Posts Tagged ‘Google’

Google+ is elegant, but too much hassle

Tuesday, August 9th, 2011

I think Google+ has nailed a lot of useful features, and has a great web interface. No question in my mind that if it launched before Twitter, I would think it is the best way for me to share with others online.

But it did not launch before Twitter, and now I have a list of Twitter-ers that I rather enjoy following and sharing with. I don’t want to pick and choose what I post to Twitter and what I post to Google+. I need to post to both automatically.
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Google Voice Invitation – Denied!

Sunday, June 6th, 2010

Google Voice Invitation - Denied!

Google Voice Invitation - Denied!

I received a nice email invitation from Google this morning to try Google Voice. I assumed that meant it was available in Canada now, but sadly no… this is the page I get after clicking on the invitation link… sigh…

Is it possible that Google somehow does not know I’m in Canada? That’s unexpected… I assume they know what I eat for breakfast.

Google Chrome can not open local HTML files

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

So I’m trying out Google Chrome browser for Mac, and it works pretty much the way I expect a good browser to work.  What would make it even better is if it could open HTML files.  I will have to do some research, but I’m hoping this is just a typo and not a policy or “feature” about not opening local HTML files.

Google Chrome (Mac) can't open "HTML document" format

Google Chrome (Mac) can't open "HTML document" format

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