Some thoughts on the Internet
It’s been more than three years since I last published anything about technology (it was a post where I expressed my distaste for Instagram on Android, a notion that persists to this
A collection of 15 posts
Back to the roots with +1 OR How not to give a shit
RSS, former love-child and poster technology of the social web, is something of an enigma. For some, it’s the second coming of Christ: versatile, indispensable and it can turn one a fish
The GDrive - don't fret it, Dropbox (and others)
In tune with my method of forming headlines that distract from my writing’s lack of any real substance or originality, I’ve managed to summarize the whole point of this posting in
Google's Knol
In July 2008 Google released a new service called Knol. You’re probably wondering what sort of funny name that is, and after I’ve told you what Knol does, you’ll still
Oh my Goosh!
Here’s something to keep you occupied for a while. If you’re a geek and command-line fanatic, that is. Because goosh.org has created something that’s both extremely helpful and, well,
The Google Trap
Went and saw a discussion at the Thalia-bookshop here in Vienna about a new book by an Austrian journalist titled “Die Google Falle” (The Google Trap). Unfortunately, it was the worst panel discussion
Jaiku - not Twitter, obviously
Today I received one of the coveted invites to Jaiku*, the micro-blogging service that’s been likened to Twitter a lot (even though it has been around longer). While Jaiku used to be
GMail goes colour
Well, to hell with my separate tech-blog, I need to write about this here: After releasing a tricked-out new version of GMail only a few weeks ago, the busy GMail team has now
The Offline Paradoxon
It’s usually not such a great thing when a website you use daily goes offline. Well, this time it’s perfect. Because, you see, it’s just semantics. Google Reader, as of
Breaking News - Google steals screenshot!
So apparently the seemingly endless flow of interesting new start-ups has finally run dry. Or why else would the good people at TechCrunch get all excited over an IE7 screenshot on the Google
Google Browser Sync
Once in a while, Google issues things that are really quite surprising. A couple of weeks back, that little surprise was the Google Browser Sync, an extension for popular open source browser Mozilla
Picasa for Linux
Just when I’ve become more and more frustrated with KimDaBa, or KPhotoAlbum as it’s now called, Google comes to rescue and releases Picasa for Linux (For some reason or other they