Today’s announcement about Gowalla shutting down got me thinking about some of the other under-utilized social networking sites (SNS) that I’ve signed up for (and forgotten about) over the years, as well as the new ones I joined this year.
Trying out Google Wave!
I was treated to a nice surprise shortly after getting home from work last night… my Google Wave invitation arrived in my personal email inbox at exactly 7:49pm. I applied for my beta invite the very first day Google started accepting requests, and reapplied several more times over the last few months. Like so many […]
Interpreting Google Analytics
I am bad about using and following through with Google Analytics. I install the code snippets on every site I develop, but then I just kind of forget about it, unless it’s for a company with whom I’m employed. They usually have their own marketing people who run with and analyze the data. But, as […]
Google Presentations
Need to collaborate with colleagues on an slide show presentation? Yesterday, Google officially launched its free, web-based alternative to Microsoft’s PowerPoint, Google Presentations. The software is available as part of Google Docs, which is still in beta mode, and allows users to collaborate on slide show presentations.