Posts Tagged mobile
Posted on December 21, 2009 by Miller
Flower shop - image by Lars Plougmann
Piggybacking on the post about Google’s real-time search that includes Twitter and Facebook - they’re also taking mobile search very seriously. Soon, when you search ‘pizza’ from a smartphone, Google will give you the most relevant results based on your search terms and location. Again, how will this affect the way websites are optimized?
Obviously this benefits the user because I’m getting better results (in theory). But it also benefits Google. The more relevant they can make searches, the more precisely they can target ads to those users. The more relevant the ad, the more likely the user will click. The more they click, the more $$$$$ Google takes in. And so on and so forth….
Google is definitely betting that the next big play will be mobile and I agree. The first big wakeup calls for the mobile web didn’t really happen until this year with the Iran election and the death of Michael Jackson almost breaking the internet. And that is just the start. As more and more devices and apps become location aware, it will change the way we search and the results that we expect.
Posted on January 27, 2009 by Miller
Read a great article in Wired today:
Why Cloud Computing Still Doesn’t Work and how Google will Fix It - full article
I agree that the systems that would allow us to truly work in the cloud just suck at the moment (particularly in the mobile data transfer department). BUT I take issue to say that people aren’t already taking the first steps in moving to the cloud (for better or worse).
I think people are already moving to the cloud via social media tools. I have friends whose only copies of their digital photos are on Flickr or Facebook, and to me that seems like a mistake (even though Flickr will store full-res versions).
I’ll echo the point of some other comments in that what happens when a Google Data Center gets hacked, or a web service folds unexpectedly (anyone that got Circuit City gift cards this holiday season will know what I mean)?
There’s talk of a GDrive coming in 2009 that would either put all your docs on Google’s servers so that you can access them anywhere, or that it would be a piece of hardware that would ‘mirror’ your drive on their servers, keeping the most updated copies in each drive.
I love the idea of having things everywhere, but am not so keen on having copies of all my data on a 3rd party’s server . (I know, we already do that with email, photos, etc, but having EVERYTHING there puts a little too much trust in a web service). I want my content accessible. But I want to own it. I want the control.
Furthermore, I don’t think we need a Google Drive to manage this for us. If you want to mirror your drives on the cloud, lets focus on a software based solution. Let’s innovate. Once again, I think Apple’s getting on the right track (and monetizing it) with their Mobile Me services. Has anyone reading this used it? Is it any good for docs? Leave a comment.
Posted on December 29, 2008 by Miller
I’ve been waiting for months and months to get my hands on one of the iPhone 3Gs… I just couldn’t justify the monthly cost to myself….until now. With the advent of the app store and all the articles I’ve been reading about the great things people are developing, I finally broke down and got one. And I’m in love.
Here’s the thing. For those of us who want to stay super connected, its the only tool to have. But what I also like is that you’re in control of that connectivity via the amount and setup which apps you choose to run.
Here’s the point I really wanted to make though… I truly believe that this platform (and future platforms like Android ((once it gets refined)) ) are really what’s going to make social networking and location based web services the next big thing. I may even be a bit late on this one, but even with all the apps currently integrating web and GPS on a mobile platform, I think we’re just scratching the surface.
I also have found that web apps like Twitter and Google Reader, and Earth, almost perform better on the mobile platform than the desktop. Twitter for sure as its so conducive to blasting out tweets as soon as they enter into your mind. (I’ve also installed the Wordpress app but blogging just doesn’t work as well on that little keyboard).
Anyway, I’m a super happy camper right now and will certainly be blogging about how this platform gets integrated into my day to day, and rocks my world.
