Archive for the ‘Google’ Category

Google’s Buzz decreases Google Reader’s usability

Google decided that everyone you choose to follow on Buzz would also automatically be followed on Google Reader as well. It’s as if all the movies, photos, blog entries and e-mails of every person you followed on Twitter suddenly came flooding into your e-mail inbox every minute of the day. It’s crazy. —Why I’m quitting [...]

How Search Works

How Search Works (via Google) Please note: I’ve moved my active blogging over to a new site, called Jason Clarke – Infinite Bass Line. I will leave this site up indefinitely, but if you’re interested in my latest posts please consider visiting the new site.

Google backs the Buzz off… a bit

Late Thursday afternoon Google updated their Gmail Blog with a note about some changes they’re making to Buzz. Users had some strong opinions about Buzz, and not all of them were positive. The biggest concern people have talked about is the fact that unless you change the default settings Google Buzz tells the world who [...]

Google Wave is going to change online communication

Yesterday Google previewed a new product yesterday called Google Wave. It’s very hard to describe what this is all about, but if you understand that email as it currently exists was invented about 40 years ago (long before the internet itself came into existence) and has not functionally changed at all since then, it’s easy [...]