Thursday, March 18, 2004

A Talk With David Gerlertnter. Just off the phone with David Gerlertner. A very interesting chat, he is one of the few academics who have both developed a new vision for computing, then attempted to create software that in fact realizes it. I'll post an update to this post later, I have to run to meetings all day. Best quotes: "The most underused resource in the universe is human brainpower," especially when it comes to search; "We've been looking forward to RSS coming for many years, we're thrilled it's here;" "I don't want to use Google if I can avoid it...to use it I have to know the right question to ask, and that is often not the case I know that question..."... [John Battelle's Searchblog] 5:34:11 PM    comment []

Kanoodle Joins Contextual Advertising Fray. Kanoodle has joined the competition between Overture and Google for distributed search marketing dollars, launching a content-targeted sponsored links program. [Search Engine Watch] 5:33:10 PM    comment []

Stupid little things you should've thought of a long time ago that make your life so much easier. Last week I reversed the listing order of my downloads directory. For years I've been downloading new files into the same c:downloadgeneral folder and then having to scroll to the end of the list to find the file and use it. Suddenly it just dawned on me to 1) Turn off the details view in my downloads, and right-click in the folder and choose "arrange icons by modified" twice, which makes all of the new files arrive first in the list. Fantastic! Why the hell didn't I do that a long time ago? Like in 1995 when I first started using the Windows 95 interface, for example? What *other* little troubles do I go through every day repeatedly that could be fixed by taking two seconds to change ingrained habits? Really, I need to just sit in the lotus position for a few hours and just examine my life in detail. Actually, I really need to go to work... it's 11 and I haven't even shaved yet... -Russ By russ@russellbeattie.com. [Russell Beattie] 5:32:40 PM    comment []

From the hysterically bad naming department.... Here's a company that obviously does not want to sell its product to any Spanish speaking country in the world. LOL. Oh, my. They've got a bigger model too... it's called the "Puta Madre". Hehehe. Just kidding. -Russ By russ@russellbeattie.com. [Russell Beattie] 5:32:18 PM    comment []

A Talk With David Gerlertnter. Just off the phone with David Gerlertner. A very interesting chat, he is one of the few academics who have both developed a new vision for computing, then attempted to create software that in fact realizes it. I'll post an update to this post later, I have to run to meetings all day. Best quotes: "The most underused resource in the universe is human brainpower," especially when it comes to search; "We've been looking forward to RSS coming for many years, we're thrilled it's here;" "I don't want to use Google if I can avoid it...to use it I have to know the right question to ask, and that is often not the case I know that question..."... [John Battelle's Searchblog] 5:30:30 PM    comment []