I won’t be blowing you away with this observation, but the world has gone bonkers. Completely, utterly bonkers. Beyond political correctness, I think the world’s cojones have well and truly decided to retract all the way inside the body, and given up altogether. What makes me say that? Three stories in the past week have [...]
Google launches Big Table (but I beat them to it by nearly a year!)
Whatever, Google. Big Table isn’t all that, I had that idea a year ago, launched it, got the tshirt and moved on. Want proof? Here’s me and my Big Table hanging out together last summer.
Google Reader Shared Items: And what about the usability?
Everyone and their dog is complaining about Google Reader introducing the “friends’ shared items” functionality a few days ago, which enables users to share a selection of their feeds with friends. However, when introduced, Google automatically shared the existing “shared” feed, rather than letting users opt in. This caused an upheaval from people who, I [...]
Funny Google Searches #9: The Jaded B*tch Edition
Every so often, I trawl through my blog’s search logs to find out what topics have ignited the interest of readers. There’s the top content, the usual search terms. But then there’s the dregs, the random gobshite some people search for that leaves me completely mystified HOW that landed them on my blog! So here’s [...]
Google Mail Paper now available in the UK
Lately, I’ve been getting a bit sick of staring at a screen all day. Email in, email out, do this, do that. Blergh! But looks like Google has solved my problem, again! Gmail Paper is a new service, just arrived to the UK after some US trials, which allows you to request paper copies of [...]
Can Google Hear Him?
Apparently they can. Aaron Stanton started writing and posting videos on CanGoogleHearMe.com less than two weeks ago, yet he’s an overnight celebrity at the Googleplex. Aaron had a business proposal, but his attempts to contact Google via phone or email did not work. So he decided to fly to Google, sit outside Google for several [...]
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