Archive for May 2008
Tips For Dealing With Information Overload
Posted by: clickry on: May 31, 2008
I sent a couple of people the following question: “What are your top tips for dealing with information overflow?” Here are some of their answers (with formatting partly adjusted, omissions within quotes indicated with dots). Please add your own tips and approaches in the comments.
Niniane Wang, Google: «I like the time-honored tradition of responding to [...]
The Internet FAQ from 2085
Posted by: clickry on: May 31, 2008
What was the internet?
The internet and the world web was a computing system to transfer human information. Scientists have based its beginning to the years 1920 to 1940.
What was electromail?
Electromail was another transport protocol to transfer human information, but it was quickly discontinued as it caused misunderstandings due to lack of correctly representing emotions.
What were [...]
Pesky Human Spotted Climbing On Top of Googlebot (Fiction)
Posted by: clickry on: May 31, 2008
“We have asked you here to appear before the robotic tribunal to defend your case, human.”“I was …”“Quiet! You will speak when you’re asked to. R27161, please read the accusation.”[human bows his head, momentary silence]“R27161 speaking. The human #281738 is accused of having climbed upon an early Googlebot model around 20 years ago. Human?”“It was [...]
Google Kills Bush’s Miserable Failure Search & Other Google Bombs
Posted by: clickry on: May 31, 2008
After just over two years, Google has finally defused the “Google Bomb” that has returned US President George W. Bush at the top of its results in a search on miserable failure. The move wasn’t a post-State Of The Union Address gift for Bush. Instead, it’s part of an overall [...]
Google Kills Bush’s Miserable Failure Search & Other Google Bombs
Posted by: clickry on: May 31, 2008
After just over two years, Google has finally defused the “Google Bomb” that has returned US President George W. Bush at the top of its results in a search on miserable failure. The move wasn’t a post-State Of The Union Address gift for Bush. Instead, it’s part of an overall [...]
Google Kills Bush’s Miserable Failure Search & Other Google Bombs
Posted by: clickry on: May 31, 2008
After just over two years, Google has finally defused the “Google Bomb” that has returned US President George W. Bush at the top of its results in a search on miserable failure. The move wasn’t a post-State Of The Union Address gift for Bush. Instead, it’s part of an overall [...]
Google Kills Bush’s Miserable Failure Search & Other Google Bombs
Posted by: clickry on: May 31, 2008
After just over two years, Google has finally defused the “Google Bomb” that has returned US President George W. Bush at the top of its results in a search on miserable failure. The move wasn’t a post-State Of The Union Address gift for Bush. Instead, it’s part of an overall [...]
Comcast: How Two Teenage High School Dropouts Hacked Comcast
Posted by: clickry on: May 31, 2008
A couple days ago, a pair of teenagers brought down Comcast’s homepage and mail service. They haven’t been arrested (yet), so they gave the full story to Wired. Like most nuclear-level hacks, they didn’t intend to hijack the website and mail hosting of the biggest cable company in the country. They say they even tried [...]
The 31 Places To Go This Summer
Posted by: clickry on: May 31, 2008
The 31 Places To Go This Summer
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Is YouTube Building Market Dominance At The Expense of Building A Business?
Posted by: clickry on: May 31, 2008
If you look at YouTube’s numbers, one thing is clear: It completely dominates online video. YouTube accounts for 37 percent of all videos watched on the Internet and attracts about half of the audience, according to comScore. (And if you add in Google Video, that brings the total to 38 percent of videos watched). The [...]
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