After explaining this process several times, and looking over the search terms that have led people to my article on making Google Gadgets, I’ve decided to answer this question once and for all. Turning a supported feed (Atom 0.3 or 1.0, or RSS 0.91, 0.92, 1.0, or 2.0) into a simple Google Gadget is trivially easy, and can be done in a few simple steps. Read the rest of this entry »
Google and Microsoft have been trading antitrust complaints over the past few months. Most recently, Google filed a confidential complaint with the Justice Department asking that Microsoft be forced to alter the desktop search functionality in Vista to better accommodate third-party search applications. Surprisingly, Microsoft quickly acquiesced to Google’s request, agreeing to modify Vista to address the concerns in a service pack scheduled for release at the end of this year. Read the rest of this entry »
This tutorial is intended for advanced audiences. If you’re new to regular expressions, or if you could use a quick refresher, go read my intro to regular expressions, and work through a few examples. Trust me, it’ll be one of the most rewarding twenty minutes you’ve ever spent. If you’re familiar with the basic regex concepts then read on and learn all you need to know to be a regex pro. Read the rest of this entry »
As many of you are already aware, Google announced a new product last week called Google Gears (I wrote an intro to the toolkit a few days ago). After playing around with Gears for a while I realized that I could use it to solve a problem that has bothered me for some time: I can’t read blogs offline! WP-Offline is a WordPress plugin that lets your readers cache your entire blog for offline reading using Google Gears. Read the rest of this entry »
Just last week Google announced street view at the Where 2.0 conference in San Jose. The new feature, which lets users view 360 degree panoramic photos from the streets of several major US cities, received lots of press despite the fact that Amazon’s A9 maps had a similar feature that launched some time ago (though Google’s UI is definitely a lot cooler).
Google is an interesting company to watch. They frequently surprise people (myself included) by making unexpected acquisitions and launching new products out of the blue. Since my interests span both technology and business, I’m often left wondering what the big picture is — what is Google’s “10 year plan,” so to speak. Read the rest of this entry »
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