Lack of updates
Apologies for the total lack of new updates over the last week – have been working on another project which has been taking up an awful lot of time. Once it is set up though, it will be all systems…
Dave Briggs
An online notebook
Dave Briggs
An online notebook
Dave
Links 28/8/05
Haven’t updated recently, apologies. Here’s a few links I have been reading. Robert X Cringely: 08/25/05: Has Google Peaked? John Naughton: Google grows up… John Naughton’s Observer Column on Google Talk Olivier Travers: The Microsoft Office I Really Want BusinessWeek:…
For the next 5 days…
…I will mostly be reading about the Trent Bridge test match. The most entertaining way to follow it in the office is by reading the Guardian’s over-by-over commentary, which can be accessed from their Ashes page here.
Google Talk
Google have released their IM client, Google Talk. But not only is it an IM client, but you can also use it to phone other Google Talk users – for free! Won’t get to have a play until I get…
My Thoughts on GDS 2 Beta, & a Web OS
Having been playing and thinking about the new Google Desktop Search, and specifically its new sidebar form, I have the following few thoughts. Firstly, like all Google innovations, it’s US only at the moment, content wise. This means that the…
Google Sidebar
Google Sidebar is part of the new version 2 of Desktop Search. It works pretty much like Desktop Sidebar, but obviously with all Google services involved. It features an email preview pane, which will pick up your Gmail, if you…
Links 21/8/05
Shel Israel: 5 Reasons to Worry about Google John Naughton: Computers and masochism – links to today’s Observer column I, Cringely: Patently Absurd Kottke: So long, Technorati 43 Folders: Life inside one big text file
York
Well, the trip was a great success – we had a lovely time and, most importantly, she said YES! Here’s a couple of photos – more on Flickr.
Links 18/8/05
BBC: Cheap laptops provoke Mac mayhem Met chief tried to stop shooting inquiry Guardian Online: Apple hack Guardian Online: Back to the fold PC World: Reading (and Writing) Blogs
Links 17/8/05
The Register: Cockney suits abuse f**king email Guardian Online: Utter Rubbish Joho the Blog: Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Infocom Game Business2Blog: Outsourcing Blogs (and Splogs) to China Guardian Football: Scholes makes it easier for Eriksson