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Google Weather

By alex | Published: 3/4/2005
Looks like Google’s 20% is really paying off lately, now with Google Weather. Just type “weather” and a city name into google, and you get a report. “weather buffalo” yeilds: Now if only the calculator function and the weather function could be combined: “weather buffalo +50”.
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Google Maps Walking Tour

By alex | Published: 2/27/2005
Tim Bray posted a link to Udell’s Google Maps walking tour of Keene, NH, in case anyone (like me), hadn’t seen it. This is really very cool: it’s what happens when you allow others to co-design your service. I don’t know how many of the current MI students read my blog (I suspect very few), […]
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Teachable moment

By alex | Published: 2/19/2005
At the Thai restaurant last night, what appeared to be a father and his two high-school-aged daughters were sitting behind me. Father: Yep. You have to try a Mongolian restaurant some time. They have a giant wok, and everyone has to make their own food. Girl 1: Can’t you just order stuff? Father: No, everyone […]
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Year of the blog Q&A

By alex | Published: 1/7/2005
[Sue Wuetcher, from the campus Reporter asked me to participate in a Q&A about blogging and such. I suspect (hope) that she will end up cutting this down so that it is more concise and makes more sense, but here it is in the uncut version.] 1) 2004 has been called “The Year of the […]
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