Friday, May 29, 2009

Google's Wave


It seems that there are countless different social networks out there these days, each doing something better than the other. Google's Wave attempts to bring them all together and with Google's vast reach, it just may have a shot. It combines things such as a social network, GChat, email, pictures (Picasa), maps, Twitter, Google Docs, etc. all on a page that looks very cluttered at first. Some of the features include the ability to see letters typed in a chat in real time rather than waiting for them to finish the line and hit enter, work on documents simultaneously, interact on a map together, reply to specific parts of an email, and interact with other social networking sites from Wave. Oh, and spell check? Old school. Wave's version looks at the context of what you're typing, and automatically fixes your words accordingly. This is just a preview, Wave won't be in use until later this year.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Find Your Spot


   There's a website called Find Your Spot that helps you search for a location to live that suits you. Its accuracy remains to be debated, but it could give you some suggestions that may prove useful.

My (questionable) results:

1. Portland, OR
2. Oakland, CA
3. San Diego, CA
4. Little Rock, AR
5. Baltimore, MD
6. Washington, DC
7. Orange County, CA
8. San Francisco, CA
9. Baton Rouge, LA
10. Albuquerque, NM

And just out of the top 10: my hometown of Honolulu, HI at #11.

I'm quite certain that there were questions asked that I could've easily answered differently.