August 26, 2010 at 11:22 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Some of the best feedback we receive are the real-world stories of how people have used Google to make an impact in their lives or the lives of others. We’re constantly amazed at what people can do and have done with our technology—from making a life-saving diagnosis to reuniting with a long lost love.
When i talk about using storytelling as a means of knowledge transfer, people often ask for examples of where this has been used, so I was pleased to find this examples from Google.
August 24, 2010 at 9:39 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
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It seems a bit strange to me that the media carefully warn about and label any content that involves sex, violence or strong language — but there’s no similar labelling system for, say, sloppy journalism and other questionable content.
I figured it was time to fix that, so I made some stickers. I’ve been putting them on copies of the free papers that I find on the London Underground. You might want to as well.
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Have some ready for the next cancer scare / dodgy science data / fake exclusive you come across.
August 23, 2010 at 9:12 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
One of my local movie theaters just added the option of special seats that move in sync with the action on screen. Now every time I want to see a movie with friends, I need to poll everyone to see what sort of seat they want. Worse yet, another nearby theater offers dinner with movies. It won't be long before planning a movie will take more ti me than the movie itself.
Let me say it again: World, I'll pay extra if you will please give me less.
I do find myself paralyzed by indecision sometimes, and resort to telling myself to do the thing I first thought of. That usually works out just fine. I'm trying to plan a holiday at the moment, and can't decide between the 6 equally excellent but utterly different options I have thought of. If I leave it another week, I'll have thought of 6 more. I can still remember the original holiday plan, so it's probably time to listen to my own advice and go back to what I first thought of.
(Note: this is my first post via Posterous, so apologies for any duplication/formatting weirdness.)
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I’ve just used Ninite to download and install a bundle of software for my laptop, and it is great! The Ninite site lets you choose a list of very useful tools and applications, and then gives you one installer to run to install them all.
I already had quite a few of the applications installed – browsers, Skype, Spotify, AVG, Dropbox, but tried it out when I was installing CCleaner. I also bundled in SumatraPDF and Evernote.
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Sure enough, as promised, a single installer package was created which installed all of these with no further interaction required. I do a little ad hoc tech support for friends and family and this is brilliant for a number of reasons:
1. There is now one place to send people to download the tools that they need. No more trying to navigate the free vs paid vs demo vs pro options on each site.
2. Ninite automatically chooses not to install “toolbars and other junk”. So often I use someone else’s computer and find that the useable browser area is half what it should be, because of all the toolbars they they never use and don’t understand where they came from.
3. It has already introduced me to some applications that I will now try out, reassured by the fact that they are provided by Ninite and likely to be worth looking at.
This is going to make setting up a new PC so painless – it’s almost a good enough excuse to buy a new one!
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