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I think most people that attended the #NYCHIRL knew that they would do a lot of fun stuff that they didn't expect to do, and I would agree, but I definitely wouldn't expect that urban exploration would be on the list of things I did during the HIRL. In the same respect, I didn't think that it would happen so close to HQ.

Early sunday, +Tim Clary, +Superdave Houdini Meralus, and +Al Ebnereza decided to explore the rear fire escape of the HQ, and ended up on the roof of the building. After deciding to explore further, the connected roof of the next-door building revealed an open door to what would be discovered as an abandoned building.

Things lead to things, and I was told upon their return that I should visit where they had been, as +Tim Clary was up to some really cool stuff. As it got dark, and Super Bowl kickoff got closer, we took to the dark route armed with a flashlight and went back to where they had been. When I thought about what the HIRL experience would be like, at no point did I expect to be navigating an old, in-some-areas-busted fire escape to gain roof access to an open and abandoned building. That kind of unexpected journey into an unknown territory was definitely one of the most memorable moments for me.

Tim had some great art on the walls that was done simply with lipstick that was found on the ground, and he continued with more stuff as my creative juices started to flow. I didn't have many options with such little light in the place, but an idea popped into my head that I wanted to capture, and +Superdave Houdini Meralus & +Tim Clary were willing subjects in my venture. We tried to join a hangout while all of it was going on, but saw little success with the unreliable connections we were getting.

By the time we got back, I felt I had captured the feel of being in that abandoned space, and I quickly edited what I captured, and saw that I had something special. Now, every time I look at it, it brings me back to that unexpected and unique experience. There were a few other pictures, but I wanted to share this one the most

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Authors, when you typing to fill pages in a book (regardless of deadline or length), how many words a day to you aim for? I know everyone's threshold will be different, I guess I'm looking to see some parameters I might want to aim for.

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Ever wondered who Google's Community Managers are?

If you live in San Francisco, join us next Thursday bright and early (8:30 am!) to get to meet us and to know a bit more about what we do.

And yes, coffee will be served.

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Google Community: Collaborating with Users at Scale
In Larry Page and Sergey Brin's 2004 IPO letter, Google's founders wrote, “Serving our end users is at the heart of what we do and remains our number one priority.” A little over 7 years later…

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Nonprofits and Google+
Google+ has garnered a lot of press since it launched last summer. Are you or your nonprofit finding it helpful or just a bunch of hype? The answers below will help influence an article I'm writing on…

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