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Do you think Google ever Googles itself?

The big news yesterday was the launch of Google’s newest feature, Buzz, furthering their reach into social media (I am not going to recap everything that was said by others; check out the links at the end of my blog post if you haven’t already been carpet bombed with information about Buzz). What does this [...]
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“And be a simple kind of man.”

My favorite song of all time, the one I would want played at my funeral because in many ways it defines who I have aimed to be in my life, is Lynyrd Skynard’s “Simple Man“. I live a simple life.  I like simple things.  I like things that make my life simpler. The Internet, even though endlessly [...]
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Viral Video Ping-Pong XVIII: Office 2010 - The Movie

“Viral Video Ping-Pong” - a weekly series on the bigMETHOD blog in which Greg and John attempt to outdo one another with the posting of an incredible low-budget clip. Who knows if Office 2010 will be necessary for long now that the tech industry has seen what Google has cooking.  Still, if Microsoft is doing anything [...]
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Viral Video Ping-Pong X - Apple Responds to Microsoft Ads

“Viral Video Ping-Pong” - a weekly series on the bigMETHOD blog in which Greg and John attempt to outdo one another with the posting of an incredible low-budget clip. It’s no secret.  I’m one of Microsoft Excel’s most enthusiastic supporters.  While it is possible to run the program on a Mac, it’s never the same. Which [...]
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Yahoo / Microsoft Merger? Round 2

In case you were not aware, there were talks happening this summer (maybe it was June) for Microsoft to buy Yahoo. The talks ended when Yahoo’s CEO, Jerry Yang, insisted that Micosoft raise it’s bid from $33 to $37 a share. Well, 6 months later Yahoo has an advertising partnership with Google (that is a good [...]
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