Here is a funny quote from the comment on predictive text (think: T9) in the discussion about Android and mobile devices on Slashdot: Predictive text helps a bit but sometimes it gets things so ducking wrong that I am sure the people who program it are a deliberately unhelpful bunch of ducking aunts. Maybe I … Continue reading On predictive text
(Side note: punctuation in product names sure makes headlines confusing) Mashable has a post about upcoming Yahoo Life! The premise is this: take Yahoo Mail, and make it the hub of your daily online activities; turn e-mail addresses into social profiles; connect e-mail to other services, and use the info from the contacts in these … Continue reading Yahoo Life! anybody?
Caught this excellent quote in gaping void post: A lot of people in business say they have twenty years experience, when in fact all the really have is one year’s experience, repeated twenty times. Well said, indeed. I’m working with computers for 15 years or so. I’d say I have only about five years of … Continue reading On years of experience
Slashdot runs an excellent discussion on the topic of “What Did You Change Your Mind About in 2007?“. If you want to learn more about what people on the Web had changed their minds in 2007, try this Google search – plenty more there. What did I change my mind about in 2007? Short answer: … Continue reading What Did You Change Your Mind About in 2007?
My last post about Odnoklassniki.ru became the most popular post on this blog. It’s by far more popular than all the tips, links, and tutorials that I’ve written here, combined. It comes up pretty high in related Google search results and brings quite a bit of traffic. It also brings in some comments. Most of … Continue reading Odnoklassniki.ru – Russian classmates, but abroad?