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Saturday, March 24, 2007
Hey Google... ENOUGH with the Spanish already!
Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against Spanish, its a very expressive language with a lot of interesting sayings... but i digress.
My little peeve right now is with Google. What do I have to do in order for you to understand that I prefer to speak in English? You can track millions of users search histories, surfing habits, word clicking and a million other criteria, but yet you refuse to allow me to see your site in English.
I should mention, that most of the time, I'm located in the Spanish speaking country of the Dominican Republic. And as I'm sooooo forgetful, Google is kind enough to remind me every chance they get.... when I go to www.google.com, they feel that I'm obviously wanting to go to www.google.com.do... guess what... I DON'T!
When I log into gmail, google docs, personalized homepage, blogger, calender .... I have changed the frickin language again and again.... its a pain in the culo.
Coño Google... could you please stop messing with me like this. I know its not much as I love using all your wonderful free products, but seriously... could you just associate my user name with a preferred language and stop changing my homepage.
Thank you Google.
BTW - el spellcheck Español que tienen en gmail no es lo mejor del mundo, ahi si les ganaron las gente de Redmond. ¶ 3/24/2007 05:24:00 PM 0 comments
My little peeve right now is with Google. What do I have to do in order for you to understand that I prefer to speak in English? You can track millions of users search histories, surfing habits, word clicking and a million other criteria, but yet you refuse to allow me to see your site in English.
I should mention, that most of the time, I'm located in the Spanish speaking country of the Dominican Republic. And as I'm sooooo forgetful, Google is kind enough to remind me every chance they get.... when I go to www.google.com, they feel that I'm obviously wanting to go to www.google.com.do... guess what... I DON'T!
When I log into gmail, google docs, personalized homepage, blogger, calender .... I have changed the frickin language again and again.... its a pain in the culo.
Coño Google... could you please stop messing with me like this. I know its not much as I love using all your wonderful free products, but seriously... could you just associate my user name with a preferred language and stop changing my homepage.
Thank you Google.
BTW - el spellcheck Español que tienen en gmail no es lo mejor del mundo, ahi si les ganaron las gente de Redmond. ¶ 3/24/2007 05:24:00 PM 0 comments
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
iPhone, uPhone, wiiPhone....
Ok, been checking out the new iPhone website, and it definitely looks pretty snazzy. Shame about the digital camera being so low-res... If they had been able to bump it up to at least 5 mega-pixels, it would be a lot cooler, but now that I think about it, I don't remember even seeing a flash on the sucker... oh well.
The iPhone is definitely cool, but by no means a breakthrough, rather I see Apple as being the leader in today-tech... its really the only one that is pulling in all the right ingredients and making a special dish that combines them correctly. If anything, I'm not so much amazed at their ability to pull this off, if not rather the inability for their competition to not have thought about this sooner.
If you think about it, the iPod was on its was out of existence as eventually all phones will have the ability to listen to music, the brilliance lies in that they where able to leapfrog ahead of themselves and ad another category of product on a much higher price point than any existing iPods - a good move, which will allow them to keep all existing product lines, for as long as possible. Tying themselves into a specific carrier for so long will also help them ensure that the iPod sales will also continue to blossom for at least another two years.
I'm not so sure I have a point to make. Nope. I'm really only trying to get my writing flowing again... so to my loyal readers (you both know who you are), bare with me as I get my juices flowing again.
The iPhone is definitely cool, but by no means a breakthrough, rather I see Apple as being the leader in today-tech... its really the only one that is pulling in all the right ingredients and making a special dish that combines them correctly. If anything, I'm not so much amazed at their ability to pull this off, if not rather the inability for their competition to not have thought about this sooner.
If you think about it, the iPod was on its was out of existence as eventually all phones will have the ability to listen to music, the brilliance lies in that they where able to leapfrog ahead of themselves and ad another category of product on a much higher price point than any existing iPods - a good move, which will allow them to keep all existing product lines, for as long as possible. Tying themselves into a specific carrier for so long will also help them ensure that the iPod sales will also continue to blossom for at least another two years.
I'm not so sure I have a point to make. Nope. I'm really only trying to get my writing flowing again... so to my loyal readers (you both know who you are), bare with me as I get my juices flowing again.
Labels: Apple, Cel Phones
¶ 3/20/2007 07:05:00 PM 0 comments
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Google gets its Apps on - SWEET
Ok, I'm a little biased as I'm looking for any alternative to MS Exchange, but the more that I test the new Google Apps the more I like. My initial thoughts where that the system does not have enough controls in place for archiving, permissions and contact sharing.... well two out of three of there have been adequately addressed, and I'm happy to say, that I now think that the migration to Google Apps, will definitely happen in the next couple of months.
I've been playing with the free version for a while, and I'm very happy. The system is as solid as Gmail, with the ability to use your own email address for most things Google (docs, blogger, etc.). In fact, I like it so much that I've been moving many of our clients to the system, and they have absolutely loved it - naturally, these are small clients that have been migrated away from services such as AOL or Hotmail... but nevertheless, they seem to be very happy with it.
...more to come, so stay tuned in. ¶ 3/13/2007 05:26:00 PM 0 comments
I've been playing with the free version for a while, and I'm very happy. The system is as solid as Gmail, with the ability to use your own email address for most things Google (docs, blogger, etc.). In fact, I like it so much that I've been moving many of our clients to the system, and they have absolutely loved it - naturally, these are small clients that have been migrated away from services such as AOL or Hotmail... but nevertheless, they seem to be very happy with it.
...more to come, so stay tuned in. ¶ 3/13/2007 05:26:00 PM 0 comments
Now a better blogger, not a beta blogger
In the little *ehem* time I've been not been posting, Google has made quite a few noticeable improvements to their blogger app. I'm seriously impressed. They've even removed the Beta label!!!!
I mean, this bloody thing is smooth... working more like an app than a website. They've done a phenomenal job on it. Kudos Google.
I wont go into the details of what they changed or how they changed it, I'm sure better people than me will have provided in-depth tutorials, screenshots, comparisons, reviews, yadda yadda yadda... What I will do is mention the experience that this new blogger has.
Google has done an impressive job making the entire experience much smoother and easier. The site runs fast, I mean really fast - which is no small feat as my Internet connection is un-reliable (thank you Verizon). More than a major overhaul, they where able to simply streamline and squash the bugs out of the over all system - which if you think about it, is exactly what your supposed to do when moving from a beta system. I guess I'm just accustomed to sites/tools that focus more on features and effects than on finishing what they started.
Love the spellcheck - a great example of how Google has integrated elements of its Gmail into blogger, and how one system/project is feeding others, and others... my lord, its such an improvement.
Ok, so I have added nothing substantial to this post, and I think I'm getting a little tiered of writing... actually I do need to get some work done. But I wanted to at least get back into the habit of writing. Until I find my next muse, I will continue to write and see what I can come up with.
Stay tuned in... ¶ 3/13/2007 08:29:00 AM 0 comments
I mean, this bloody thing is smooth... working more like an app than a website. They've done a phenomenal job on it. Kudos Google.
I wont go into the details of what they changed or how they changed it, I'm sure better people than me will have provided in-depth tutorials, screenshots, comparisons, reviews, yadda yadda yadda... What I will do is mention the experience that this new blogger has.
Google has done an impressive job making the entire experience much smoother and easier. The site runs fast, I mean really fast - which is no small feat as my Internet connection is un-reliable (thank you Verizon). More than a major overhaul, they where able to simply streamline and squash the bugs out of the over all system - which if you think about it, is exactly what your supposed to do when moving from a beta system. I guess I'm just accustomed to sites/tools that focus more on features and effects than on finishing what they started.
Love the spellcheck - a great example of how Google has integrated elements of its Gmail into blogger, and how one system/project is feeding others, and others... my lord, its such an improvement.
Ok, so I have added nothing substantial to this post, and I think I'm getting a little tiered of writing... actually I do need to get some work done. But I wanted to at least get back into the habit of writing. Until I find my next muse, I will continue to write and see what I can come up with.
Stay tuned in... ¶ 3/13/2007 08:29:00 AM 0 comments
Monday, March 12, 2007
Its been a long time...
Too long really. I'm sure my fans (yes there are more than one) are very upset with me. The unfortunate fact is that I've been in a little bit of a rut, and have not have really had any inspiration for a couple months... that and I've been quite busy.
Now however, I have a new muse, or rather an sudden surge of inspiration... that and a couple shots of espresso.... so, I predict I will be writing a little more than once every few months. Especially with everything that's going on in cyberspace.... Google, Microsoft... oh its so on.
So, don't know when I will begin, but I hope it to be soon. I don't know what I will write about, but I'm sure it will be fascinating. The adventures shall indeed continue.
Can you feel the excitement?!
[This post made with recycled electrons.]
Now however, I have a new muse, or rather an sudden surge of inspiration... that and a couple shots of espresso.... so, I predict I will be writing a little more than once every few months. Especially with everything that's going on in cyberspace.... Google, Microsoft... oh its so on.
So, don't know when I will begin, but I hope it to be soon. I don't know what I will write about, but I'm sure it will be fascinating. The adventures shall indeed continue.
Can you feel the excitement?!
[This post made with recycled electrons.]
Labels: google, microsoft, misc
¶ 3/12/2007 04:03:00 PM 0 comments
