Kind of late to mention this as we get close to the end of the 2014 NCAA men's college basketball championship games, but Google has made it easy to check on the games in progress and their results. Just type in bracket in Google and get the info at the top of the results page. Best — Continue reading »
IP Address on Google
📆 March 24, 2014
Google Search seems to always be adding new features. From measurement conversions to calculator to word definitions, users can get answers to many of their questions without clicking on any results at all. That's good news for users, but not so for sites who rely on search results for users to click on. One example — Continue reading »
NBCnews.com's Ugly Redesign
📆 February 25, 2014
For many years MSNBC.com had been the first new site I would visit for news. Then the site became NBCnews.com, with MSNBC.com becoming who knows what. But I knew the day would come that the NBC folks would create a monstrosity and foist it on their readers in the name of uniformly supporting desktops and — Continue reading »
Amazon, The Emperor
📆 February 13, 2014
Take the usual quarterly loss, the upcoming Prime price-hike, and the UBS downgrade and you have the catalyst for a drop in amazon.com's shares in the past couple of days. Today however the stock is up over 2% and chances are it'll be back where it started and then some. Amazon is just one of — Continue reading »
Sparkling Eiffel Tower
📆 January 14, 2014
During a recent trip to Paris, I had the chance to visit the iconic Eiffel tower several times and even walk up the stairs to the second level where I had some amazing views of Paris from all directions. I also visited the Eiffel tower one night and was treated to a beautiful light show. — Continue reading »
What Gmail Needs, Action Icons
📆 December 27, 2013
I have been a Gmail user since its debut and have never looked back since I migrated from Hotmail so many years ago. But I still use Hotmail (now known as Outlook) and Yahoo Mail on occasion for trivial emailing and one of the great features that they offer is one-click actions for delete or — Continue reading »
Was Bitcoin a Fad?
📆 December 18, 2013
Remember the Million Dollar Homepage? Back then everyone thought pixel advertising was the future of web marketing. People went crazy over it, pixel sites popped up like weed, and then the whole thing faded away like it was never there. To me that is what bitcoin is. Sure, I have a few bitcoins and I'd — Continue reading »
2013 NYC Marathon
📆 November 5, 2013
The New York City marathon is everything they say and much more. I have been to a few races in my time and to New York city as a visitor (including one new year's eve) but nothing like this. The city was alive, electric, vibrant, and loud, and so was I as a runner. I — Continue reading »
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