Cloud Cover: This is probably my fault ...
Given how much time I spent developing my case against cloud computing and talking about Google and their momma, I suppose I shouldn't have been too surprised when I saw this ...
That said, I like lots of things about Google. The search engine's top notch, the Google Reader has helped me organize my info gathering (and sharing it, as seen on the Hundred and Four pages). Their efforts to get further into my life, however ...
So now they're striking back. Oh, sure, it's likely not a personal move against me -- I'm not that much of a narcissistic megalomaniac to think they spotlighted me for this -- but the time and energy I'm gonna have to put into integrating Tumblr or (heaven forbid) Wordpress into my own site ... gah, it makes my sphincter tighten.
Yes, I appreciate the irony of having a cloud-based link feed (which is as much a set of bookmarks for me as anything else) and posting this "stop hitting me, Google" blog through Google's blogger engine. Such is life in the future -- wrapped in irony and smothered by circumstance. Another project for my disturbingly brief weekend work time ...
Playing (Music): "Jump" by Paul Anka from his Rock Swings project
NOTE: Since this blog is automatically imported into my Facebook page, I apologize if you comment on it and I don't respond, as I am taking a sabbatical from social networking for 2010. So me not responding is not personal, I just won't see the comments ... until 2011. Maybe. Also including this disclaimer on blogs, but you're welcome to go to the blog itself and speak your mind, as I may look there ...
Google will no longer allow FTP publishing on its Blogger service beginning March 26.Hh. What a coincidence. I use FTP to publish both of my blogs (including this one), through Google's Blogger service (I started last year, after resisting blogging engines for a long time and only using MySpace's blog because I used to be very active there). I set up a client site and even my wife's blog that way, because I believe people should run their own servers (and I'm no fan of Google's hosting).
That said, I like lots of things about Google. The search engine's top notch, the Google Reader has helped me organize my info gathering (and sharing it, as seen on the Hundred and Four pages). Their efforts to get further into my life, however ...
So now they're striking back. Oh, sure, it's likely not a personal move against me -- I'm not that much of a narcissistic megalomaniac to think they spotlighted me for this -- but the time and energy I'm gonna have to put into integrating Tumblr or (heaven forbid) Wordpress into my own site ... gah, it makes my sphincter tighten.
Yes, I appreciate the irony of having a cloud-based link feed (which is as much a set of bookmarks for me as anything else) and posting this "stop hitting me, Google" blog through Google's blogger engine. Such is life in the future -- wrapped in irony and smothered by circumstance. Another project for my disturbingly brief weekend work time ...
Playing (Music): "Jump" by Paul Anka from his Rock Swings project
NOTE: Since this blog is automatically imported into my Facebook page, I apologize if you comment on it and I don't respond, as I am taking a sabbatical from social networking for 2010. So me not responding is not personal, I just won't see the comments ... until 2011. Maybe. Also including this disclaimer on blogs, but you're welcome to go to the blog itself and speak your mind, as I may look there ...
Labels: blogging, cloud, google, narcissism
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