PCFinancial for now. I know it's relatively easy to move things around, anyway.
And to think that it's only 10:30. I wonder what tomorrow will be like!
Tomorrow I have a few errands, including depositing some checks and renewing my social insurance number. I'd like to focus on WickedCoolEmacs in the morning, and maybe tinker around with my bot a little bit before taking off for errands.
I'll be taking trapeze classes in the evening, too. $15 for a drop-in class on Queen and Bathurst at 7:30 PM. Want to join me? E-mail or call for more details.
Life is good.
Random Emacs symbol: ido-complete-space - Command: Try completion unless inserting the space makes sense.
5. Reading about Enterprise 2.0: 22:37
Nearly forgot to mention that Google Reader is my new favorite RSS reader and that I had a lot of fun dipping my toes back into the Enterprise 2.0 blogosphere. It isn't hard. Start with a few favorite blogs like Luis Suarez: elsua, follow a couple of links, subscribe, follow a couple of links, subscribe... I look forward to getting back into that space, and might look into finding a way to categorize my posts. =)
By the way, does anyone know how to get Feedburner to forget your default feed reader when reading a SmartFeed feed? Right now, it automatically tries to add stuff to Bloglines. Old habits...
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Tailgate 2016
Texas Law proudly presents our annual Tailgate Extravaganza, with barbecue from Eduardo Rodriguez '68 and Michael Rodriguez '94, on Sunday, September 4, 2016, at 4 p.m. Then root on the Longhorns as they host Notre Dame that night in a nationally televised game. Hope to see you there!
A Message From Dean Melton
These are exciting times at the Law School!
We have just sent the class of 2016 out into the world and are now eagerly awaiting the class of 2019's arrival in a few months. With the new students, we're welcoming new professors—Steve Vladeck, Melissa Wasserman, and Lori Mason will join Owen Anderson and Kevin Haynes as the latest additions to our faculty—not to mention the return of Bill Powers to teach first-year Torts!
Most exciting to me, as the Assistant Dean for Alumni Relations and Development, and a member of the Class of '94, is that alumni participation is breaking all records. The number of alumni giving back to Texas Law with both time and money is at an all-time high. In fact, an amazing 56% of the just-graduated class of 2016 contributed to the law school, with nearly half of those making a five-year pledge. They really get it.
There are so many ways to be involved. Come to an alumni reception and spend time with the Dean and fellow alums. Connect with a leader of your local alumni group to find events in your area. Even better, come see us in Austin for the famous Law School tailgate party on September 4, or Reunion next May. The law school calendar page highlights events for alumni, or you can contact Angela Krause, our Director of Alumni Relations: email@example.com or 512-471-7188.
If you'd like to help, there are many options. You can sign up to be a mentor to a current student or young alum in your area; you can give an annual gift in any amount to any area of the Law School meaningful to you to help us reach our participation goal; or, you can participate with an alumni group in your area on networking and social opportunities.
Finally, the Law School is in the middle of a major campaign, the Endowment for Excellence, to raise new student scholarship funds to help keep the best and the brightest students coming to Texas Law. There are opportunities to participate at every giving level. Please consider being a part of it.
No matter what you can do now, let us hear from you!Becky Edgar Melton '94
Assistant Dean, Alumni Relations and Development
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The former students, colleagues, and friends of late Dean Mike Sharlot are funding a scholarship in his honor. Help us remember this brilliant legal scholar, gifted teacher, and great leader of our Law School. We want this scholarship to provide the most substantial benefit possible for our students and also to serve as a fitting tribute to our outstanding Dean and his exemplary legacy as a mentor and friend to so many of us.Give to the Sharlot Scholarship
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Texas Law is committed to attracting and retaining the best legal scholars and students from across the country. To preserve these high standards of excellence and continue to move toward the future, we need your help. Every gift that is made to the law school, whether for unrestricted use, student support, programmatic support or faculty and research support, will ensure that our high standards of excellence are preserved for years to come.Learn more about Annual Giving
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The Texas Law Parents Leadership Association serves as a platform for parents of enrolled law students to be involved with the Law School and to support Dean Farnsworth's programs and initiatives.Learn about the Parents Leadership Association
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Endowments provide the critical support for faculty, students and programs that distinguish a good law school from a great one. The generosity of our alumni and friends help The University of Texas School of Law recruit world-class faculty, provide scholarships to outstanding students and support the sixth largest academic law library in the country.Learn more about Endowed Funds
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The 100% Giving Challenge is an outstanding way for you and your firm to support Texas Law. To qualify for membership, 100% of the Texas Law Alumni at your firm contribute to any fund at the Law School during the fiscal year, which starts Sept. 1 and runs until Aug. 31. In recognition of this achievement, your firm's name will be prominently displayed in the Career Services Office Interviewing Center. In addition, your firm will be recognized with an award given to your 100% Giving Challenge Contact.Learn more about the 100% Giving Challenge