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The Database of Intentions Is Far Larger Than I Thought
Way back in November of 2003, when I was a much younger man and the world had yet to fall head over heels in love with Google, I wrote a post called The Database of Intentions . had, in fact, been ruminating on this concept for over a year, driven by an Holy Sh*t moment in late 2001 when Google introduced its first ever Zeitgeist round up of trending search terms. Scanning the lists of rising and It was an attempt to explain a one-off reference in an earlier post - but not much earlier, as the "DBoI" post, as I call it, was just the sixty-third post of my then-early blogging career. (This
John Battelle's Searchblog - Friday, March 5, 2010
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The Database of Intentions Is Far Larger Than I Thought
Way back in November of 2003, when I was a much younger man and the world had yet to fall head over heels in love with Google, I wrote a post called The Database of Intentions . had, in fact, been ruminating on this concept for over a year, driven by an Holy Sh*t moment in late 2001 when Google introduced its first ever Zeitgeist round up of trending search terms. Scanning the lists of rising and It was an attempt to explain a one-off reference in an earlier post - but not much earlier, as the "DBoI" post, as I call it, was just the sixty-third post of my then-early blogging career. (This
John Battelle's Searchblog - Friday, March 5, 2010
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SpreadsheetLIVE Beta Enters the Web Office Fray
Web-based spreadsheets can put all these data intensive tasks online, where project teams can collaborate on the information in a secure environment. SpreadsheetLIVE Beta from Pagos is a new entry into the web office applications space, currently dominated by Google, Microsoft and Zoho. You aren’t going to be running an accounting department with SpreadsheetLIVE, but then you won’t be with Google Docs, Excel Web App, Spreadsheets are especially useful for geographically dispersed project teams looking to centralize project data like issues tracking, requirements gathering, action items, scheduling and other data capture tasks.
Web Worker Daily - Thursday, March 4, 2010
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  • How to Protect Your Email from Hackers
    According to Wired , hacking VP-hopeful Sarah Palin's email account was easy: all the hacker needed was Palin's birthdate, ZIP code, and the name of her high school—all of which are no more than a Google search away. In fact, password security questions may have always been the weakest link in email security , since anyone with an acquaintance's knowledge or access to the internet can divine answers to most of your security questions within minutes. So how can you make sure your email account is secure? Obscure the Answers to Your Security Questions
    Linked Intelligence - Thursday, September 18, 2008
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  • Five Best Windows Firewalls
    Connecting your laptop to the local coffee shop's Wi-Fi without a good firewall and thinking you're secure is like using a condom with thousands of holes in it and calling it safe sex. ESET Smart Security (Shareware) ESET Smart Security comes from the same company that makes NOD32, one of the five most popular antivirus applications . ESET Smart Security includes the NOD32 Antivirus Your antivirus application is a good start, but if you want to make sure you're computer is safe while you're connected to the internet, a solid firewall is a must. Earlier this week
    Linked Intelligence - Sunday, October 12, 2008
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  • Gbridge Does Simple but Secure File Sharing, Syncing, and VNC
    Windows only: Free application Gbridge sets up a virtual private network between any computer over the internet using your Google account as a starting point. If you've got Google Talk/Gmail chat friends using Gbridge, the app provides the same functionality between your computer and theirs. It all sounds a little convoluted, but in effect it's actually a relatively painless way for anyone to setup up a VPN between computers, Once set up, Gbridge allows you to share files, connect to and remotely control a computer using VNC, sync folders, and back up files to another computer. The
    Linked Intelligence - Sunday, September 21, 2008
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  • Google Secure Data Connector Powers Oracle Gadgets
    Oracle are announcing the ability to drill down into sensitive behind-the-firewall data via gadgets securely embedded in Google Sites web pages powered by Google Secure Data Connectors (GSDC). If If that last sentence was a mouthful, think of it this way: where we rely heavily on VPN today to connect with rich contextual Oracle information behind your
    Collaboration 2.0 - Wednesday, April 8, 2009
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  • Google Chrome Will Support Add-Ons, User Scripts
    InformationWeek confirms that Google Chrome will have add-ons , a move that could have an enormous impact on Chrome's viability among the power users and early adopters in the Firefox camp. In addition to regular extensions, Chrome will also support scripts à la Greasemonkey: "There's two different kinds of add-ons," [Google engineer Ojan] Vafai said. "The We intend to do both The Firefox things extend your browser, so to speak, and then there are user scripts. Greasemonkey's founder, Aaron Boodman, actually works on the Google Chrome team.
    Linked Intelligence - Friday, September 19, 2008
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  • Share Files and Remote Control Desktops with Gbridge
    More than a few commenters had questions about the Gbridge tool for Windows we featured last week , which works on top of your Google account to provide file sharing and remote desktop capabilities. Why does it bother using Google accounts? Is it secure? Is it any better or different than LogMeIn or Techinline? We spent some time checking out Gbridge, and came away impressed with its ease of use and nifty features, along with a few answers to your questions and screenshots.
    Linked Intelligence - Monday, September 29, 2008
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  • Maintaining Privacy as an Online Freelancer
    If you want to automate this, you can simply use Google Alerts to keep up with any new searchable items relevant to your name.  Tags: online security freelancer Psychology security online privacy freelancing How Do You Work? Can the internet public know more about you than you would like?  According to an article at New Scientist , there’s a company that uses software to analyze blogs and forum posts to find out a blogger’s age, gender, and interests. 
    Web Worker Daily - Wednesday, December 31, 2008
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  • My Google Wave Wish List: The Document Collaboration Edition
    My previous post “ 6 Tips for Using Google Wave on your First Project ” was really about the initial experience a client and I had with Google Wave , and some the early lessons we learned. While I would rank both of us as web-savvy early adopters, suffice it to say my wish list for Google Wave features has been growing fairly rapidly. While my client and I are still happily Of course, as a technical writer, my Google Wave wish list is very document-centric: Table Support.
    Web Worker Daily - Thursday, November 19, 2009
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  • Why I Don’t Trust the Cloud
    prefer the security of having my own data backups. Even financially stable companies like Google sometimes discontinue SaaS products, forcing users to look for a replacement, and to find a way to port data between incompatible applications. Privacy & Security. “Cloud computing” has easily replaced “Web 2.0” as the current trendy buzzword.
    Web Worker Daily - Saturday, September 19, 2009
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  • Who Has Access to Your Address Book?
    My “master” address list is in the Mac Address Book app, but it’s synced to my web-based Google Apps contact list, and to the Thunderbird address book on my PC laptop. Google Apps But let’s face it, security breaches are common these days, from national governments to banks to credit card companies. Written by Charles Hamilton . I
    Web Worker Daily - Thursday, June 11, 2009
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