Akkam’s Razor

Google’s Chrome (download) is pretty nice.  The comic book promo stuff is cute, too.  It certainly feels faster than Safari, Firefox, and Internet Explorer.

But for it to be my daily browser, it would need to tie in the various Google Products, like Docs, Talk, Gmail, etc.  An option that occurs to me after reading the TOS would be taking items saved locally on a users PC (or on Google Services) and using that activity, items, or keywords to drive advertising.

• Groundswell (Incorporating Charlene Li’s Blog):
  Who do people trust?
  (tags: statistics trust psychology WOM stats review economics)
• The Takeaway - Guest blogger Vincent Williams: And blacks will vote for…
  I mean, it’s not like black voters are just taken for granted, right? Yep, any second now the media is going to deal with all of these issues. Or maybe I’m too out of touch and aloof to understand why they probably won’t.
  (tags: race black voter hillaryclinton africanamerican barackobama)
• twistori
  This is beautiful.
  (tags: twitter visualization mashup social design art aggregator)

For those of you who are working on collaborative academic projects, be sure to look into using either of the following:

Google Docs: http://docs.google.com/ (requires a Google Account)

Microsoft Office Live: http://workspace.office.live.com/ (requires a Hotmail Account)

Both of these allow you to work synchronously or asynchronously while geographically dispersed on documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.   They also allow you to export those documents to PDF, Word, Excel, or Powerpoint.   They should be quite the time saver, especially by reducing the dependence on face-to-face meetings, schedule coordination, or the tediousness of cutting-and-pasting from email or multiple document revisions.

• The Agitator » Blog Archive » So About That Tree of Liberty…
  The photo’s almost poetry, isn’t it? One of history’s most articulate critics of abuse of state authority looks on as a park police cop uses his elbow to push a female arrestee into one of said critic’s memorial pillars.
  (tags: activism law police DC policeState)
• Windows Home Server Add-ins | We Got Served
  (tags: whs windows server Homeserver windowshomeserver addons plugins)
• Microsoft DreamSpark
  Free developer tools from Microsoft…
  (tags: software microsoft free education development download tools)

• [ paul isakson ]: The Future of Marketing + Advertising
  A slideshow…
  (tags: marketing advertising trends Future presentation planning)
• Evidence mounting: Windows 7 going modular, subscription
  The next version of Windows (Win 7) is likely to be modular, where you only pay for the modules you install and use.
  (tags: Microsoft software modular module payasyougo rent own operatingsystem)
• Obama’s promise of a new majority, and the question it prompts
  [I]f Obama wins the Democratic nomination, how will his promise of a new and less polarized type of politics fare against the Republican attacks that since the 1980s have portrayed Democrats as far out of step with the country’s values?
  (tags: Obama liberal progressive pragmatism)

• Developing high-potential employees in the new business reality | Business Horizons | Find Articles at BNET.com
  As future leaders of their firms, HIPOs move quickly into new positions, receive special coaching and mentoring, and are expected to deliver superior performance.
  (tags: career management development coaching mentoring hipo highpotential)
• Breaking the Code of Change — HBS Working Knowledge
  Two dramatically different approaches to organizational change are being employed in the world today, according to our observations, research, and experience.
  (tags: management change theory business)

• Google Calendar Syncs with Microsoft Outlook, from Google
  (tags: Google Calendar mobile organization gtd work ajax)
• Transformers in Philadelphia?
  This would be quite awesome, although it better not include a transforming Liberty Bell.
  (tags: movies popculture transformers philadelphia)
• NYTimes: AIPAC Traitor Trial Begins Soon
  The trial threatens to expose the routine acts of treason and leaks of U.S. intelligence committed in the name of “supporting Israel.
  (tags: interesting conspiracy neocons israel)
• 10 Adobe Air Apps Worth A Look
  (tags: adobe air apps)

• Firedoglake - Firedoglake weblog » The real reason why the rich see America’s problems differently
  [T]he rich are different… …not because they are better or worse than us, not because they are bad people, but because they have different interests and different incentives and they live in a world that is different from the one [the rest] live in.
  (tags: class economics education justice law policy writing)
• Main Page - Marvel Database - a Wikia wiki
  (tags: comics wiki marvel reference database Encyclopedia comic)
• The Road to Know Where: Ultimate List of Free Windows Software from Microsoft
  (tags: windows software Freeware microsoft tools free utilities)