Friday, September 22, 2006
Google is the Speed Dial of the Web
I was talking with someone about web usability today and he mentioned that people are not so much using Google to search anymore, they're using it to navigate. It strikes me as being much the same as the near infinite phone number storage we've all come to expect from cell phones. We used to have to memorize phone numbers, or search for them through our personal phone books or *gasp* the paper phone book. Now, they're at our fingertips. The trade-off here is that we no longer remember them - if you don't have your cell/crackberry/pda, you're out of luck.
Web addresses appear to be moving in much the same direction. Even for familiar URL's, addresses they know, people will often start at Google. What does this mean? Well, in the short-term, if you're a web site owner, you should probably figure out how people Google your site and see where you show up in the listings. In the long-term? It probably means vanity URL's will mean even less, SEO will mean even more. It also probably means we'll all need to wear name badges - or have RFID tags implanted in our skulls so we can remember each others names...
I was talking with someone about web usability today and he mentioned that people are not so much using Google to search anymore, they're using it to navigate. It strikes me as being much the same as the near infinite phone number storage we've all come to expect from cell phones. We used to have to memorize phone numbers, or search for them through our personal phone books or *gasp* the paper phone book. Now, they're at our fingertips. The trade-off here is that we no longer remember them - if you don't have your cell/crackberry/pda, you're out of luck.
Web addresses appear to be moving in much the same direction. Even for familiar URL's, addresses they know, people will often start at Google. What does this mean? Well, in the short-term, if you're a web site owner, you should probably figure out how people Google your site and see where you show up in the listings. In the long-term? It probably means vanity URL's will mean even less, SEO will mean even more. It also probably means we'll all need to wear name badges - or have RFID tags implanted in our skulls so we can remember each others names...
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Crank - not worth a theatre visit.
I'm sad to say, Crank was seriously disappointing. Being a fan of Statham, it had such promise. What a great action-movie concept - hitman with nothing to lose and a grudge to settle in his last few hours of life. The delivery could hardly have been more boring. There were moments, of course, though few of them were good action moments. There wasn't a single memorable fight scene or shoot-out. In fact, the action sequences were decidedly amatuerish. Everything was straight cuts back and forth with lots of needless slo-mo. The bulk of the movie is simply Statham running around talking on his cell phone. As I said, there are moments. Statham tossing a cabbie onto the ground declaring him al-quaeda was a nice social commentary. The public sex scene in China town was quite hilarious. But overall, the whole movie was just... boring. Wait for video at least, if not cable.
I'm sad to say, Crank was seriously disappointing. Being a fan of Statham, it had such promise. What a great action-movie concept - hitman with nothing to lose and a grudge to settle in his last few hours of life. The delivery could hardly have been more boring. There were moments, of course, though few of them were good action moments. There wasn't a single memorable fight scene or shoot-out. In fact, the action sequences were decidedly amatuerish. Everything was straight cuts back and forth with lots of needless slo-mo. The bulk of the movie is simply Statham running around talking on his cell phone. As I said, there are moments. Statham tossing a cabbie onto the ground declaring him al-quaeda was a nice social commentary. The public sex scene in China town was quite hilarious. But overall, the whole movie was just... boring. Wait for video at least, if not cable.
