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Garett Rogers

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Garett Rogers

Garett Rogers

Garett Rogers has always had a deep interest in computers and the Internet, which led him to a degree in Computer Information Systems. He is currently employed as a programmer for iQmetrix, which specializes in retail management software designed specifically for the cellular and electronics industry.

Garett's journey into Google started with his employer asking him to "get a better rank on Google." Diving into search engine optimization sparked his curiosity for how things work and led him to create a blog dedicated to what interests him most--Google.

Christopher Dawson

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Christopher Dawson

Christopher Dawson
Christopher Dawson grew up in Seattle, back in the days of pre-antitrust Microsoft, coffeeshops owned by something other than Starbucks, and really loud, inarticulate music. He escaped to the right coast in the early 90's and received a degree in Information Systems from Johns Hopkins University. While there, he began a career in health and educational information systems, with a focus on clinical trials and related statistical programming and database modeling. This focus led him to several positions at Johns Hopkins, then to a large biotech company in Cambridge, and finally, to his own consulting business. Now, he lives with his wife, five kids, a dog, and too many chickens in a small town in north-central Massachusetts where he spent several years teaching and managing technology in his local school district. Now he is a consultant and freelance writer in the areas of educational technology and web-based information systems. He writes a fair amount about his chickens, too.

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  • Google service disruptions in China - Beginning of the end?

    By Christopher Dawson | June 30, 2010, 12:43pm PDT

    Yesterday I suggested that a Google-China split would be temporary as economic and social forces ultimately would lead China to relax its dictatorial policies and open its doors further to trade...

  • Google's Android Market recommendations

    By Garett Rogers | June 29, 2010, 9:20pm PDT

    I’m sure Google’s got a lot of great minds working on this problem already, but it kind of surprises me how popular Android is getting with such a crappy Market. As the number of...

  • Google vs. China: China will be back

    By Christopher Dawson | June 29, 2010, 8:45am PDT

    China isn’t going anywhere. Neither is Google. If China shuts Google out now, it’s only a matter of time until they have to let them back in.

  • Google Apps Roulette Round 2: SlideRocket rocks out loud

    By Christopher Dawson | June 28, 2010, 8:06am PDT

    SlideRocket is worth every penny for organizations that depend upon presentations for marketing, sales, roadshows, and conferences.

  • Google won't kill Facebook, and vice versa

    By Garett Rogers | June 27, 2010, 9:27pm PDT

    It doesn’t matter what happens now — headlines saying that X is about to launch a Y killer have started. Any headline of the sort is a major jinx. I can’t remember a single...

  • Gmail now supports all Microsoft Word docs

    By Garett Rogers | June 26, 2010, 9:48am PDT

    Google has added Docs support for Microsoft Word (.doc and .docx). When you receive an attachment with a document in one of these formats, you now have the option to open them in Google Docs. I...

  • Should Google worry about Facebook social search?

    By Christopher Dawson | June 25, 2010, 2:54pm PDT

    In a word, yes. It’s not quite as dramatic as All Facebook makes it out to be. They call Facebook’s Social Graph-based search “a full scale attack on Google on all fronts at this...

  • Google Apps Roulette Round 2: The wishlist

    By Christopher Dawson | June 24, 2010, 7:58pm PDT

    Well, it’s taken awhile amid my grumpiness over vaguely improved management features in Google Apps, but I’m finally ready to remind myself why I remain a loyal Apps user. Apps...

  • Google Apps multi-domain support wrap-up

    By Christopher Dawson | June 24, 2010, 12:28pm PDT

    All I want is to easily be able to have different groups of users access different services in Google Apps. Is that too much to ask?

  • Viacom loses their case against Google/YouTube

    By Garett Rogers | June 23, 2010, 6:41pm PDT

    This long running case has been an interesting one to watch — it was a passionate fight for both parties. Today, Viacom lost their battle in their pursuit to sue Google for copyright...

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