www.laaker.com
Open in
urlscan Pro
2606:4700:3036::ac43:d41a
Public Scan
Submitted URL: http://www.laaker.com/
Effective URL: https://www.laaker.com/micah/
Submission: On July 03 via api from US — Scanned from DE
Effective URL: https://www.laaker.com/micah/
Submission: On July 03 via api from US — Scanned from DE
Form analysis
1 forms found in the DOMGET https://www.laaker.com/micah
<form method="get" action="https://www.laaker.com/micah">
<input type="text" value="Search Laaker.com..." onfocus="clearDefault(this)" name="s" id="s"><br>
</form>
Text Content
News Works Misc... CLIMATE TECH CONSUMPTION, WEEK OF MAY 6 May 8, 2024 at 1:13 pm · By Micah Laaker · Filed under Blog These are the materials I read/listened/watched this (and previous) week(s) to get a better understanding of the climate tech ecosystem and opportunities: Volts podcast re: movie/TV’s climate change representation, new EPA power plant standards, and the energy transition’s 5 supervillains and 5 superhereos Everybody in the Pool podcast re: tracking progress toward net zero by […] Read More... Comments CLIMATE TECH CONSUMPTION, WEEK OF APRIL 22 April 27, 2024 at 2:06 pm · By Micah Laaker · Filed under Blog These are the materials I read/listened/watched this (and previous) week(s) to get a better understanding of the climate tech ecosystem and opportunities: Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet book (finished!) Volts podcast re: transferrable tax credits, EPA carbon reduction, and distributed energy resources […] Read More... Comments CLIMATE TECH CONSUMPTION, WEEK OF APRIL 1 April 5, 2024 at 10:46 am · By Micah Laaker · Filed under Blog These are the materials I read/listened/watched this (and previous) week(s) to get a better understanding of the climate tech ecosystem and opportunities: Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet book (25% through) Electrify: An Optimist’s Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future book Speed & […] Read More... Comments EXPLORING GREEN TECH THROUGH CLIMATE VINE April 5, 2024 at 10:24 am · By Micah Laaker · Filed under Blog, Press Releases (Mountain View) — After twelve years at Google (ranging from small business services to unifying consumer identity experiences and privacy consents to aligning the product design toolchain), Micah Laaker announced his career transition to explore climate tech through the Climate Vine fellowship cohort. “Coming from families that were focused on sustainable living on family farms […] Read More... Comments LAAKER INDUCTED INTO HALLOWED HALLS OF VIKINGS OF DISTINCTION May 15, 2015 at 11:12 pm · By Micah Laaker · Filed under Press Releases (Omaha, NE) — Micah Laaker was today inducted into Omaha North High Magnet School’s annual Vikings of Distinction alumni honorees. A 1993 graduate of the technology magnet school in Omaha, Laaker was one of seven to be honored as part of 2015’s event. Established in 1983 to honor past graduates who have “achieved outstanding success […] Read More... Comments LAAKER JOINS NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION’S BOARD OF TRUSTEES May 3, 2015 at 3:22 pm · By Micah Laaker · Filed under Press Releases (Kearney, NE) — As part of today’s annual meeting, the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation welcomed Micah Laaker to its Board of Trustees. The Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation, a 501(C3) not-for-profit corporation, secures funding for the Nebraska State Historical Society from individuals and organizations, across the state and beyond, who value Nebraska’s unique heritage […] Read More... Comments (1) GRAPHICLY 2011 RECAP January 8, 2012 at 9:00 am · By Micah Laaker · Filed under Portfolio Ed. Note: This is a repost of the summary shared on the Graphicly Blog. When I joined Graphicly a little over a year ago, we had two primary audiences: customers (those of you who buy, read, and discuss comics), and publishers (those of you who create comics). Each of these are familiar with a subset […] Read More... Comments (1) MOVING HEALTHCARE TO THE MASSES December 29, 2011 at 9:31 am · By Micah Laaker · Filed under Blog Several weeks back, NPR ran a story dubbed “Wal-Mart Plans Ambitious Expansion Into Medical Care,” outlining how Wal-Mart planned to open medical clinics throughout its chain of stores. The story was later updated to suggest Wal-Mart did not indeed have such machinations. However, the idea has some interesting points worth considering, especially if you replace […] Read More... Comments SHOPDECK UPDATE November 29, 2011 at 5:38 pm · By Micah Laaker · Filed under Blog Last year, I announced Shopdeck, an email receipt-filtering app I’d demo’d with Zach Graves at iPadDevCamp. My gut told me there was something valuable in a product like this, but after several chats with possible investors, it didn’t appear I would be able to raise enough to develop the idea for a competitive run. Graphicly […] Read More... Comments OPTIMIZING YOUR SITE FOR GOOGLE+ July 29, 2011 at 7:23 am · By Micah Laaker · Filed under Blog When Google rolled out Google+ a couple weeks ago, being the fanboy that I am (according to others), I quickly set up my profile. And then, being the self-promoter that I am (according to myself), I began trying to optimize my site content for sharing within the service. Having spent time earlier this year on […] Read More... Comments TURNING YOUR HOME INTO A CONNECTED HOME GALLERY June 12, 2011 at 2:42 pm · By Micah Laaker · Filed under Blog I recently signed up for TurningArt, a ‘Netflix for fine art,’ if you will. (Basic premise: subscribe to get new artwork of your choosing via a queue every 3 months in a provided frame, and each artwork ‘rental’ earns you credits to purchase any of the pieces at a discount.) Great concept, and I was […] Read More... Comments LAAKER LEAVES YAHOO! TO JOIN SOCIAL COMICS STARTUP GRAPHICLY February 25, 2011 at 4:33 pm · By Micah Laaker · Filed under Press Releases (Mountain View) — After six awesome years at Yahoo!, Micah Laaker today announced his transition to lead product experience at Graphicly, a multi-platform social comics and entertainment experience working to bridge comics, characters, and conversations. Since joining Graphicly, Laaker has led the charge begin incorporating its first wave of social features in the product’s Web […] Read More... Comments (11) HUNGARIAN PIZZA August 15, 2010 at 11:10 pm · By Micah Laaker · Filed under Blog Last year I was contacted by Ivan Szekely of the OSA Archivum (Open Society Archives at Central European University) about translating into Hungarian the ACLU Pizza Surveillance short film I designed several years ago. Their effort was to “present privacy and informational self-determination as a value in the information society.” After linking him up with […] Read More... Comments ANALYSIS OF (AND APIS FOR) WE RULE AND WE FARM ACTIONS August 2, 2010 at 12:03 am · By Micah Laaker · Filed under Blog For anyone who hasn’t had the pleasure to rock either of ngmoco:)’s great iPhone/iPad game titles, We Rule and We Farm, this post will make little sense. If, however, you are a fan of the “Farmville in medieval times” and the “Farmville in, well, Farmville times” game titles that are all the rage with the […] Read More... Comments THE CASE FOR ADDING (VISIBLE) ACTIVITY STREAM ANALYTICS July 24, 2010 at 4:44 pm · By Micah Laaker · Filed under Blog Activity streams (whether Facebook’s news feed, Twitter’s tweet stream, Yahoo!’s Updates, LinkedIn’s network activity, MySpace’s Stream or those using the activitystrea.ms format) are all the rage around the Web now. In each instance, users publish directly (via entering your comment into a Sharing dialog box) or indirectly (by the system generating content based on an […] Read More... Comments « Previous entries Next Page » Next Page » ABOUT MR. LAAKER Micah LaakerLaaker.com leads an incredible product design team at Google focused on people-centric security, authentication & controls. He lives in California94043United States of America with his wife, sons, mammoth music + respectable comics collections. More... * Resume (LinkedIn Profile) * Twitter: @mlaaker * Mastodon: @mlaaker * Awards and Honors 212-673-8700 FACEBOOK FANS CATEGORIES * Categories * Blog * Portfolio * Press Releases MY PRODUCTS * Teach Yourself SVG in 24 Hours (how-to book) * Photoshop CS in 10 Simple Steps or Less (how-to book) * Tall Tales (trivia game) * IconEngine (Hip-hop Icons) ATTENTION * Concerts * Music REVENUE ROOM * 1Password to secure your online accounts * NeonMob: collect & trade digital cards * Audiobooks that support your local bookshop and are DRM-free * My Shopping Wishlist * Get money back with each online purchase * Backup your Mac via Backblaze * Web Hosting, courtesy of DreamHost * Sync your files between devices for free via Dropbox STAY UP-TO-DATE Get Laaker.com via your favorite news reader: Laaker.com · Copyright Policy · Privacy Policy