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Living Stories

Check out Google's experiment with delivering information that tells the whole story:

News, made for the Web.

The Living Stories project is an experiment in presenting news, one designed specifically for the online environment. The project was developed by Google in collaboration with two of the country's leading newspapers, The New York Times and The Washington Post.

All in one place
Complete coverage of an on-going story is gathered together and prioritized on one URL. You can now quickly navigate between news articles, opinion pieces and features without long waits for pages to load.

Easy to explore
Each story has an evolving summary of current developments as a well as an interactive timeline of critical events. Stories can be explored by themes, significant participants or multimedia.

Smarter reading
Updates to the story are highlighted each time you come back, and older news is summarized.

Sorry, Bud...

...but the Droid is sooooo 2009.  Come January, Google may render it redundant at best...

Champions of Care

Okay, we'll have to file this under Web/Tech, because this isn't an iTunes course.  But I wrote the app that manages the data for our weekly radio show and now also creates an RSS feed for iTunes.  If you have iTunes on this computer, you can access it here.

Detroit in 3D: No Special Glasses Necessary!

Well, I must admit, I found this to be very unexpected.  Perhaps Mike has more pull than we knew...  But Detroit was chosen to be the second city to be rendered in 3D by Google!  Read more on the Google SketchUp blog.

Error message lied

So after my last blog I got an error message saying that it couldn't find the page after i clicked publish.  I assumed that this meant my blog didn't load and rewrote it.  Then it happened again.  So I restarted my browser and retyped it.  I got the same message and gave up,,, but apparently they published,, sorry abou that and i hope i deleted them correctly. 

google finance

Google finance V Aol finance.  My overall opinion is that Aol suits my needs my needs better.  They have more historical data that is easier to find.  I really appreciate the fact that when you click on dividends, you get the last five years worth of data.  Sure made my presentation easier.  Although I still find myself using google for references on current data.  Maybe it's the streamlined approach. 

Google to produce, sell own "Nexus One" phones

As soon as next year Google is planning on producing its own phones and selling them to consumers directly. Google would also pass up wireless carriers in the move which is a huge step. The phone will be part of the Android OS. WIth the success of the new Droid I would suspect that when this service and phone release it will be a huge success.

Dictionary word of the year: 'Unfriend'

Word of the year is Unfriend, according to the New Oxford American Dictionary. This beat out other words that were sure to take the top. Unfriend refers to the action of getting rid of a friend on a social networking site. This can be one of the lowest things to do on the web after getting into a fight with someone, have a disagreement, or a break-up.

The 12 most annoying Facebookers

I thought this article was funny. It goes through a list of annoying Facebookers. I think everyone that has a Facebook has encountered one of these types of users. My personal favorites form the list, and the ones that i encounter the most are..........the "The Let-Me-Tell-You-Every-Detail-of-My-Day Bore", and the "The Sympathy-Baiter". No matter what we do these people will continue to be on Facebook and do the same thing day after day.

Firefox on Google

REcently Firefoxes' CEO public said that he doesn't support Google. He went on to say that people should ditch Google and start using Bing (Microsoft's new search engine). This is a huge statement from someone in the tech world as a ceo. I wouldnt be surprised if Google fires back at Firefox in some way or another.