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October 15, 2004 10:03 pm

In addition to the Google stuff, the other company I’m keeping an eye on is Laszlo Systems. Marc is too. I think they have a great idea, good execution, and now some financial backing. Way to go OpenSource!

I created a Gallery/Photoblox integration for the ANVL home page (top right) to show the last 5 pictures uploaded to my picture gallery. Pretty easy (the PHP was the hard part for me; Laszlo was cake), and I loved it. Check out the Laszlo demos for some serious eye-candy (well, for geeks). I wonder what that email client will look like…

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Google Will Rule The World

10:01 pm

Mere minutes after I wrote the prior entry about Google Desktop, I’m scanning my RSS feeds (boy, I love RSS), and I found this — another “stealth” technology from Google. Check it out — a Google IM client from within the Google image app (Picasa)!

Read the entry, and draw your own conclusions. I’m really thinking that Google is positioning themselves well for taking over the desktop. After reading this, I checked the GOOG stock, and it’s at 145. From 100 on 8/19 to 145 on 10/15. 45% in less than 60 days. I might have to buy some even at 145…wow.

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Google Desktop

9:28 pm

So, I went for it. Sure, it’s Beta. But, after doing some blog research and reading the FAQ and privacy statement, I took a gamble.

And so far, so good. Initial indexing went pretty quickly (relatively painless), and ease of use is superb. It might not have the same level of integrated functionality as Blinkx, or the reputed nicer interface of Copernic,
but I do like the way it reports search results from my computer along with web results when you do a normal Google search.

BTW, I installed and tried Blinkx for about a week, but ended up uninstalling it. The indexing kept getting in the way when I didn’t want it (like when I came back from Hibernate mode, or when I was downloading email). High disk I/O stinks. Plus, although the ability to cross-reference web pages with web search, blog, local docs, and product searches is a nice idea, I ended up not using this enough to forgive the lame-ass I/O impacts.