I don’t like to brag. I hate braggarts, and I hate feeling like one. That doesn’t stop me from committing this post to indulging in some serious self-appreciation, as well as reiterating my previous points on this issue in a “how’s your face feel” fashion towards those who would disagree. If you’re not familiar with [...]
I’ve been periodically installing and stress-testing builds of Chrome and Chromium over the last few months, waiting for the day when I could comfortably say “it’s ready.” Today was that day. I couldn’t be happier, save for maybe a little bit smoother window-resizing, but that’s trivial since I keep it the same size after the [...]
Earlier this week Google went public with its experimental new search engine, lovingly called Caffeine. Mashable has a great write-up on it, so I don’t need to spend much time here to deliver my message. I love Google Caffeine more than actual caffeine. That’s a serious amount. Seriously. To nearly everyone who uses it, Google’s [...]
Early this morning, Twitter dropped off the face of the Internet for a couple of hours. When I noticed the distinct lack of chatter I went to see if anyone was still awake on Facebook. That wasn’t loading either. I started wondering if maybe both had gone down simultaneously, since I still had data streaming [...]
Treating social-networking sites or services such as Facebook and Twitter as nothing more than tools may get your clients a modest amount of pageviews, but it’s really only making you the telemarketers of the Internet. That’s it. Nothing more.
Yesterday on TechCrunch, Mike Arrington posted a rant article proclaiming that he “Quit The iPhone.” I began reading the post with the usual trepidation, since lately it’s just not possible to predict what Arrington might do in what seems to be an endless bid for the world’s attention. My fears were indeed confirmed as he [...]