Augie Hill

I Want Google+ To Replace My Blog

As is obvious, I haven't updated this area with any new posts since I started school last year. I've been too busy with classes, research projects, and a summer internship with Google, which was way awesome. I'll be posting about my school research projects as they get nearer to publication.

For now, I just feel like making a quick point. While I was interning this summer, Google+ happened. It was a really fun time to be working with the company.

There's a ton of potential for innovation in the Google+ ecosystem, especially for third parties. What I would like to see ...

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Google Fiber For Ann Arbor

Updated August 28, 2011

Google chose Kansas City for the fiber experiment. Bummer!

Why do you support Google Fiber for Ann Arbor?

Google Fiber is the cutting edge infrastructure that will define the technology the world uses in the next century. The higher-fidelity information streams will enable a new family of tools for all industries. Making Ann Arbor the first place in the world for the next round of technological improvements would bring much attention, opportunity, and prosperity to the city and region.

How would this benefit the city?

Ann Arbor would undoubtedly see a rapid influx of hardware and software industry leaders as they seek to invent ...

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It's OK To Be Assertive

Midwest Airlines is using your good nature against you. At least this is what I have found from my experience today.

As I write this, I am sitting in a bar on a layover at the Milwaukee airport next to the gate having a Newcastle. It's not a bad place or anything, but it's not where I want to or planned to be. I'm supposed to be nearly to Dallas by now, where my family that I haven't seen for many months and I would be going to dinner. I have only a few days there before I fly back to Michigan to start grad school.

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Beer Can Breathalyzer

I felt like playing around with DIY electronics, so I built a breathalyzer. It's not an accurate breathalyzer as much as it is a game to see who can get the highest "score". The best part: I housed it in a beer can, so when you blow into it, it looks like you're taking a drink.

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