Eighth Birthday - illustration created by Dan Clarke for JP74 the digital agency I work at. It’s based around old Nintendo video game box art.

Eighth Birthday - illustration created by Dan Clarke for JP74 the

digital agency I work at. It’s based around old Nintendo video game box art.

Google - keeping it real (time)

Everybody is talking about ‘real time’ search results, and Social media has been hailed since it began as being the only ‘true’ insight into real time trends online around.


So now, the nice guys at Google had a sit down with the big players such as Twitter and Facebook, and will be including social results in their standard results pages.

They have created this lovely magical look and feel promo vid to show us how it will work. Take note of the ‘home alone’ stylee sounding music – designed to inspire awe only ever felt in the presence of Disney land.

This integration is an exciting step forward in the way we will receive information and inevitably our search behavior will no doubt change because of this.

As a person whose job can completely change in the way that search engines compile sites to be included in the search engines results pages, this major change might seem relatively small at the moment – but what will this mean long term. I believe this change alone – if it takes off – could in fact be the beginning of the end for SEO and the way the industry works.

I honestly believe that in five years time, my job will consist much more of online PR and much more ‘people centred’ opposed to the site manipulation and ‘robot’ centred approach to online marketing which is common today.

Google….all eyes on you now – don’t f*ck this up!

The Google Wave has crashed!

That’s right, don’t hate me for saying this - but i have never been so disappointed at a google product - except maybe google sqared…but that is another story.

Yep, Google Wave is now to me as disappointing as two blue lines in a box to most teenage girls in Bolton.

I remember when I first saw the demo of wave on youtube from the ox conference, and I remember feeling that child like awe only ever experienced on christmas morning. Now … its like a cold distant memory. It hurts me to write these things… but its how i feel.

When using it, i can’t help but feel it is in fact just a pain in the arse to use. The only redeeming feature i have found so far is the real time typing - but even that is slightly irritating when talking to somebody you just know only types in a dad attempting to use a computer style way… with his two index fingers only! grr.

I wish this were not true… but I waited so long on baited breath for an invite - and now ive got it - i wish i hadn’t bothered.

Google… do better!

Yours sincerely… one very disappointed google whore!

Hierarchy of Digital Distractions

Bitch slapping Lilly Allen through the medium of song! win

I love Google .. possibly more than certain members of my family - which is why it really annoys me when they fall below my expectations. Today, I wanted to download the Google toolbar for Chorme (i already have it on other browsers) - you know the one, it’s Google’s OWN browser - only to be shown this… Sort yourselves out Google! How can you only provide one of your own products for IE or Firefox and not for your own browser???

I love Google .. possibly more than certain members of my family - which is why it really annoys me when they fall below my expectations.

Today, I wanted to download the Google toolbar for Chorme (i already have it on other browsers) - you know the one, it’s Google’s OWN browser - only to be shown this…

Sort yourselves out Google! How can you only provide one of your own products for IE or Firefox and not for your own browser???

  • September 24, 2009, 6:02am

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Favorite line of email - EVER…

Today, following a post move-house spat, my other half sent me one of the nicest emails perhaps ever…

my favorite line.. about things I had taught him over the course of our relationship:

“There are two messiahs … Jesus and Jobs!”

You see, my bloke is an office boy sales person.. not in fact a geek - yes I know I know, i went to the dark side lol… so it has been my mission ever since to convert him into a space invader addicted, LOL cat loving, fail blog chuckling massive geek… like myself..

The aknowledgement of the legend that is Steve Jobs in a love letter (email) to me.. is the only evidence I need to realise that i have succeeded this task!

Now i just need to work on him NOT touching the screen of my macbook, reading fake steve jobs and appreciating the hilarity and letting me get an old school atari for the front room :D FTW

Living in harmony is all about him loving the interwebz… and knowing Google is the best search engine. (not yahoo or bing - as they are stupid - because i say so… as does web user stats lol )

You're doing it wrong!

I can haz stroke face? :/ sneaky jake with the JP74 camera!

I can haz stroke face? :/

sneaky jake with the JP74 camera!

  • July 06, 2009, 8:53am

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zomg

What!

Nickleback….. NO!

What are you doing… taking part in the windows IE8 bribe. I thought you had hit rock bottom allowing a couch company use your music.. but this…

i can no longer listen to your music ever again.

you are dead to me!