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I Love The Internet Thiiiiiis Much

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
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A recent thread on Linked In lead me to this site showing how many web sites there are: http://news.netcraft.com/archives/web_server_survey.html

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Catch a Wave

Monday, June 1st, 2009
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Reading The enterprise implications of Google Wave over on ZDNet, I find the article really well done. I do have a nit to pick with one comment:

“With Google’s tendency to emphasize the consumer world first and the enterprise later, it’s also valid to ask if Wave will really have much impact on businesses.”

My observation has been that most computing technology innovations start in the business market and flounder around until consumers catch on to it.  Then again, he may just be saying that for his set up, as his next sentence is:

“Interestingly, you might be surprised at some of the answers, so let’s take a look.”

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Google Maps Gets Even Cooler

Monday, May 25th, 2009
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Apparently they are just starting this new bit where they show the actual buildings on the street maps and camera shots. It doesn’t show up everywhere, but it does in Boston. See for yourself here: http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=boston&sll=35.229548,-80.834937&sspn=0.001597,0.002865&ie=UTF8&ll=42.358845,-71.05559&spn=0.005779,0.011458&z=17

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