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  • Gmail Address Flexibility And Filtering

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    You hate spam. I hate spam. Lets face it, we sign up for things online and our e-mail address become prone to being spread all over hell’s half acre and our inboxes inevitably gets invaded by irritating e-mail. Heck…sometimes we set up accounts on sites that we want kept out of our inboxes to avoid…

  • Google Calendar (CL2) Launched

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    In February I posted about the Google Calendar and speculated that its arrival was fast approaching. Well…CL2 was launched tonight (the 12th of April). Create your calendar here. My initial opinions are as follows: Its great. The interface is pretty darn snazzy…very Gmail-like with its layout; which is great to see as this just screams…

  • Google Calendar Coming Down the Pipe

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    I knew it was coming, but when will it get here? I’m talking about Google’s Calendar a.k.a. Google CL2. It seems as if the calendar may come sooner than later, as google is leaving bread crumbs hanging around that point in the direction of a calendar app. Here’s a blurb from PaulStone.net (where I first…

  • Ajax, More Than A Buzz Word

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    Ajax the development technique, not to be confused with Ajax the cleaning solution, is taking the web by storm. What is it? Ajax stands for Asynchronous Javascript And XML. Its an architectural methodology on the interactions between a number of different technologies in a way that provides a more seamless user experience between user-to-server communication.…

  • Amazon Tags!

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    About Time! According to CNet, Amazon is heading down the road of tagging. This is great news in my book. I’m a follower of the Web 2.0 movement and have really been turned onto the idea of folksonomy (tagging) by products like Flickr and thus have recently brought MasterWish on board with tagging. While many…

  • Google Services

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    After posting about Google Maps’ implementation of satellite imagery from Hurricane Katrina, it was suggested that I do a follow-up on Google Earth. I think I’ll go one step further and elaborate on some of Google’s hottest services and slightly speculate on what could be coming down the road. Google Maps Google Maps vs. MapQuest…Google…