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Archive for “October, 2007”

The Other Side of the Paid Links Coin

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

Paid links are against the Google webmaster guidelines. Get used to it.
No matter how eloquently you moan about about it, you are still moaning. Get over it. I recommend (as I have for a long time) that you read the Google webmaster guidelines and understand them. Many things that you do every day are violating […]


New Stuff From Google for Gadget Developers

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

This is just a quick post to highlight some new help documentation from Google.
Google Mapplets:
Mapplets are Google gadgets for maps, and they have just put out some new help guides
YouTube Gadgets:
Google Announced…
“This morning, we made an update to the AJAX Search API that provides you with direct access to YouTube Channels, Most Viewed […]


Google at the Widget Summit

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Google had the largest active presence at this summit of any company.
Hmmm, wonder if that means anything?
iGoogle continues to be Googles fastest growing product (let’s put that in perspective, Google has Gmail, Google has Checkout, Google has alot of popular products, eh? yet the one that is er, going viral, shall we say is iGoogle) […]


Widget Summit 2007 - Keynote Speakers

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

The widget summit was overall a very interesting and informative event, it really got my head spinning with ideas. It was well attended and the people who came were representatives from major companies, developers, and widget start-ups.
Google had a large presence here, and while officially three Google employees were presenting and one exhibiting, there were […]


Widget and Gadgets and Apps Oh My

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

I am in San Fran at the Widget Summit and day 2 is about to begin. Day one was pretty impressive and I will be writing about each of the sessions and highlighting many people and companies in the widget community over the next few days. I met some great people and had an great […]


Widget Summit 2007

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Widget Summit is yummy and good…
Google’s Adam Sah, who I still have to interview, (oops, sorry Adam, long story) will be presenting a session about Google gadgets, and all sorts of other great stuff… Facebook development, MyBlogLog founder, Nokia is presenting their blueprint for mobile phone gadget sweetness, and of course Niall Kennedy, who is […]


8 Things About Me, Me, Wonderful, Glorious, Fabulous Me

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

The amazing Rhea Drysdale tagged me to do this…
1) I used to be a professional.
I was responsible for budgets in the tens of millions of dollars range from both the public and private sector as a logistical co-ordinater for NGO’s. NGO’s (Non-Governmental Organizations) are places like the UNHCR, Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, Save the […]