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Google Buzz or How the Giants Lost the Social Media Game

When Google announced the launch of Google Buzz last week, the general reaction was “Oh no! Not another one!” Within days, millions of Gmail users were outraged with the way Buzz had stampeded upon people’s privacy. This angry piece is very direct and very instructive.

Google (GOOG) is finally making some changes to its new Buzz [...]

Presenting Twexicon

For all you Twitter ignoramuses and/or newcomers, here’s the Definitive Guide to Twitter. It is work in progress and the whole world is invited to contribute.
So ladies and gentlemen, presenting Twexicon.

Stray Thoughts on Working in the Agile Mode

Kris inspired this post with her musings on doing UX in an Agile environment. Echoing her concerns, here are some lessons I learned working as a writer in that setup. Agile emphasizes on minimal planning and doing things at short intervals or iterations. In a way, every iteration has a specific, measurable goal, which is [...]

Everybody Wants to be on the Cloud

Cloud Computing is the fashion of the season. And I say this without scorn or skepticism. Google has hurled it at the world in a big way and the rest of the world has caught on. Most of all, Microsoft. In a press conference, Steve Ballmer announced that
Microsoft is working on a new operating system, [...]