Tag Archives : Google

Twitter – The Adolescent Twitter is like an adolescent child. Talking none stop to anyone and everyone who will listen. Mostly, the content is garbled and non-descriptive. All the content is repeated over and over again until a point the original message is lost in translation. What’s popular or trending isn’t popular or trendy. It’s quick, simple and no attention span required. Facebook [...]

We are all aware that Geolocation is becoming big business for many mainstream businesses. If you cannot be found on Facebook Places, Foursquare or Gowalla you are behind the times. I understand Twitter is playing with the idea of utilizing their geolocation tags for business purposes. These services offer local businesses huge potential revenue streams, and the ability to offer locational discounts, [...]

A couple of days ago, Google announced they will no longer be supporting Google Wave. I wanted to write a short article expressing my disappointment at this discussion: I was one of the first fortunate individuals to secure an invitation to use Google Wave, and the immediate problem I found was that no one else I knew had an invitation, so this obviously limited my use of the applications. [...]

Google Buzz I’ve been using Google Buzz for a couple of days. It would appear the UK didn’t get access until a couple of days after the American’s did. This isn’t surprising as Google is an American company and their headquarters is located in the United States. To date, a couple of my friends and family have followed my on Buzz and I’ve followed them back. [...]

Have you ever been tempted to click on your own AdSense advertisements? I am not suggesting for monetary gain, but because you have been on your own site, checking your latest blog for example when you see an advertisement that actually interests you. If I was visiting a web site that didn’t belong to me, I would have certainly clicked on the ad.  But, because this ad is on your own [...]

I’ve had Google Wave for a couple of months now and not really had the opportunity to use it much purely because I don’t know anyone who actually interested in using it with me. I still have a number of invitations available and would be happy to share them with anyone who would like to collaborate in trying out Wave. If you are interested them please use the comment section [...]

I’ve read numerous blogs concernings Google Chrome extension and there is lots of information around concerning what the best / useful top-ten extensions that are available. Therefore rather than duplicate existing content, I thought I would list the few extension I use and why. I should add that in order to make use of Chrome extensions, you will need to be running the beta version of [...]

How do you keep informed with all the constant change in web development and design? Everyday there are new releases of software upgrades, new plugins, themes, and much much more.  I find myself everyday spending at least an hour of my time reading information, and updating the websites I manage with these new releases of software and plugins. To faciliate these releases, I subscribe to various [...]