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On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 8:27 PM, Joshua Thorp <[email protected]> wrote:

> It is on the other hand important to note that google has a public
> exhibitionist side,  trying to get us all to all hang out (if you are
> embarrassed you probably shouldn't be doing it see:
> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091208/0221047243.shtml).  Here is a
> rant on the privacy issues of Buzz which looks huge. Social networking is
> putting people in the deep end of exposure without warning or careful
> thinking about the implications:
> http://news.cnet.com/8301-31322_3-10451428-256.html
>
>
> We use a google groups e-mail list and as far as I recall zip files are not
> allowed and starlogo TNG text files end up with all of their <space>
> characters replaced with =20 which isn't helpful (i.e. it breaks the file).
>  I'm sure this is the nature of the e-mail technology they are using but
> still isn't helpful.
>
>
> --joshua
>
> On Feb 10, 2010, at 8:31 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote:
>
> > Josh,
> >
> > Google groups mangles attachments?  Tell me a little more about that.
> >
> > As for the rest, I think google groups has real promise.  The help
> > mechanism is a little disconcerting, but it has a lot of the look and
> feel
> > of BlackBoard and even has wiki=like features and versioning.
> >
> > Nick
> >
> > Nicholas S. Thompson
> > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology,
> > Clark University ([email protected])
> > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/<http://home.earthlink.net/%7Enickthompson/naturaldesigns/>
> > http://www.cusf.org [City University of Santa Fe]
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> [Original Message]
> >> From: Joshua Thorp <[email protected]>
> >> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <
> [email protected]>
> >> Date: 2/10/2010 8:28:36 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Buzz arrives
> >>
> >>
> >> The android phone doesn't make the list?
> >> Owen's point is taken about the lack of total integration.  Apple would
> > never let that happen to their products.  Android does have a good set of
> > integrations and some glaring omissions like read only integration with
> > google docs.  It is a good test of your google ecology purity to sign on
> to
> > an android phone and see your google persona inhabit it.
> >>
> >> I use:
> >>
> >> GMail:  more so since I got the phone...  not my primary email
> >> Google Calendar: yes
> >> Google Maps: yes
> >> GoogleEarth: yes -- mostly as a wonderful globe (can you imagine the
> > value of that?)  but with mashup data the potential is very intersting.
> > Here is an interesting mashup: http://aprs.fi/
> >> Google Translate: never, but I bet google does it fairly well.
> >> Google Youtube: of course.
> >> Google Chrome browser: yes.  its not my primary browser because I like
> > firefox's plugins.  But I have nothing against it.
> >> Blogspot.com: yes, but only as a consumer.
> >> Google Docs: Yes,  and they have some real power in their ability to
> make
> > web forms that populate data in a spreadsheet.  Part of the google
> ecology
> > is waiting for users to find new creative ways to wire the thing up.
> >> Google Images: some.
> >> Google News: yes, and I mostly don't click through.  Take that new york
> > times...
> >> Google Shopping: what? never.
> >> Google Books: a handful of times.  Who has the time to read anymore?
> >> Google Scholar: rarely see books.
> >> Google Patents: never
> >> Google Sketchup: once--but it was fun.
> >> Google Adsense: I've known those who do.
> >> Google Picassa: yes.  And I am seriously thinking of going from iPhoto
> to
> > picassa.
> >> Google Talk: seldom.
> >> Google Chrome OS: It hardly exists at this point.
> >> Google App Engine: Some.  I like the idea of a painless build your own
> > web application platform.  And the google integration here gives you a
> > whole crowd of people who can just sign onto your site as if they already
> > belonged there through Google Accounts.
> >> Google Accounts: yes. Google needs to be working on joining (merging)
> > accounts otherwise confusion ensues.
> >> Google Maps API: haven't.
> >> Google Data API: haven't.
> >> Google Apps: haven't but may soon.
> >> Google Groups: mangles attachments.
> >> Google Code: as a consumer.
> >> Google Wave: looks like a splash.
> >> Google Finance: no.
> >> Android: brings them together.
> >>
> >>
> >> But really I'm not sure that I want to see Google be more successful.
> > Total integration could turn into a walled garden that stifles
> innovation.
> > I think one interesting thing is how willing google has been to fail and
> as
> > they do over and over again I am sure what remains will be powerful.
> >>
> >> Re: walled garden another google product:
> >> http://www.dataliberation.org/
> >>
> >>
> >> --joshua
> >>
> >> GMail:
> >> Google Calendar:
> >> Google Maps:
> >> GoogleEarth:
> >> Google Translate:
> >> Google Youtube:
> >> Google Chrome browser:
> >> Blogspot.com:
> >> Google Docs:
> >> Google Images:
> >> Google News:
> >> Google Shopping:
> >> Google Books:
> >> Google Scholar:
> >> Google Patents:
> >> Google Sketchup:
> >> Google Adsense:
> >> Google Picassa:
> >> Google Talk:
> >> Google Chrome OS:
> >> Google App Engine:
> >> Google Accounts:
> >> Google Maps API:
> >> Google Data API:
> >> Google Apps:
> >> Google Groups:
> >> Google Code:
> >> Google Wave:
> >> Google Finance:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Google Login allows you to use your own e-mail
> >>
> >>> GMail: Only for boutique address purposes.
> >>> Google Calendar:  Yes, most excellent.
> >>> Google Maps: Almost exclusively.
> >>> GoogleEarth:  Often.
> >>> Google Translate: Occasionally
> >>> Google Youtube: Rarely.
> >>> Google Chrome browser:  No.
> >>> Blogspot.com: Often.
> >>> Google Docs:  Moderately, mostly for sharing, not for viewing.
> >>> Google Images:  Often
> >>> Google News: Some
> >>> Google Shopping: Some
> >>> Google Books: Some
> >>> Google Scholar: Some
> >>> Google Patents: Some
> >>> Google Sketchup: Some
> >>> Google Adsense: Never
> >>> Google Picassa: Rarely.
> >>> Google Talk:  Rarely.
> >>> Google Chrome OS: No.
> >>> Google App Engine: Barely.
> >>> Google Maps API:  Once.
> >>> Google Data API: No but I want to.
> >>> Google Apps: Not
> >>> Google Groups: Some.
> >>> Google Code: Only to download.
> >>> Google Wave: Still waiting for it to break.
> >>> Google Finance: I use it to play on paper, learn how the markets work,
> > motivate me to pay attention to tech/business trends.
> >>
> >> On Feb 10, 2010, at 3:52 PM, Steve Smith wrote:
> >>
> >>> Scary how much I live in the Google ecology.  I don't use it in a very
> > integrated way either.  But then beyond cut/paste what is there and what
> do
> > I need?  Wave promises to change that... but I don't get it yet.
> >>>
> >>> Me:
> >>>
> >>> Search: Always
> >>> GMail: Only for boutique address purposes.   Google Login allows you to
> > use your own e-mail (not-Gmail).
> >>> Google Calendar:  Yes, most excellent.
> >>> Google Maps: Almost exclusively.
> >>> GoogleEarth:  Often.
> >>> Google Translate: Occasionally
> >>> Google Youtube: Rarely.
> >>> Google Chrome browser:  No.
> >>> Blogspot.com: Often.
> >>> Google Docs:  Moderately, mostly for sharing, not for viewing.
> >>> Google Images:  Often
> >>> Google News: Some
> >>> Google Shopping: Some
> >>> Google Books: Some
> >>> Google Scholar: Some
> >>> Google Patents: Some
> >>> Google Sketchup: Some
> >>> Google Adsense: Never
> >>> Google Picassa: Rarely.
> >>> Google Talk:  Rarely.
> >>> Google Chrome OS: No.
> >>> Google App Engine: Barely.
> >>> Google Maps API:  Once.
> >>> Google Data API: No but I want to.
> >>> Google Apps: Not
> >>> Google Groups: Some.
> >>> Google Code: Only to download.
> >>> Google Wave: Still waiting for it to break.
> >>> Google Finance: I use it to play on paper, learn how the markets work,
> > motivate me to pay attention to tech/business trends.
> >>>
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