I’m all for speeding things up. My folks are still living in dial-up land in Co. Clare and my own thesis for my degree was on “The Future of the Web,” most of which focused on the improvement of technologies to accommodate faster processing and more transparency of function to the user (using AJAX for [...]
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Google strikes back
It was clear since the first “anomaly” appeared on the Google doodles few days ago that the lads in Google were up to something: the main question has been “what are they up to?” for a good few days…
When “earthquakes” hit the Web2.0
I think virtually everybody has become aware of Michael Jackson’s departure as of today. Before you jump to conclusions, this is not meant to be a post on the piece of news itself, it is, instead, a thought on the aftermath of a big (and unfortunately tragic for many) event: an earthquake that hit the web. And it did it pretty violently.
Meet Dennis Hwang - Google Doodle Master
Dennis Hwang is the guy responsible for the Google illustrations or Doodles that you see above the search box on Google. I’ll let Dennis show you how…
Google also have a great Doodle 4 Google site that looks for people to submit Goolge Doodles. From an Irish persceptive the votes are open to vote for the [...]
Online forms, quizzes and surveys in Google Docs
Google have done something very clever with spreadsheets in Google Docs. Now it is not only possible to import, create, share and collaborate on spreadsheets online, but you can now create online forms that update those online spreadsheets in real time.
The angle is instead of sharing spreadsheets online, share a form. People will fill out [...]
Down in the depths
In a depression of a different kind, Google have updated their Google Earth program to include Google Ocean. Not content to include everything in the sky above our heads with their last update (Google Sky), thanks to the data provided by many oceanographers, it is now possible to view the sea floor in ways never [...]