Buddy Cards and the end of privacy…

It’s bad enough that our privacy is constantly threatened by surveillance cameras, spyware, data leaks, call centers and even Netflix… but 30 boxes’[1] new Buddy Cards take linking together the marks you leave on the web to a new level.

I was reading some blogs earlier[2] and chanced on a blog entry on Dodgeball‘s Google integration that  [...]

Bubble 2.0

(not the Real Estate bubble, silly… the Web 2.0 bubble)

You know you’re in the middle of a bubble when:

1. Companies which lose millions of dollars a month are bought out for billions of dollars.

2. Conferences about the bubble start handing out free [...]

Google Transit thinks I’m Moses

I was checking out Google Transit the other day, to see if it’s any better than SoundTransit’s Trip planner in finding me a bus home.

On the bright side, it gives you a nice view of the actual distance and duration of the trip. It’s bus selection seems to be pretty lousy, though, with it picking the 271 over the faster [...]

Finding gold…

One of the reasons I like taking and looking at photos is because they capture people’s thoughts, emotions and memories and preserve them for eternity. Every year, when I visit my parents in India, I like to browse through the old photo albums in the almira and gaze at photos of my great grandmother who I’ve [...]