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Density and Difference
"Make everything that CAN be alike as alike as possible. Let the differences between stuff jump out as accents. Because ultimately, people may come for the difference, but they stay for the stuff."
MuleDesign  design  Google+  Google  Twitter 
july 2011 by andrewspittle
Oliver Reichenstein on Google+
Smart observations on Google+ as it relates to Facebook.
Google  Google+  software  Facebook  from instapaper
july 2011 by andrewspittle
Google+
Marco's take on Google's latest foray into social.
Google  Google+  social  MarcoArment  from instapaper
july 2011 by andrewspittle
Why I'm Rooting For Google+
"But in a perfect world you don't want to be dependent on any single one of them. The more social platforms of scale there are, and we have a bunch now, including Twitter, Tumblr, and Foursquare, the better world it will be for developers."
Google+  FredWilson  software  webapps  Google  social  Twitter  Facebook 
july 2011 by andrewspittle
When Hard Books Disappear
Society ought to keep a physical specimen that typifies each thing they produce.
KevinKelly  books  Google  ebooks  from instapaper
june 2011 by andrewspittle
Left School, Joined a Startup
Alex, from ISO50, is leaving his MFA program and joining a Google Ventures funded startup.
startups  business  Google 
may 2011 by andrewspittle
A Successful Failure
Ben Brooks makes the case that Android may be successful in the near term but that doing so will sow the seeds of it's eventual failure.
BenBrooks  Android  Google  business 
april 2011 by andrewspittle
The future of analytics products
An epic rundown of various analytics products, what they offer, and what they lack. Google Analytics may be the market leader but for many large sites and companies it may not be the best option.
tools  data  analytics  Google 
march 2011 by andrewspittle
Microsoft’s Bing uses Google search results—and denies it
Bing is copying Google search results, and they were caught.
search  Google  Microsoft  Bing  software 
february 2011 by andrewspittle
The Case Against Data Lock-in
"Want to keep your users? Just make it easy for them to leave."
dataintegrity  data  information  Google  privacy 
january 2011 by andrewspittle
Chrome OS and IT platform longevity
Marco Arment's take on Chrome OS and it's odd appeal to enterprise.
MarcoArment  business  Google  software 
december 2010 by andrewspittle
The iOS and Android App Economies
Gruber clarifies his earlier post about killer apps on Android.
Google  Apple  iPhone  Android  mobile  JohnGruber  DaringFireball 
december 2010 by andrewspittle
What should Google do?
Jeff Jarvis' thoughts on what Google should do about businesses that purposefully game search rankings by accumulating negative reviews that link to their site.
JeffJarvis  BuzzMachine  Google  software 
december 2010 by andrewspittle
Where Are the Android Killer Apps?
Gruber's thoughts about the Android app market and the dearth of killer apps that only exist on the platform.
Android  johngruber  daringfireball  Google  mobile 
december 2010 by andrewspittle
The convergence of Google, government and privacy
Google and its new privacy tools.
security  google  oreilly  privacy 
november 2010 by andrewspittle
Germany’s N word
"It is in this very context that I raise the spectre of police stopping citizens on the street to demand identification for reasons that cannot always be predicted and protected against. It has happened before."
jeffjarvis  buzzmachine  Germany  Google  world 
september 2010 by andrewspittle
Oh, those Germans
"At the start of the evening, Künast says that “freedom can comprise anonymity.” Yes, but freedom also comprises publicness. Publicness may be our highest right of freedom — to stand up and say what we think and be who we are and join together and act without fear of oppression."
jeffjarvis  buzzmachine  Google  Germany 
september 2010 by andrewspittle
What Happened to Yahoo
"But what Yahoo really needed to be was a technology company, and by trying to be something else, they ended up being something that was neither here nor there. That's why Yahoo as a company has never had a sharply defined identity."
paulgraham  startups  business  Google  Yahoo 
august 2010 by andrewspittle
Evil?
Maybe Google isn't as well-meaning as we think.
JeffJarvis  buzzmachine  Google  journalism  Verizon  NYTimes 
august 2010 by andrewspittle
Graphs
"A graph consists of a set of nodes connected by edges. The original internet graph is the web itself, where webpages are nodes and links are edges. In social graphs, the nodes are people and the edges friendship."
chrisdixon  Facebook  Google  Hunch  webapps 
august 2010 by andrewspittle
Why didn't Google Wave boot up?
Dave Winer's take on why Google Wave never booted up into a significantly successful platform.
Google  davewiner  scriptingnews  webapps  software 
august 2010 by andrewspittle
Google takes the FTC to school
Jeff Jarvis' thoughts on Google's letter to the FTC.
journalism  jeffjarvis  buzzmachine  google  business 
july 2010 by andrewspittle
Sergey Brin’s Search for a Parkinson’s Cure
Great story about everything Sergey Brin is funding to help solve the riddle of Parkinson's. The efforts are taking a very data-driven approach.
SergeyBrin  google  health  science 
july 2010 by andrewspittle
Dear Canon: Time to add communications to your low-end cameras
"If Canon isn't working on this now they'll be out of the low-end camera business in less than five years. That's how quickly the Apple/Google juggernaut is moving."
davewiner  scriptingnews  apple  google  iPhone  photography 
june 2010 by andrewspittle
'First to Do It' vs. 'First to Do It Right'
Gruber explains the difference between doing a feature first and spending the time to make sure the implementation is best.
JohnGruber  daringfireball  apple  Google  android  iPhone 
june 2010 by andrewspittle
Googlethink
Nicholas Carr is getting a bit paranoid about Google and web services.
Google  theatlantic  security  privacy  webapps 
june 2010 by andrewspittle
I'll Tell You What's Fair
Gruber explains why Google did, ultimately, move into Apple's mobile arena. He also takes down Joe Wilcox and why it's perfectly fair that Daring Fireball does not have comments.
blogging  writing  DaringFireball  johngruber  Apple  Google  iPhone 
june 2010 by andrewspittle
More thoughts on URL shorteners.
Everything you want to know about URL shorteners and what they potentially mean for the web.
webapps  software  Twitter  Google 
june 2010 by andrewspittle
Social media versus Oil Can Henry’s
Chris Messina looks back on an instance in which his online network failed him.
ChrisMessina  Twitter  Google  knowledgesystems  information 
june 2010 by andrewspittle
While Google fights on the edges, Amazon is attacking their core
"The key risk for Google is that they are heavily dependent on online purchasing being a two-stage process:  the user does a search on Google, and then clicks on an ad to buy something on another site."
Google  Amazon  ChrisDixon  business  strategy 
june 2010 by andrewspittle
Finally, good news for Google
"That is to say, Google doesn’t touch — nor should it want or need to — the fourth and vital leg to sustainable business models for news: cost."
JeffJarvis  Google  journalism  business  BuzzMachine 
june 2010 by andrewspittle
The Real “Open Like”: New Link-sharing Protocol Gets Big Names on Board
Interesting new protocol being released for an open and distributed link-sharing system. Already has the likes of Google, Instapaper, and Digg on board.
Google  social  dataintegrity  webapps  Facebook  GigaOm 
june 2010 by andrewspittle
Setting the record straight.
"I stay with RSS because it's solid, it works, and no one can tell me I can't use it."
DaveWiner  ScriptingNews  RSS  Google  software 
june 2010 by andrewspittle
Google ditches Windows on security concerns
Money quote: “Linux is open source and we feel good about it,” said one employee. “Microsoft we don’t feel so good about.”
Google  Microsoft  Apple  software  business  security 
may 2010 by andrewspittle
Apple’s Mobile Future
Kyle Baxter's thoughts about Apple's mobile future and how it's competing with Google.
Google  Apple  iPhone  iPad  business  KyleBaxter 
may 2010 by andrewspittle
Google Pitches a Web-Centric Future
At Google I/O Google announced its vision of a web-centric future filled with webapps that make heavy use of HTML5.
webapps  Google  software  NYTimes 
may 2010 by andrewspittle
Google Admits to Inadvertent Data-Collecting
"Google said on Friday that for more than three years it had inadvertently collected snippets of private information that people send over unencrypted wireless networks."
Google  privacy  security  dataintegrity  NYTimes 
may 2010 by andrewspittle
Google Seeks to Hire “Head of Social”
Google is looking to hire a "Head of Social" to help it plan out a more effective presence on the social web.
Google  webapps 
may 2010 by andrewspittle
Speculation
"Apple’s feeling threatened by Android, as they should be. So they’re systematically targeting and eliminating major reasons why someone would choose Android over iPhone."
MarcoArment  iPhone  Apple  Google 
may 2010 by andrewspittle
Cyberattack on Google Said to Hit Password System
Some of the basics behind the cyberattack on Google's Gaia system.
Google  NYTimes  security  webapps  software  crime 
may 2010 by andrewspittle
How Twitter can save itself from Doom.
Dave Winer offers some more thoughts on what Twitter could do to create some excitement in the coming months.
DaveWiner  Twitter  Google  WordPress  webapps 
may 2010 by andrewspittle
The Need for Speed
Google's factoring in page load times to its algorithm now. It is too bad that things like usability and customer happiness can't also play a part.
Google  design 
april 2010 by andrewspittle
Bringing Living Stories to Wordpress
"Now anyone who publishes through Wordpress can use the plugin to organize coverage of an ongoing event on a single dynamic page."
WordPress  Google  journalism 
april 2010 by andrewspittle
The new utility belt
"But the main thing right now is: Twit ter plus Google forms plus Dropbox. Use ‘em together. They’re the new util ity belt, and so many things are possible."
webapps  software  Dropbox  Google  Twitter 
april 2010 by andrewspittle
5 Ways The Google Book Settlement Will Change The Future of Reading
"If you care about the future of books, you need to understand the Google Book Settlement. It's a complicated legal document, but we've talked to some of its architects, detractors, and defenders - and break it all down for you."
reading  books  ebooks  copyright  Google 
april 2010 by andrewspittle
Of Google and Page Speed
Jeffery Zeldman breaks down what Google's decision to factor page speed into its search rankings means for web designers.
design  Google  JefferyZeldman 
april 2010 by andrewspittle
Life at Google
Tim Bray chronicles a standard day for him working at Google. Interesting observations.
Google  lifestyle  business 
april 2010 by andrewspittle
Stickiness is bad for business
Sometimes stickiness is not the greatest thing for a webapp to have. It can be "like a Starbucks where everyone hangs out for hours but almost never buys anything."
ChrisDixon  business  webapps  Google  Facebook  software 
april 2010 by andrewspittle
Why I’ll never use Delicious again
Account of how, for one user at least, Google Reader has been able to fill a role similar to Delicious. The weight is still on discovery of new rather than preservation of previous reads.
reading  software  Google  Delicious  webapps 
april 2010 by andrewspittle
Why the iPad and iPhone don’t Support Multitasking
Interesting observations about multitasking on the iPhone and iPad. Hardware limitations provide a solid barrier before the implementation would really be effective. Written a week before the iPhone OS 4 announcement.
ipad  apple  software  Google  iPhone 
april 2010 by andrewspittle
Serendipity is unexpected relevance
What does serendipity mean for us on the web and how can it be measured so that a service can provide it?
business  webapps  JeffJarvis  BuzzMachine  Google 
april 2010 by andrewspittle

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