Tag: Google

  • Life after .mac

    I’ll admit, I can be an Apple Fanboy at times, using their products religiously as for a while, it seemed that they fit what I wanted to do perfectly. And for the most part this is the case, but now that I’ve freed myself of .mac and have been experimenting with FireFox 2 and getting…

  • Writely now Google Docs

    Well, this was a bit of a surprise this morning when I went to put backups of my conference papers into Writely, Google Docs came up instead. It looks like Writely is now fully assimilated by the big G in the sky (news).

  • How I scalped .mac

    Like many others out there I’ve been tossing back and forth about leaving .mac. This year I got my own host and for the intro price, what I’m getting can’t even be considered to be in the same ballpark. But even next year when my hosting comes up, I’ll have way more functionality for almost…

  • Google Gadgets

    If you want to add all sorts of bite sized interactive content to a website, Google has now released its Gadgets. And yes, there is even a Bejeweled gadget to destroy any hope of productivity (I was going to add it, but then thought that I best not, so I’ll link it instead). These are…

  • Google Earth the first Killer Network App?

    Well, the “web” in it’s many variations is certainly an application, as are the massive Oracle/SQL/Whathaveyou databases that run corporations, these too require network connectivity. But what about the “killer app” something that everyone has got to have and has to use in some manner or be left behind. I think Google Earth is that…