Strategy/Tips & Tricks

Man, Google is smooth (Google Calendar)

Posted on by charlie

I’ve been using Google Calendar at home for the joint family calendar. Makes it easier than me manually typing the calendar ever week or so.

Being the mobile guy, I kept looking for any hint that there’s a mobile version.

Well, after looking at some of the mobile-savvy URLs that Google has, I was able to guess the URL for Google Calendar Mobile: <http://www.google.com/calendar/m>.

It really works well, quite mobile-savvy.

Google has constantly been delivering quality mobile apps that make great use of the Internet. We could all learn a lot from watching them.

The Narrative

A single letter change. A large attitude change.

Posted on by charlie

As you probably know, I’ve been keeping a list of word ‘tired‘ words, words that I think are either mis-used, unclear, outdated, or something like that.

One of the words I put on the list is ‘Internet’ (read about it here).

Well, I’m a writer at heart and I remember once fighting over the capitalization of ‘Internet’, arguing that it’s a place we go to (that was about 7 years ago). Nonetheless, I’ve seen the word many times written with a small letter ‘internet’ and that’s got me wondering if it’s time for me to demote Internet as a place to internet as plumbing. I’m working on trying to stop calling it ‘the Internet’, and calling it just ‘internet’, in the same way we don’t say ‘the Electricity’.

And lately, I’ve stopped trying to have a concept of what internet is, and just live and breath in a world where internet is a utility.

Eh, to some of you, tired of my semantics, that might not be much. But, to me, it’s a change worth noting.

Now, how does the meaning and capitalization of the word ‘Web’ fit into all this. 🙂

Strategy/The Narrative

Google Maps Mobile with GPS

Posted on by charlie

I don’t know when this showed up, but we were expecting it.

Hoo-boy, this sure changes the whole map and local search game.

Now to download it and play with it while still in the US. Anybody use it already?

Link: Google Maps:

GPS, or Global Positioning System, is a feature on many mobile devices and peripherals. Google Maps for mobile combined with GPS provides a faster, easier way to access local information when you’re on the go. The BlackBerry® 8800 smartphone from Cingular is the latest open GPS experience with Google Maps, and we want to spread the word.

Oh, and there seems to be quite a bit of co-marketing around the BlackBerry.