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Google Fonts vs. FontSquirrel

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I use Font Squirrel for this site. Their selection is incredible (and I don’t like anyone hosting my font files but myself). Though you’ve got to admit one thing: if google is in it, then they’re in it to win it. So their service will only get better over time. And this means the good [...]

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GMAPS Adds Local Businesses

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Love it!

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Bad News for MTV

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the MTV paradox, which is, they are (or were depending on which letter is next to your “gen-” label) the first name that comes to mind when people think music videos. Oh, and footage of dancing spring break babes and shirtless meat-heads, they’ve got that too… But now [...]

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New Google Mobile Reader

Update: This seems to be a sniffer issue that they have now resolved for the iPhone. Wheew! This morning I noticed Google changed there iPhone reader to something that looks like it was designed for a clam-shell ca. 1999. WTF? Google’s Old Mobile Reader (Left) and Google’s New Mobile Reader (Right) I really loved the [...]

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New Google Search Refinement Tools

They’re subtle, but they’re there. Google has finally realized that users need to be able to refine their search and manipulte the data-set they’re returned not just see one very long list. I’m currently working on Search/Research for a client and now that I see this through the lens of the requirements we’re working with [...]

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2001 Google

To commemorate their 10th anniversary, the folks over at google have put their site and search database live exactly as it was in 2001. Try it – it’s exactly the same. The biggest thing for me though is all of the links are dead. I found the search results interesting in a time-capsule sort of [...]

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I Want (to be) An Android

Wow – Google’s new Android phone OS runs applications written in Java. Hello OOP.

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