The blog of Abraham Williams

Google is the largest web application on the planet with over one billion unique visiters each month. This means that one in seven people on the entire planet used Google over the last 30 days. Having such a massive user base means that someone from pretty much every single geographical, political, and religious group is a user of Google. Once Google+  hits a billion our pals from Mountain View will be in the unique position of potentially bringing about world peace. And I don't mean bringing FarmVille to Google+. How so, you might ask? Well Google is collecting so much personal information that they can create incredibly accurate profiles of personal beliefs and comfort zones. With these personas, the 900,000 machines , a few algorithms, and some time Google can connect people one follow at a time that are of similar interests but ever so slightly contrarian. Eventually even the most conservative views will become more open and accepting...

I have enjoyed being in Seattle but have decided to take a job with @ Answerly and move to San Francisco. Answerly is a @ YCombinator startup building some awesome stuff and I am very excited to be joining the team. While I can't go into details yet, be sure to follow me (@ abraham ) on @ Twitter to see my latest startup experience unfold. I love working with lots of social data so I'm sure there will be some of that mixed in. :-P When am I moving? Well pretty much immediately. I will be in Portland for Thanksgiving before driving down I-5 early December. If you happen to be long the route drop me a note and maybe I will drop in for a bit. View Larger Map I am looking for an apartment in downtown SF so if you know of something or are looking for a roommate let me ( and doxy ) know. And with that be sure to look for me at SF tech events and have a wonderful Thanks Giving.

Nap time , originally uploaded by abraham.williams . Moar nap time , originally uploaded by abraham.williams .

The last couple of months I have been depressed and unmotivated. This has, unfortunately, caused me to get behind on email, projects, and countless other tasks. I am working to rectify the situation and will be throwing water on burning bridges all week. If you have been waiting for a response from me, never fret. You will be hearing from me soon while I try to dig myself out of this hole. If you are a user of any of my somewhat neglected projects, or open source code you will have to wait a little longer but lots of awesomeness is planned. :)

Over halfway to Seattle so I thought I would share some statistics. View Larger Map So far: Miles: 1,100 Start time: 7AM Naps: 3 x 45 minutes Kitten photos: 2 Box escapes by kitten: 5 Tires with air topped off: 4 Red Bulls: 5 Time driving: 19 hours Hours of religious talk radio: 1 Hours of gardening talk radio: 1 Kitten in box Kitten not in box

I'm moving to Seattle, WA. While I am saddened to be leaving the awesome communities I've been apart of (Especially  Web608 and Lothlorien ). I'm excited about the new prospects in Seattle. If you are or know of someone in Seattle I should meet up with let me know . This Saturday there is a farewell pizza party everyone is invited to. See you on the West Coast!

My #doit list for 2010. Some big, some fun, some awesome. Make a real site for  http://abrah.am . Land a high profile job in San Francisco, CA . Get a Huskey . Do a six mile run in 60 minutes  and start lifting weights regularly. Get an approximation of my ideal home office computer setup. Write a book or at least a chapter in a book. Become proficient in two more languages. Have a startup funded . Kick some bad habits. Get a Nexus One . Be Awesome . Enjoy life. Clean my stuff out of mom's attic in Maine . Compile a database of all public Tweets . Write 365 blog posts. (One down :) Be minimalist . Get a California King size bed. #doit  is now my browser homepage as a reminder to work on my #doit list.

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In an effort to reduce the time sink of running this blog I have moved it to Blogger .