Monthly Archives: September 2010

New Twitter

In so far as I like to react to things in the style of Navin R. Johnson, let me say “The new Twitter is here, the new twitter is here!”
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Google Chat Adoption Anecdote

This is the first time this has happened to me: I’ve had lots of friends available on chat for a long time, but this is the first time there were many available, and all had video chat enabled. Google’s push … Continue reading

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This is a cool video…

Hot Tub from S SHAPIRO – DIRECTOR REEL on Vimeo.

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Animals Yelling Like Men

I’m pretty sure that this is part of a global cross-species simultaneous mutation… all species are slowly but surely learning to yell, man-style… the earth is finally responding to our mistreatment of the planet, and soon she will have her revenge by having super annoying screaming animals bugging us at every juncture. every time you litter or piss in the ocean, or what have you, something will be there to yell at you annoyingly.
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A shirt, found again

This is the second time I’ve found this shirt. The first time was in Cincinnati in 1995 when I graduated from highschool and some friends and I wanted to wear aloha shirts to commemorate our “never having to go through … Continue reading

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Update!!: Jørgen was wrong.

Update to my post about nested acceleration platforms: Jørgen was wrong.

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Google Instant Kills SEO If You’re Terrible At SEO

Google Instant Search isn’t killing anything, and Matt Cutts (from Google) has explained as much already. The point is that instant search results are potential interceptors of searchers who are on their way to typing in a keyword. But interception isn’t death, it’s just disruption. Google is shaking the SEO snowglobe a bit, but good strategic thinking can take advantage and come out on top of things when all the flakes settle. All of the analytic tools aren’t ready yet, but here are some things to consider in SEO strategy for Google Instant moving forward… Continue reading

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Angry Cows vs. HTC (hint: HTC wins… kinda)

I am here to tell you how angry cows proved that the new features of Google Voice and calling from within Gmail completely useful and disruptive of the traditional relationship between customers and mobile telephone service providers. For more details about those features and their disruptive nature, check out my earlier post, but this one is all about the angry cows…
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Angry Cows Prove Gmail Calling & Google Voice Useful

Google recently introduced free calling from within Gmail – allowing users (in the U.S. at least) to call domestically for free, and call internationally for very cheap. Here’s why this is interesting:
• It’s a play at Skype and “SkypeOut” – their VoIP to phone service. Google is trying to get the huge user base of Gmail accustomed to chatting, video chatting, and even making phone calls through Gmail.
• It’s defense against Facebook whose chat services are being adopted and used a ton by Facebook users (i.e. everyone). You’d also better believe that Facebook is going to continue to improve its messaging feature, which one day may rival full feature email services like Gmail.
• This is the beginning of the end of phone numbers as we know them. Continue reading

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