Blog (continued)
Wikis move over Gdocs is here
May 10th, 2007
I’m not a professed Google fan, but I’ll have to say their products are pretty damn good tools that solve large problems for me in my day to day life. Not every one of their products are great, but the ones I do use, well I love.
I’ve used both mediaWiki and GoogleDocs to collaborate and manage documentation on a project and work related and I have to say that GoogleDocs wins out. Here are the reasons why:
1. I don’t have to learn WIKI Markup. GDocs uses the familiar metaphor of a wordprocessor.
2. I was always confused about how to create a new page, and then how to find it. Now I just create a new spreadsheet.
4. Revisions Tab!!!! AND RSS to it!!! woo hoo
5. Best of all, the links are managed by Google and not me. Meaning if I want to send out a message that a doc has been updated, then I dont’ have to remember where or what it was, I can just re-send the doc.
Give it whirl. I know we all think Google is evil, but GDocs is pretty damn good.
Tech Event in L.A.
May 8th, 2007
Everytime I visit LA, two things strike me about it:
1. People are just much better looking than the Bay Area (sorry it’s true.. they looked like they just walked out of The O.C.)
2. People are just a lot less techy than in the Bay Area ( RS wha?)
My former director, Mike Macadaan is holding a tech event in L.A. this Wednesday. So if your are in the L.A. Area looking for some geekery you should stop on by. Besides Santa Monica is a just a great place to check out … near the beach, good restaurants and bars! Also ordering gourmet gift baskets seems to be a thing here.
Do The Wave – It’s Quick & Easy
May 2nd, 2007
Okay I’m not really trying to make this into a no.cal vs. so. cal thing, but I must admit I just came back from LA and while many people think LA drivers are RUDE, they do one thing that can really calm other people on the road. It’s called the wave.
The Wave acknowledges you are there, and says “hey I’m sorry” or “thanks so much”. For a long time, as long as people did not touch the paint on my car and there were no accidents, I would stay relatively calm…that was until I moved to the Bay Area… where no one does The Wave.
I found my blood pressure rise and noticed what it’s like to be angry on the road. It’s not that So. Cal drivers are worse drivers, in fact I’d argue they are just as bad if not worse, the difference is how they treated other people when typical uncouth actions occurred. How you react can make a difference in the whole world.
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