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Tag: Google

  • Permanent Record

    Thanks to the internet, everything's going on my permanent record. — Brent Logan (@blogan) October 10, 2018 Update. I added the following as a comment, but am pulling it up for those that might not see it otherwise: Want to freak yourself out? I'm gonna show just how much of your information the likes of…

  • Why is President X So _____?

    The Atlantic used Google search autocomplete to discover 50 cities’ stereotypes. I wondered what I could learn about some recent presidents. Apparently, not much. ;-) Did any of these surprise you? Update: Thanks to a comment on Facebook suggesting that these might be honest questions rather than statements, I reattempted the searches. Looks like Reagan…

  • Buh Bye, Feedburner — Hello URI.LV

    I was using Feedburner to provide my email subscriptions. Rather than wait for Google to kill Feedburner, I have moved my email subscriptions to URI.LV. If all works as planned, those of you who subscribed to my blog will continue to get my new posts (including this one) without disruption. If not, I’ll have some…

  • Buh Bye, Google Reader — Hello, Feedly

    I’m one of the 500,000 making the jump to Feedly. I read scan 228 feeds, so quick navigation from one item to the next is of prime importance. Reader’s j/k shortcuts are permanently wired into my finger memory and I was overjoyed to find that Feedly also uses them. I’m playing with Feedly’s touch interface…

  • Google’s eBookstore

    Yesterday I complained that Barnes & Noble’s Nook store doesn’t make it easy to find free ebooks. Today, I discovered Google’s eBookstore solves the problem: just search for “free.” I can download the books in ePub format and use Calibre to transfer them to my Nook. Problem solved!

  • Jonathan Perlow on Success

    Most of the things we try fail. Jonathan Perlow

  • Buzz Kill

    Watch Dave Winer’s opinion of Google Buzz drive off the cliff: Twitter-killing follow-up. (Scripting News). # My first Buzz tweet. Not sure if you’ll be able to read this. Let me know. # After 15 minutes I remember that Google is mean and distrusting and filled with side-goals that have nothing to do with delighting…

  • Easy Cash With Google?

    From The Official Google Blog: “Use Google to Make 1000s of Dollars!” or “Easy Cash with Google: You Could be Making up to $978 a Day Working from Home!” You may have seen offers like these using Google’s name or logo that sounded too good to be true. Unfortunately, nearly all of them are, and,…

  • Google Wave

    Z.O.M.G. Google Wave looks great! If you e-mail, IM, blog, comment, create documents, edit documents, collaborate in a team, track versions, manage projects, create lists, edit wikis, use social media, etc., then Google Wave, or something very similar, is in your future. This is the future. I want it now! Watch the demo video above.…