Yearly Archives: 2017
My open legal battle with “Google Guy”
I didn’t need Google’s approval of OptiLink. They never were able to detect it, or even materially impact my sales, but banning my affiliates?...
My phone call from Googler #5
It was June 6, 2002. My desk phone (remember those?) rings and someone named Ray Sidney from Google wants to talk with me...
Lessons learned from the chaotic launch of OptiLink
It’s hard to explain the stress of that time, but as I write this account, I can feel it all over again. I...
It was Google that told me how to build OptiLink
In our last episode, John Heard told me to go read the original Google paper. I did. Over and over. And “the secret” (to...
That one sentence that birthed OptiLink
You almost never know how important something is while's it happening. This was one of the biggest moments of my life, but I wouldn't...
Before OptiLink there was…
A thing I was calling OptiText. Never heard of it? Not surprising: I never released it because of this weird thing called "ethics". During late...
15 years ago
On May 22, 2002, at 2PM Pacific time, Michael Campbell (website no longer active) announced OptiLink to his newsletter subscribers. This is the first...
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