Needed to find details on Rory Moran yesterday. Real quick timeline type thing. You know how it is. Started with the basics.
Opened Google first thing. Typed in “Rory Moran” – hit enter. Big mistake. Thousands of results. Mostly useless. Saw some LinkedIn profiles, a few Rory Morans in different countries. None matched the guy I needed. Felt stuck already. Time ticking.
Then, I tried adding location clues. Knew he might be connected to the Boston area way back. So I searched “Rory Moran” Boston. Still messy. Got a mix of social media snippets and some old event listings. Nothing concrete. Annoying.
Shifted gears. Thought about social media. Went straight to LinkedIn again. Plugged “Rory Moran” into search. Filters? Yeah, tried them all: Boston, Massachusetts, even specific industries I thought he might be in. Scrolled forever. Found maybe three profiles that could be him. Profiles older than dirt, little info. No pictures to confirm. Hit a dead end fast there.
Alright, next move: dug into public records sites. Those free-ish ones? Used those. Searched his name again, tried a couple different spelling variations just in case – like “Rory”, “Rori”. Found a few possible addresses tied to the name in different states, age ranges all over the place. No reliable way to tell if any matched my Rory Moran. Waste of fifteen minutes I ain’t getting back.
Started getting frustrated. Coffee kicked in. Remembered he supposedly spoke at some tech meetup ages ago. Went to good old Twitter, searched “Rory Moran” tech speaker. Found an old tweet mentioning him! Just a single tweet, tagged some defunct meetup page. No photo, no bio link, just a name in a tweet from 2015. Almost useful? Not really. Back to square one.
Final desperation tactic: niche forums. Searched an old online hobbyist forum I knew old tech guys sometimes used. Plugged his name into the search bar there. BINGO. Hit on an ancient profile. Username “rmoran_bos”, created back in 2009. Bio line said: “Former dev, switched to hardware testing, Boston.” Old profile pic was tiny, blurry, but kinda matched the fuzzy description I had. Profile mentioned working at “TechTest Labs Inc.” around 2012.
That was the golden nugget. Took that company name – “TechTest Labs Inc.” – back to LinkedIn. Searched the company, checked past employees section. Scrolled down… and there he was. Profile under “Rory Moran”, confirmed worked there from 2011-2014, Boston location. Picture finally confirmed it. Only took a massive detour through ancient internet history to find it.
Lessons learned? It’s a mess out there:
- Simple Google usually fails hard.
- Social media gives crumbs, if you’re lucky.
- Public records are noise.
- The real juice is sometimes buried on old platforms nobody uses anymore.
- Patience and trying weird angles is key.
Finding people fast? More like finding people slow and painful.
