Blogito ergo Sum/I Blog therefore I Am
Het eerste crisisjaar is nog maar net voorbij maar Geert Wilders geeft ons al wat houvast met een een woord dat vaker gebruikt zal worden wanneer men terugkijkt op de eerste magere jaren van dit millenium; Bijbanenbeunhazerij.
U kunt het zien gebeuren in de Algemene Beschouwingen op Geenstijl. Skip naar fragment op 1:40.
Secret snaps of new Nikon DSLR being tested
Is this the replacement for the D300 being tested in the streets? The body looks more like that of a D60 type camera with a fold-out screen and as such will probably be the long anticipated answer to Canon’s EOS 450D (and now 500D).
Specificiations are not yet known (there are rumors of course) but it seems Nikon is to announce a new product next tuesday, April 14th. Usualy new products are announced in countries that start with an F as an hommage to the Nikon lens mount. So keep an eye on Finland, France and Fiji. Well maybe not Fiji but there are only three sovereign states who’s name start with an F.
As soon as it is announced you be able to read it here and on Photography Weblog.
Nieuwe trend symbolisch voor Rusland
Wie begon er mee? Waarom is het zo populair? Wie kan ‘t weten, Rusland is een verwarrend land. Wellicht heeft het allemaal te maken met de zware last die de Russen uit het verleden permanent met zich meedragen, dan kan je nog wel vooruit blijven kijken maar ze blijft een monstreus en onafschijdelijk deel van iedere Russische ziel.
Bron: English Russia
Twitter as a Search Engine – are googles days numbered?
First there was Alta Vista and there was Yahoo! and a few more search engines no one ever talks about anymore. Google pretty much replaced the old search engines mainly because they we’re just to slow and too full of banners. Those smart little Russian fella’s figured out a way to do the same as Yahoo! and the rest but with less clutter and much more speed. Thank God for Google. Only in the States is Yahoo! still a popular search engine, in the wise, old Europe nobody even dares thinking about using that Old Skool stuff but…all good things come to an end, even Google.
The problem with Google is that it is just as much Old Skool as it’s “predecessors”, everything one searches is in some way sponsored. There is nothing organic or authentic about Google anymore (was there ever?), too many companies (and a few individuals) have bought themselves to the search engine top. Type “top ranking google” in as a search and you will get over 13 million results. The question is what use is it to anyone when you know your search is being manipulated?
For a while now I have been using Twitter as a search tool. Being a journalist this is especially handy as I need authentic and specific information on subjects and not sponsored results. Consider Twitter as a huge collection of nodes where each node in the network contains it’s own search results based on the specific interests of the individual. Besides the fact that the information that can be found with the help of a Twitter search is much more authentic (i.e. does not always bring up commercial results) and specific it is also more up to date. I have no idea how long it takes before a specific site, blog or other piece of information show up in Google but in Twittering it instantly brings up new information, constantly being discovered by others that share your interest(s).
Now that there is speculation that Google is interested in buying Twitter I sincerely hope we will have a big and powerful Twoogle, a more democratic and resourceful search engine without too much sponsored crap. In the meantime I’m also praying that if Google does acquire our beloved tweet heaven they don’t destroy it as usually happens when the big boys can no longer keep up with the smart ones (so much for American business ethics).
Should this be the end of Twitter, it was nice knowing you. Should the unexpected happen I hope Google will become Twoogle, it was time for new technology anyway. It’s time to Twoogle!
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