Getting Granular: The DigitalGrit Blog

Google in the Holiday Spirit

It seems Google is feeling particularly festive this year...  When you do a search for holiday related keywords like "snowman", "Christmas Tree", "Kwanzaa" or "Hanukkah" they are displaying little images like this. What other words can you find that produce a similar result?

Ning: Started a Group on Web Marketing. Join!!

So I checked out Ning -- and started a group on Web marketing. You should join. It's called Marketing Super Geniuses. (I had to think of something quick, OK??)

Screenshot: Google Tells Us to "Give our Mouse a Break"

How's this for a Google Error Screen?

One of our AMs got this while trying to access a campaign in AdWords. It's very sweet that Google's so concerned about the well-being of her mouse, isn't it?

(BTW, our "Queen of User Experience" loves this because they've used plain English instead of tech-talk.)

Screenshot: Google Tells Us to "Give our Mouse a Break"

How's this for a Google Error Screen?

One of our AMs got this while trying to access a campaign in AdWords. It's very sweet that Google's so concerned about the well-being of her mouse, isn't it?

(BTW, our "Queen of User Experience" loves this because they've used plain English instead of tech-talk.)

Friday Fun: Duran Duran Gets Virtual with a SecondLife

SecondLife may be the biggest thing since YouTube or MySpace, and now it's destined to grow even bigger...particularly with anyone who was a teenage girl in 1984.

Former teen heartthrobs (yes, I really just wrote that!) Duran Duran will be going all avatar on SecondLife, reliving their glory days with their own virtual island and performing online concerts. (BTW, David Bowie's fan site used to have an avatar community. Don't ask me why I know that. But it was cool.) Nick Rhodes, keyboardest for the group, apparently got into SecondLife a few months back, according to BBC:

"Somehow the amalgamation was just irresistible - what became obvious was that Duran Duran should have a presence within there."

Rhodes said he hoped the Duran Duran community would help develop the island into a "fully functional, futuristic utopia".

Rhodes added: "We are hoping to give the crowd that come to the virtual concert a real immersive experience, so they can interact with us and react while we are stage."

Yes, but will John Taylor still be hot as an avatar?

Here's the audio from Nick's interview.

Friday Fun: Duran Duran Gets Virtual with a SecondLife

SecondLife may be the biggest thing since YouTube or MySpace, and now it's destined to grow even bigger...particularly with anyone who was a teenage girl in 1984.

Former teen heartthrobs (yes, I really just wrote that!) Duran Duran will be going all avatar on SecondLife, reliving their glory days with their own virtual island and performing online concerts. (BTW, David Bowie's fan site used to have an avatar community. Don't ask me why I know that. But it was cool.) Nick Rhodes, keyboardest for the group, apparently got into SecondLife a few months back, according to BBC:

"Somehow the amalgamation was just irresistible - what became obvious was that Duran Duran should have a presence within there."

Rhodes said he hoped the Duran Duran community would help develop the island into a "fully functional, futuristic utopia".

Rhodes added: "We are hoping to give the crowd that come to the virtual concert a real immersive experience, so they can interact with us and react while we are stage."

Yes, but will John Taylor still be hot as an avatar?

Here's the audio from Nick's interview.

Friday Fun on Tuesday: The Internet is "a series of tubes," according to Alaska Senator

We don't like to get into politics on this blog, but this was just too funny to keep to ourselves.  Regardless of Senator Ted Stevens's political afilliation, he had some pretty exciting views about the 'Net, which freely shared during a discussion on net neutrality.

From Wired Blogs' 27B Stroke 6:

Ten of them streaming across that internet and what happens to your own personal internet?

I just the other day got, an internet was sent by my staff at 10 o'clock in the morning on Friday and I just got it yesterday. Why?

Because it got tangled up with all these things going on the internet commercially.

So you want to talk about the consumer? Let's talk about you and me. We use this internet to communicate and we aren't using it for commercial purposes.

We aren't earning anything by going on that internet. Now I'm not saying you have to or you want to discrimnate against those people [¿]

Glean more of the Senator's Internet wisdom, and learn why that Internet took five days to reach him.

(Not enough laughter for you? Here's the techno remix!)

Friday Fun on Tuesday: The Internet is "a series of tubes," according to Alaska Senator

We don't like to get into politics on this blog, but this was just too funny to keep to ourselves.  Regardless of Senator Ted Stevens's political afilliation, he had some pretty exciting views about the 'Net, which freely shared during a discussion on net neutrality.

From Wired Blogs' 27B Stroke 6:

Ten of them streaming across that internet and what happens to your own personal internet?

I just the other day got, an internet was sent by my staff at 10 o'clock in the morning on Friday and I just got it yesterday. Why?

Because it got tangled up with all these things going on the internet commercially.

So you want to talk about the consumer? Let's talk about you and me. We use this internet to communicate and we aren't using it for commercial purposes.

We aren't earning anything by going on that internet. Now I'm not saying you have to or you want to discrimnate against those people [¿]

Glean more of the Senator's Internet wisdom, and learn why that Internet took five days to reach him.

(Not enough laughter for you? Here's the techno remix!)

Trackback Spam Update

Just a funny update: My comment a few weeks ago on TypePad trackback spam...is getting tons of trackback spam. It's the only post on this blog attracting it.

I'll disable trackbacks and comments on that one in a few days, but I think it'll be an interesting experiment -- and a good laugh -- to see how far it goes!

Trackback Spam Update

Just a funny update: My comment a few weeks ago on TypePad trackback spam...is getting tons of trackback spam. It's the only post on this blog attracting it.

I'll disable trackbacks and comments on that one in a few days, but I think it'll be an interesting experiment -- and a good laugh -- to see how far it goes!