Google-Proof

I sometimes miss great mentions of my book because I am GOOGLE-PROOF.  My book’s title, the title of my blog too is MAN VS CHILD.  But because there is a cooking show called Man Vs Child, I can’t just set up a Google Alert to ping me when there is a nice mention.  What a weird name for a cooking show, right?  I get that it is children against grownups, but where’s the cooking part in that title?  Man Vs Child in the Kitchen - there, I fixed it.

And I can’t even just have a vanity Google Alert for “Doug Moe” because there are several other prominent Doug Moe’s.  The most well-known is Doug Moe the basketball coach, apparently known for his big personality and sports coats.  I don’t know from sports.  But if you search “Doug Moe” on Twitter, you get lots of tweets about old-time Denver Nuggets facts.  And of course, there is Doug Moe, long-time Madison, Wisconsin columnist.  And arch-nemesis Doug Moe, real estate broker in Ventura, California who has the coveted www.dougmoe.com URL, relegating me to the second-class www.dougmoe.net.  *fist shake*

Anyway, I got a nice mention in Tools and Toys that I missed because of my GOOGLE PROOF status.  Tools and Toys is an awesome recommendation site that I’ve relied on many times, run by the great Shawn Blanc.  He also runs The Sweet Setup which is great for tech recommendations.  Whenever I’m procrastinating, spending my day figuring out if I should write something in Ulysses or Scrivener or, heck I don’t know, Word, instead of just ACTUALLY writing something, I usually end my search on The Sweet Setup.

So thanks for the recommendation!  Sorry I missed it until now.  Tools and Toys has great taste and it’s so great to be in their Holiday Gift Guide!