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May 9, 2008
As a videocaster I try to keep up on the latest and greatest video players out there. From YouTube to Blip.tv to Revver to Google Video and many, many, many others. It seems that time and time again I end...
March 14, 2008
I just wrapped up a speaking tour where I created all of my presentations using Google's new web based presentations application. This is a look at how that worked. As a preface, the presentations I created were screen show heavy...
February 11, 2008
Is the world ready for resume revision histories? Imagine using Google Docs to write your resume. It's not a bad choice since you don't have to worry about losing it in a hard drive crash. Just login to your Google...
February 6, 2008
Steve Borsch pointed out on Twitter that it's amazing what you can find on the web using the "filetype:" command on Google. If you haven't tried this before, try typing the following line into a Google search box: ://www.flickr.com/photos/edkohler/2247423246/" title="filetype:ppt...
December 13, 2007
The Weekly Standard has a lengthy article taking a look at the landscape of Google's plans to digitize the world's books. Not surprisingly they're facing resistance from some corners. In general, the approach Google is taking to book search is...
December 11, 2007
Minneapolis gained big-city legitimacy today by joining the list of cities with Google Maps relatively new StreetView functionality. Map viewer now had the option to view their location of interest from a street map, aerial photos, or from a street...
November 30, 2007
Where does a person need to click on an ad to generate a click? On the ad, of course! Er, maybe? This is a question Google has been experimenting with lately, by making changes to their AdSense ad units. As...
November 4, 2007
FeedBurner stats across the web took a nose dive today. For example, this site dropped from around 2700 to 1665 subscribers overnight. Zoli Erdos did some digging and got to the bottom of it. For some reason, subscriber counts from...
October 25, 2007
I know everyone seems to think that Google is going to start eating into Microsoft Office, but I think it's going to be consuming the sales of Microsoft's flagship communications product first: Microsoft Exchange. Google recently released IMAP support...
Google has finally gotten around to adding a comments subscription option to Blogger powered blogs. It has a few limitations, but is a welcome improvement over nothing at all. The limitations: 1. It looks like you have to have a...
October 18, 2007
Apparently, I've been using Google too much. How much? So much that Google thinks I'm sending "automated requests from a computer virus or spyware application." I know I use Google a lot, but this much? Google offers two links in...
October 11, 2007
Back when Overture was an independent company (2002-ish), and before that went by the name Goto.com, the company lived and died based on syndication partnerships. AOL was one of their huge deals. Since they were basically the only game in...
October 3, 2007
Google's TV advertising division was well represented at this week's Electronic Retailing Association conference in Las Vegas. This is a summary of a presentation given by Google's Matt Derella. Google has been in the process of rolling out a TV...
September 18, 2007
The creative folks at CommonCraft.com have come up with a great explanation of the benefits of using web based document systems like Google Docs, Spreadsheets, and (as of today) Presentations. They've focused on the collaborative benefit. While Google Docs are...
In April 2006, I theorized that the columnists at the NY Times would push the Times drop the paid version because Select was hurting both the influence and secondary sales of columnist's book sales and speaking rates. While I'm still...
September 9, 2007
Using consistent naming conventions isn't always easy. Especially when you're creating functionality that's new in the marketplace. One example of this comes from Google, who seems to be trying to figure out the best way to explain hiding files within...
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