Monthly Archives: October 2011

Duck Duck Go As A Verb?

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I have no idea how many years I’ve been using Google as my default search engine. We’re certainly in the borderland of 10 years if not beyond. You know Google is dominant considering we use it as a verb these days, i.e. I don’t know the answer, but I’ll google it!  Lately though I’ve been more and more disappointed with Google’s search results. Hoards of junky results abound for any search and the part that has really annoyed me more and more lately was that used to if I added … Continue reading →

The Twitter Effect

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In case you were wondering, this is an excellent illustration of what I don’t like about Twitter and it’s cousin, Google Plus. If you’re wondering what you’re looking at, it’s not a piece of strange art but an anonymous screenshot for someone who uncircled me this evening on G+. In this person’s circles, 30 people (more on that in a second). People who have this person in their circles, over 20k! This isn’t some minor celebrity or some such who has beaucoup people interested in what they’re saying, this is … Continue reading →