web 2.0, design & community
Translation has long been a tough thing to do with any degree of accuracy. Remember “All your base are belong to us?” When Google Translate was introduced on the web years ago, it was an impressive and useful tool — even if it didn’t do a perfect job. Well the tools have progressed. Google Translate [...]
My iPad has officially replaced my trusty Moleskine notebook. Instead of paper and pen, my iPad comes to my meetings, to Starbucks, and pretty much everywhere I go. There are a lot of wonderful apps for the iPad, and I’ll get into them in good time. But one app really stands out in it’s design, [...]
One of the wonderful things about an iPad is that you can take your virtual library with you where ever you go. Spare moments become opportunities to catch up on reading. I’ve got three different e-readers: the Apple iBooks app, the Amazon Kindle App and the Google Books app. iBooks is great for storing and [...]
What is a browser? Ask the typical man (or woman) on the street that question and you’ll get some surprising answers. Back in April 2009, some folks at Google did just that. They took a video camera to the streets of New York City to ask people “What is a browser?” Watch… Clearly there is [...]
There are two parts to your personal brand. First, you need to build your reputation. This takes time and energy, and there are no shortcuts. The second part is no less important, and that’s making sure the right people can find you. Google is making it easier for people to find you — if you [...]
This past year, I’ve been brushing up on my Spanish, taking two semesters of the language at the local college. I’m still not fluent (I don’t practice nearly enough), but my reading comprehension is pretty decent. One of my favorite tools when learning a new language has been Google Translate. I know that it has [...]
Google has added yet another application to the Google Apps suite. Google Sites gives you the ability to create collaborative workspaces on-the-fly, at no cost. If you’ve got a Google Apps account, you’ll be able to create an unlimited number of these sites. You can restrict access to specific users, open it up to all [...]
Happy Saturday morning. I’ve just got a couple of interesting links to share. Google Blogscoped has an interesting post with screenshots describing Google’s intranet. It’s interesting to see what the employees experience from inside the firewall. Over at BigBlueBall, Fanatic posted statistics from an interesting study that shows 20% of all instant messages are never sent. [...]
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