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Reader redesign: Terrible decision, or worst decision? - >*
indeed. it's actually sort of annoying that the GReader Android apps are still pretty nice, because that's where I do about 75% of my reading, and it's hard to decide to switch from that.
google  webdev  usability 
november 2011 by epersonae
The Unsocial Network: Why Google Is Wrong to Kill Off Google Reader - Forbes
Why google reader is an "anti-social network" and why that's a good thing. Much like pinboard, actually.
google  webdev  misctech  blogosphere 
october 2011 by epersonae
Tool: URL Builder - Analytics Help
how to build those "utm_" query parameter things.
google  analytics  webdev 
october 2011 by epersonae
Xobni Brings "Smartr" Social Intelligence Apps to Gmail & Android
giving these a try. not sure if the Gmail widget is going to take up too much screen space.
google  misctech  android 
september 2011 by epersonae
Google's Ta Da Moments | Technology at Burningbird
Putting the pieces together..."embrace and extend" as practiced by Google.
google  webdev  html5  javascripty 
september 2011 by epersonae
Google's Success May Mark The End Of Everything Else | Fast Company
"With successful domination in social, mobile, and local, the combined integration will make all other entities and companies vying for our attention online unnecessary. In essence, Google will have a presence in everything." ugh. I can haz anti-trust law plz?
google  politics 
august 2011 by epersonae
Google+ names policy, explained | Infotropism
as far as she's been able to figure out, anyway
google  privacy 
august 2011 by epersonae
Why Facebook and Google's Concept of 'Real Names' Is Revolutionary - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic
"Let's not pretend that what Google and Facebook are doing has long-established precedents and therefore these companies are only doing what they're doing to mimic real life." A guy who changed his mind walks through some comparisons.
facebook  google  privacy 
august 2011 by epersonae
why pseudonymity matters
"In short, had a real names policy been ubiquitous while I was in that role, I would have had to choose between my job (my career, my livelihood) and engaging with my friends online."
privacy  google 
august 2011 by epersonae
My Name Is Me
"Supporting your freedom to choose the name you use on social networks and other online services."
personal  socialmedia  facebook  google  society  privacy 
august 2011 by epersonae
Google Plus: Fast, Cheap and Out of Control | ZDNet
"No, I’m not talking about porn (for once). I’m talking about the huge amount of everything that falls between porn and G-rated (general, all ages) content."
sexuality  socialmedia  google 
july 2011 by epersonae
US FTC investigating Google's dominace of the Internet search industry - The Economic Times
I got into a brief argument at one of the tech meetups downtown about whether Google could be considered a monopoly. (This is another reason I need to reread -- and make notes on -- The Master Switch, because it helped me get a better grasp on the topic of anti-trust in information industries.)
misctech  google  politics 
may 2011 by epersonae
ongoing by Tim Bray · Broken Links
probably the most clear explanation of the hashbang problem that I've read so far.
javascripty  google  webdev 
february 2011 by epersonae
how to include ability to get directions in gmap, map | drupal.org
comment number 18 has a rough option, which I used inside of a theme. works well enough.
google  drupal  modules  gis 
december 2010 by epersonae
Gizmodo: best free texting apps
For between me & C, I'm also thinking about using Google Talk. (They
recommend Google Voice.)
Android  google  misctech 
december 2010 by epersonae
Editing your Google Docs on the go - Official Google Mobile Blog
in the browser, oddly enough. I would've thought that was a natural for an app.
google  android 
december 2010 by epersonae
Is Google In A Dream World? If So, Just How Close To Limbo Are They?
"The open ecosystem is so open that the carriers are open to give consumers absolutely no choice."
google  mobileweb 
december 2010 by epersonae
How to Migrate Your Entire Google Account to a New One
might move everything from my regular Google account to one of my Google Apps for yr domain accounts.
google  personal  to-do 
december 2010 by epersonae
Op-Ed Contributor - Google’s Earth - NYTimes.com
"We’re citizens, but without rights." An elegant expression of where we are now.
google  society  privacy  psychology 
september 2010 by epersonae
The Agnostic Cartographer - John Gravois
"How Google’s open-ended maps are embroiling the company in some of the world’s touchiest geopolitical disputes."
google  politics  gis 
july 2010 by epersonae
Pandas and Lobsters: Why Google Cannot Build Social Applications... - ...ifindkarma...
curiously enough, I would like Google to stick to "panda" -- "lobster traps" are why I am so damn wary about Facebook.
google  facebook  psychology  webdev 
july 2010 by epersonae
Online ads can get too close for comfort says new study
"If targeting works and visible ads work, you'd think visible, targeted ads would work even better - but they didn't." the "uncanny valley" of advertising?
marketing  google  webdev 
june 2010 by epersonae
How The Mainstream Media Stole Our News Story Without Credit
"On Friday, I broke a tasty story about a woman suing Google, claiming bad directions caused her to get hit by a vehicle. Today, I discover our story is everywhere, often with no attribution."
google  news 
june 2010 by epersonae
The Google Pac-Man Time Suck: Best Marketing Ploy Ever? | The Atlantic Wire
"a few days after the media flurry, a pair of diligent thinkers have raised doubts about RescueTime's findings"
society  productivity  google  misctech 
may 2010 by epersonae
Google Admits to WiFi Snooping
"Would Google have admitted the privacy breach if it weren’t for the DPA audit?" why regulation matters.
privacy  google  security  politics 
may 2010 by epersonae
YouTube Blog: Broadcast Yourself
"Viacom's efforts to disguise its promotional use of YouTube worked so well that even its own employees could not keep track of everything it was posting or leaving up on the site." Huh?
weird  webvideo  google  politics 
march 2010 by epersonae
A very personal Google Android vs. Apple iPhone war just got some more personality | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com
"Bray will bring something to Android that it doesn’t necessarily have today—a personality. And a little personality will matter because as the New York Times detailed on Sunday the Apple vs. Google thing has become intensely personal."
blogosphere  mac  google  mobileweb  android 
march 2010 by epersonae
Google Everywhere | The American Prospect
"As dependent as many of us -- governments included -- are becoming on one company, it's only sensible to bring to the forefront the trade-offs we make in that relationship."
google  politics  society  history 
february 2010 by epersonae
SSRN-'I've Got Nothing to Hide' and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy by Daniel Solove
kinda dry, but interesting. there's a paragraph on p769 that I might want to write more about.
politics  privacy  security  google  facebook 
february 2010 by epersonae
F*ck You, Google - Bad Valentine - Gizmodo
rant has moved, looks like original blog is now subscriber-only. (my guess: anon internet assholes.)
google  privacy  gender 
february 2010 by epersonae
Fuck you, Google « Fugitivus
"You know who my third most frequent contact is? My abusive ex-husband." ouch. made me go look up who was set up with sharing in Google Reader in my acct. nobody awful, but still! jeez!
google  privacy 
february 2010 by epersonae
Watch Out Who You Reply To On Google Buzz, You Might Be Exposing Their Email Address
"the person who’s address you’re typing doesn’t have a public profile" ...and so you should display their email address?!
google  privacy 
february 2010 by epersonae
Google Buzz: Not fit for purpose
"Being curious, I accepted Google’s invitation to try it out, but fairly rapidly started to think that perhaps it was a bad idea." Suw articulates things that have bothered me, and other stuff I didn't know about!
google  privacy  security 
february 2010 by epersonae
Facebook Wants to Be Your One True Login
Reading comprehension FAIL! "Dear visitors from Google. This site is not Facebook. This is a website called ReadWriteWeb that reports on news about Facebook and other Internet services."
weird  google  facebook 
february 2010 by epersonae
Google Buzz and contacts silos (and privacy and spam) | rare pattern
I have the same sense of hesitation. (Facebook has been problematic for me for many of the same reasons.)
blogosphere  google  facebook  society  psychology 
february 2010 by epersonae
Analytics – The Usability Lab of the new decade
last paragraph is the winner. also, I loved Measure Map back when I used it.
seo  usability  google 
february 2010 by epersonae
Official Google Enterprise Blog: ​Modern browsers for modern applications
Google Docs & Sites won't work right in IE6 starting March 1. Huzzah!
google  browsers 
february 2010 by epersonae
Google Reader Can Now Track Changes to Any Website - Even if it Can't Find a Feed
ok, hold on...does this mean I can create my own feeds for the (lousy) city of olympia site?
google  blogosphere  local  olympia  ena  webdev 
january 2010 by epersonae
Official Google Blog: A new approach to China
"These attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered--combined with the attempts over the past year to further limit free speech on the web--have led us to conclude that we should review the feasibility of our business operations in China." whoa.
google  politics 
january 2010 by epersonae
FORGET APPLE: Google Voice for iPhone to Reemerge as Web App
I'm thinking there's a different word that starts with an "f" that might go here. (I'm also thinking that the smart thing for almost anybody to do is to write web apps. F*** the app store.)
mac  mobileweb  google 
january 2010 by epersonae
South Sound Tour of Lights - Google Maps
Luke one-ups the Olympian by putting their list of light displays into an actual map. (I'm boggled that his house isn't on it, frankly.)
gis  google  local  holiday  news  ena  olympia 
december 2009 by epersonae
Schneier on Security: My Reaction to Eric Schmidt
Schmidt: "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place." Schneier: "We do nothing wrong when we make love or go to the bathroom." (that para, btw, best summation of the argument for privacy that I think I've ever read.)
google  security  politics  psychology 
december 2009 by epersonae
Google Maps Navigation….not huge…yet
"until they work with local agencies to enable real-time routing based on construction closures frustration will still abound" from WADOT employee. damn good point!
gis  google  local 
october 2009 by epersonae
The Coming HTML 5 Train Wreck | XML Today
"What has emerged as a result of this "process" is a standard that seems to incorporate just those features that seem to appeal most to the rich white (primarily American) boys that make up the committee, in a standard that is pretty uniformly vague, ambiguous, arbitrary and incomplete." damn. bonus tin-foil-hatting in the comments as well. unfortunately, it reads as way too plausible. :(
browsers  google  html5  webdev 
october 2009 by epersonae
Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: Google does not use the keywords meta tag in web ranking
"Because the keywords meta tag was so often abused, many years ago Google began disregarding the keywords meta tag." doesn't get any clearer than that, really.
seo  google 
september 2009 by epersonae
The Data Liberation Front
"a central location for information on how to move your data in and out of Google products" finding the whole "power to the people" vibe amusing, but looks like some useful info.
google  personal  to-do 
september 2009 by epersonae
SEOmoz | Top 10 Things the Microsoft/Yahoo! Deal Changes for SEO
"#8 - Important Yahoo! Properties May Dissappear" so, yeah. Pinboard.
webdev  antitrust  microsoft  yahoo  google  business 
july 2009 by epersonae
Woot : 11 Undocumented Features Of Google Chrome OS
"Changes your icons daily, forcing you to look up which obscure scientific figure is having a birthday."
funny  google 
july 2009 by epersonae
Open info window from link on another page? | drupal.org
another issue item. looking a little gobledegook to me.
drupal  google  gis 
april 2009 by epersonae
Google Maps API Tutorial
clickable sidebar. I have this working well on the current site, having trouble figuring out how to do it with drupal
drupal  google  reference  gis 
april 2009 by epersonae
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