Category: Ideas
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Google Instant and the Fourth Spot
So I was listening to This Week in Google – it was the 09.08.10 show. They were talking about the new Google Instant feature that was launched this week. They were saying that it’s not enough that you’re on the first page of Google anymore. You not only have to…
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We Have to Understand
It’s the world in which we live in. If there is something out there that we do not know or understand, we have to try and figure it out. We look for the universal truth that gives our questions meaning. Even though we might be wrong in our assumptions and…
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The Psychological Effects of Google Instant
Once again, I’m not a psychologist. I can’t even imagine what the effects of Google Instant will be on us. Just like Nick Carr says – Google is going to make us stupid (here‘s the article). If Google will make us stupid, Google Instant might make us…….Impatient for one thing.…
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Your Inner Narcissism
Studies have shown that Generation Y uses social media for self-promotion, narcissism, and attention seeking. Here’s the article. It’s not just the Gen Y crowd. It’s every generation. It’s everybody on social media. Yes, we do use it to reconnect and get information. But social media really taps into our…
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The Web Makes Everyone a….
…Photographer. Most mobile phones have a camera on them. It’s not that hard to share those photos with the world thru Flickr or Picasa. Everyone’s a Photographer. …Publisher. I heard someone say this morning that there are an infinite number of blogs out there. You can do so for free.…
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The Wisdom on Twitter
I don’t know what your Twitter stream looks like. I’m pretty picky about who I follow, but I noticed that I tend to follow people that always have wise and sometimes witty sayings. These are people that tend to write quotes, and have incredible insight into life. For this post,…
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Home and Identity
I have written similar ideas before, but I am always amazed at how much I learn about myself when I go home. Home – my parent’s home. It doesn’t hurt that home is Hawaii. It’s beautiful here. Normally, the surroundings and the scenery – and the food – is what…
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Wikipedians
I was listening to a podcast today, and they were talking about Wikipedians – people that volunteer and spend time developing and writing wikipedia.com pages. Tons of us use it, but only a small percent of online users develop and write pages for wikipedia. These wikipedians write for free. If…
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Taking Trips
In the last month, I have been on 2 trips to 6 states. I will be going to Hawaii this Friday and Ohio two weeks from now. Some of it was personal, and some of it was business. Either way, they were fun experiences. Why do we take trips? What…
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Blogging and New Friends
I have met so many people just by blogging. I can’t tell you how many great people that I have met and interacted with – on my blog, in the comments, on Facebook, on their blogs, on Twitter. It’s been fun to meet people from all over the world –…
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