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Revisiting Google Buzz :: How’s Your Experience Been?
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I found myself in the midst of a couple conversations about Google Buzz today and thought that my post on the subject could use a revisit. Hop over and read it if you haven’t already, and then let me tell you what I’ve encountered. Read More→
All the Buzz…or Not :: Google’s Feeble Attempt at Social Media
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Let me make something perfectly clear to start this post; I am a big fan of Google. Scratch that, I’m a huge fan. Other than getting booted unfairly from their AdSense program, I’ve been happily using many of Google’s free and useful web applications for a couple years, now. Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google Maps, Google Contacts, Google Reader, Google Feedburner, Google’s Picasa and most important, Google’s peerless search engine have all been part of my daily routine for some time, now. I also own a Palm Pre, which takes advantage of all these, wirelessly updating and syncing my personal data for me while I’m on the go. Trust me, if there is a Google fan, it’s me! I even keep myself updated on what’s going on with their mobile operating system, Android, just because I love their innovative style.
I’m creating this post using Google Chrome, their most-impressive, sleek, and super-fast web browser.
I love Google. I really do.
Easily one of the largest and most profitable businesses in the world, Google has little to fret about. Their search engine dwarfs all others in usage numbers. Their web apps are used by millions. Their Google-branded phones are selling like hotcakes with thousands of developers writing apps for them. All said and done, Google is doing very well.
Enter Buzz, Google’s newest creation. ”Share updates, photos, videos, and more.
Start conversations about the things you find interesting.” This is the title statement at the top of the page at google.com/buzz. All the millions of Gmail users around the world will be redirected to this site on their very next trip to their inboxes and will be confronted with Google’s latest “innovation.” Read More→
Conan’s Out, Jay’s Back :: What Do You Make of The Late Night Mess?
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If you haven’t heard already, Conan O’Brien’s stint on NBC’s The Tonight Show will officially end following tonights airing. After a short 7 month run, the heir apparent will be making his exit from late night talk show stardom. Jay Leno will re-assume the position as host of The Tonight Show, returning after his retirement, subsequent launching of a new prime-time show, and it’s gigantic failure. There are tons of stories, articles and videos about this whole debacle that can be read and reviewed at your leisure.
Just ask Google.
But that’s not what I’m after. You see, my opinion on the situation is: it sucks. I happen to like Conan, his comedy and the fact that he stuck it out on the 12:30am Late Nite show for 16 years in hopes of one day taking the prized Tonight Show position. It was promised to him. It was waited for. It was given to him as successor to Jay Leno. Simple. This was Conan’s show to take on for the next couple decades, and I was excited to see what he would do with it given some time.
NBC chose, however, to gamble a bit on Jay Leno’s prime time disaster. They lost the bet. It all went belly-up and their hand was forced. Affiliates on the local level were upset by loss of viewers, caused enough stink to make NBC make some choices, and Conan O’Brien is getting the raw end of the whole deal.
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Nexus One :: Google’s New Phone and Consumer Confusion
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I’m a real fan of Google. They produce web-based apps galore and offer all their services for free. Their apps are clean, user-friendly and work well from a variety of angles.
Free, available, and functional. What’s not to like?
Enter the Nexus One: Google’s first in a line of phones yet to come. But wait a second. Isn’t the Droid a Google phone? What about the Hero? G1? Behold? Eris? Do I need to continue?
Is it just me, or has the line between Google and Android (Google’s mobile operating system) become really blurry? For those of you shaking your head right now and thinking, “What are you even talking about?”, my point is proven.
Google, in it’s attempt to reach higher, farther, wider and better has become a bit of a beast. It seems spastic. Read More→
