I was logged into a gmail that I only use for receiving, never sending. I visited Netflix in another tab in Chrome. I visited their free trial page, but I decided it wasn't for me, so I closed the tab without entering any data.
A few days later I got an email from netflix - to the gmail account I was signed in to in another tab - asking me if I needed help completing the form.
I got my first GPS more than a decade ago - primarily for geocaching. I got TomTom Navigator in 2002. Has it changed me? I reckon so. My sense of directions has definitely faded. I rely quite heavily on a device to tell me where to go, and I simply do not waste any braincycles on the road to the destination.
Like on of the above posters, the biggest benefit for me is business trips. Before phones had built in GPS I had a small Dell PDA with built in GPS solely for business trips.
Also, I remember getting lost in China. Since the map I had was written in Western style, I couldn't even ask for guidance to a named street, because it was called something else in Chinese. Now GPS is the most important accessory when traveling.
why do I need to pay $1200 per ear for a hearing aid? In my country, you would get a $1200 hearing aid for free. If you want a more expensive model, the government pays the first $1200 and your insurance pays the rest.
Very interesting question. I see two things that might help. First, don't go to the CEO. You and him clearly speaks different languages. Go to your nearest manager instead and explain to him the consequences of not having procedures. I am sure you can convince him of this, and after the discussion do not settle for a "I'll look into that and get back to you". Always end your meetings with a list of action items with _who_ does _what_ and _when_. This way, you will have clearly defined dates you can follow up on. Have him commit to a date when he will do X (for instance - talk to the Director) and set a date for a follow up meeting with you where he will explain the outcome of said meeting. Should the meeting be canceled, be sure to get a replacement date and set follow up meeting accordingly.
> it seems as though Google Apps is treated a > bit like a secondary service.
On the contrary - it is a primary service which people are paying for, and as such not a place to release playground software. If you provide people a service they pay for, your prime objective is to deliver a stable service. Goofing around may cause some fun, but imagine the outcry if something in Gmail Labs broke the service that people are paying for.
> Is the ad revenue generated more than me > paying for the service?
Probably, but that's not the reason for labs not being available to you.
> Are the services too different that they > must use completely different infrastructure
No.
> Or, are the Google Apps aimed at people who > really don't want new features and services?
No - and eventually, when a feature has proven stable and functional, it will propagate.
I don't have a good answer to your dilemma. However, it made me think. What is the best way to implement a Dead Man's Switch on personal data (laptop, online accounts etc). I for sure have some stuff that I wouldn't want anyone to see - even if I was dead (I was young and needed the money).
BTW - Am I the only one having problems with the new Reply box? The nifty ajax based "preview post" always hangs and I'm forced to use the old one.
For me, Google adsense for domains is a scammers paradise anyway. How many hours haven't I wasted walking over "parked" domains trying to find a real domain. Let's face it - 99% of the "parked" domains aren't parked - they are purchased because people will visit them by mistake. It would be much faster if the domains simply didn't exist and as such wouldn't turn up in search results.
"That is why I am excited about something that should have been here 10 years ago."
It was. I actually wrote my master thesis about it exactly 10 years ago. But one thing is the technology. Another thing is someone to fund the development of a fully functional package. Technology is many years ahead of reality when it comes to medical imaging.
So now we have a search engine capeable of making a godzillion searches in a data domain that does not exist yet. That's all great and dandy, and we do indeed need new models and architectures for search engines once (if) the web goes all semantic. However, when (if) the semantic web ever becomes a reality, this search engine will long be retired. So, this result is great from a research point of view, but don't expect it to leave the lab.
It's all pretty obvious. Certain publishers can get press cards for their journalists. Why? Not because the journalists are better writers than "bloggers", but because they are consolidated into a company and must obey certain rules. This means that I know the information I give will be treated within the rules of the press.
While I do believe you can avoid the competiton part by using email, I do not agree that it's more persuasive. If you talk to someone with whom you have a competitive relationship then you need to take advantage of that. Let the other person "win" the competition (with his consious mind) as you persuade him (subconsiously). Of course this is more manipulation than it is persuasion so Cialdini still has a valid point.
Btw - If you're into persuasion you need to read Cialdinis other works. He has some great insights into the matter.
Back in the late 80's when I got on the net we all had a pretty good idea what "the internet" was. Now, 20 years later, the internet is almost synonymous with WWW. I'd like to see good solutions taking advantage of the internet, but why does it always have to require a web browser?
So - google works. Go to google language tools. Select english->english translation. Input whatever site (i.e. slashdot) you want. Let google fetch it, "translate" it and present the output.
I'll stand up. I have a masters in computer science. I read slashdot. I'm a manager. I'd say it helps me a lot in my daily work to have the same mindset as the developers and architects I manage. Of course, most of my guys could out-code me any day of the week. Luckily, it's not a competition. I'm glad their java-fu is better than mine. I use my background knowledge of developing to ask the right questions and find the right answers, based on their skills.
By being technically informed while managing people and projects, no one can blow smoke up my skirt. I can tell the difference between a lame excuse for a delay and a legitimate reason why something can't be done. That ability is priceless.
If your people blows smoke up your ass then you need to work on your management skills. Regardless that you can detect their lame excuses - if they feel the need to give a lame excuse then it's not only them that's doing a poor job - you are as well.
Ok, maybe I'm slow (it happens;) but I noticed that along side the "Docs and spreadsheets" link there's now a "Photos" link which gives you 250 Mb space for uploading images.
" And because they have no explanations about this phenomenon..."
Let me help them out here a bit then. The Oregon zone appears when the wind generates strong currents carrying nutrient-rich but oxygen-poor water from the deep sea to the surface near shore, a process called upwelling. The nutrients encourage the growth of plankton, which eventually dies and falls to the ocean floor. Bacteria there consume the plankton, using up oxygen.
No - I'm not so smart that I knew the answer, but google did - first (and several more) hit.
Slashdot Mirror
I was logged into a gmail that I only use for receiving, never sending. I visited Netflix in another tab in Chrome. I visited their free trial page, but I decided it wasn't for me, so I closed the tab without entering any data.
A few days later I got an email from netflix - to the gmail account I was signed in to in another tab - asking me if I needed help completing the form.
True, and very scary story.
Sweet Jebus - that was the reason I LEFT facebook. To get rid of that crap.
Oh well - it was fun while it lasted. IRC is still my favorite social network
I got my first GPS more than a decade ago - primarily for geocaching. I got TomTom Navigator in 2002. Has it changed me? I reckon so. My sense of directions has definitely faded. I rely quite heavily on a device to tell me where to go, and I simply do not waste any braincycles on the road to the destination.
Like on of the above posters, the biggest benefit for me is business trips. Before phones had built in GPS I had a small Dell PDA with built in GPS solely for business trips.
Also, I remember getting lost in China. Since the map I had was written in Western style, I couldn't even ask for guidance to a named street, because it was called something else in Chinese. Now GPS is the most important accessory when traveling.
why do I need to pay $1200 per ear for a hearing aid? In my country, you would get a $1200 hearing aid for free. If you want a more expensive model, the government pays the first $1200 and your insurance pays the rest.
Read all about ipred.
One of the things I always enjoyed from MAD was the fold-in images (they have a name, but that escapes me right now).
I found this overview - very interesting: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/03/28/arts/20080330_FOLD_IN_FEATURE.html
Very interesting question. I see two things that might help. First, don't go to the CEO. You and him clearly speaks different languages. Go to your nearest manager instead and explain to him the consequences of not having procedures. I am sure you can convince him of this, and after the discussion do not settle for a "I'll look into that and get back to you". Always end your meetings with a list of action items with _who_ does _what_ and _when_. This way, you will have clearly defined dates you can follow up on. Have him commit to a date when he will do X (for instance - talk to the Director) and set a date for a follow up meeting with you where he will explain the outcome of said meeting. Should the meeting be canceled, be sure to get a replacement date and set follow up meeting accordingly.
It seems like Microsoft is preparing to go without yahoo: http://www.ovum.com/news/euronews.asp?id=7136
> it seems as though Google Apps is treated a
> bit like a secondary service.
On the contrary - it is a primary service which people are paying for, and as such not a place to release playground software. If you provide people a service they pay for, your prime objective is to deliver a stable service. Goofing around may cause some fun, but imagine the outcry if something in Gmail Labs broke the service that people are paying for.
> Is the ad revenue generated more than me
> paying for the service?
Probably, but that's not the reason for labs not being available to you.
> Are the services too different that they
> must use completely different infrastructure
No.
> Or, are the Google Apps aimed at people who
> really don't want new features and services?
No - and eventually, when a feature has proven stable and functional, it will propagate.
I don't have a good answer to your dilemma. However, it made me think. What is the best way to implement a Dead Man's Switch on personal data (laptop, online accounts etc). I for sure have some stuff that I wouldn't want anyone to see - even if I was dead (I was young and needed the money).
BTW - Am I the only one having problems with the new Reply box? The nifty ajax based "preview post" always hangs and I'm forced to use the old one.
SILENCE!! I KIIILL YOU
..if you read this as "Millions in Middle Earth Lose Internet"
For me, Google adsense for domains is a scammers paradise anyway. How many hours haven't I wasted walking over "parked" domains trying to find a real domain. Let's face it - 99% of the "parked" domains aren't parked - they are purchased because people will visit them by mistake. It would be much faster if the domains simply didn't exist and as such wouldn't turn up in search results.
"That is why I am excited about something that should have been here 10 years ago."
It was. I actually wrote my master thesis about it exactly 10 years ago. But one thing is the technology. Another thing is someone to fund the development of a fully functional package. Technology is many years ahead of reality when it comes to medical imaging.
So now we have a search engine capeable of making a godzillion searches in a data domain that does not exist yet. That's all great and dandy, and we do indeed need new models and architectures for search engines once (if) the web goes all semantic. However, when (if) the semantic web ever becomes a reality, this search engine will long be retired. So, this result is great from a research point of view, but don't expect it to leave the lab.
In north Korea, april fools you!
It's all pretty obvious. Certain publishers can get press cards for their journalists. Why? Not because the journalists are better writers than "bloggers", but because they are consolidated into a company and must obey certain rules. This means that I know the information I give will be treated within the rules of the press.
While I do believe you can avoid the competiton part by using email, I do not agree that it's more persuasive. If you talk to someone with whom you have a competitive relationship then you need to take advantage of that. Let the other person "win" the competition (with his consious mind) as you persuade him (subconsiously). Of course this is more manipulation than it is persuasion so Cialdini still has a valid point.
Btw - If you're into persuasion you need to read Cialdinis other works. He has some great insights into the matter.
Back in the late 80's when I got on the net we all had a pretty good idea what "the internet" was. Now, 20 years later, the internet is almost synonymous with WWW. I'd like to see good solutions taking advantage of the internet, but why does it always have to require a web browser?
So - google works. Go to google language tools. Select english->english translation. Input whatever site (i.e. slashdot) you want. Let google fetch it, "translate" it and present the output.
Move over tag - we have a new winner.
I'll stand up. I have a masters in computer science. I read slashdot. I'm a manager. I'd say it helps me a lot in my daily work to have the same mindset as the developers and architects I manage. Of course, most of my guys could out-code me any day of the week. Luckily, it's not a competition. I'm glad their java-fu is better than mine. I use my background knowledge of developing to ask the right questions and find the right answers, based on their skills.
By being technically informed while managing people and projects, no one can blow smoke up my skirt. I can tell the difference between a lame excuse for a delay and a legitimate reason why something can't be done. That ability is priceless.
If your people blows smoke up your ass then you need to work on your management skills. Regardless that you can detect their lame excuses - if they feel the need to give a lame excuse then it's not only them that's doing a poor job - you are as well.
Okay, so I look like your regular geek. I'm fat and bald. Yet I apparently look like some hot female movie stars. 80% like Grace Kelly. Not sure if I can link directly to a result. Let's try: http://www.myheritage.com/FP/photo.php?siteID=1&ph otoID=5969307&source=album&sourceID=963790&albumID =963790
Granted - the examples looked pretty good, but I just can't see Grace Kelly when I look myself in the mirror.
Ok, maybe I'm slow (it happens ;) but I noticed that along side the "Docs and spreadsheets" link there's now a "Photos" link which gives you 250 Mb space for uploading images.
" And because they have no explanations about this phenomenon..."
Let me help them out here a bit then. The Oregon zone appears when the wind generates strong currents carrying nutrient-rich but oxygen-poor water from the deep sea to the surface near shore, a process called upwelling. The nutrients encourage the growth of plankton, which eventually dies and falls to the ocean floor. Bacteria there consume the plankton, using up oxygen.
No - I'm not so smart that I knew the answer, but google did - first (and several more) hit.