Posts Tagged ‘Google’

Monday missive: Google and Monster go social and LinkedIn responds…

4, Jul 2011

It’s been a while since I last penned a Friday mail, and while there are plenty of reasons as to why this is, events over the weekend have now forced my hand. Last week, saw a few events take place which merit a deeper exploration and a better understanding. Google finally released a beta of [...]

Laugh and the world laughs with you…

4, Mar 2011

Usually writing a mail about innovation is simple this time of year, as our imaginations about the ‘next big thing’ are fuelled by the technical wizardry that is on display at the world technology fair (known as CeBIT). Unfortunately, this year sees a multitude of variations on the tablet theme, alongside numerous pontifications from the [...]

Good data, great ideas, intelligent interpretation

25, Jun 2010

This morning I received an early call from a friend who had seen me post an update to foursquare at 6.20am and thought I was waiting for a train. We got to talking about how it is easy to misinterpret things in these days of the 140 character status update and it got me thinking [...]

Accomodating for every whim

11, Sep 2009

Earlier this week I sent a mail out heralding the launch of Monopoly City Streets (http://www.monopolycitystreets.com/): a joint undertaking between Google and Hasbro to create a global interactive version of Monopoly. Now given that Google has a monopoly of the search market with nigh on 80% of all searches going through it, and that Monopoly [...]

Google Streetview goes interactive -360 degree video now available

28, Jul 2009

I’ve just come across Yellowbird, courtesy of an ex-work colleague. The company essentially uses the premise behind Google Street View and applies it to video. The result is pretty impressive. What with the fairly dramatic improvements in Augmented Reality, I’m expecting to see some very cool apps appearing in the next few months…

And here is the shipping news

14, Jul 2009

As someone who lives on the South Coast and who occasionally sails, I’ve just come across a really useful mashup, courtesy of Russell Davis. This app is effectively a traffic monitor for ships. It makes interesting and informative viewing. If you’re interested in that sort of thing, that is…

Friday mail: Every day is a journey (and the journey itself is home (Matsuo Basho))

20, Feb 2009

“Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.” Putt’s Law   Our life is dominated by technological change: it seems not a day goes past without some radical new innovation that makes our life easier, simpler or more [...]

12, Dec 2008

OK. It’s been a while, and there have been a couple of interesting developments over the past few weeks (and I’m not talking about the Obama iPod/Zune issue), so I thought I’d focus on one serious thing, one interesting thing and one fun thing. Enjoy Searchable video from Google (http://labs.google.com/gaudi) Another great new feature from [...]

Ain’t Google amazing

2, Dec 2008

Ain’t Google fantastic. I’ve just looked up my bro’s house on Streetview. Just amazing. View Larger Map


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