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Om’s on fire

Paul Stone found a reference to Google Calendar and Om has more info.

The Origami plot thickens with the found video and Om chastizes Palm for not doing it first (I totally agree).

This is a very comprehensive look at currently available visitor statistics solutions.  I currently use Mint, Google Analytics, Analog and MeasureMap on this site and I’ve been thinking about doing an in depth comparison.  Looks like I don’t need to anymore, conversionrater did the job for me.
The article missed PHPMyVisites, a pretty mature system which I just heard about yesterday.

Good luck to both of you.  MeasureMap is a great product, btw.  I’ve been using it for about a week and a half.  I’m looking forward to it staying great!

The funny thing is that I was planning to compare MeasureMap (now Google Blog Stats?) to Google Analytics (used to be Urchin) in an upcoming post.  The biggest difference, fyi, is I don’t trust Google Analytics until the data has settled.  In other words, yesterday’s data is questionable until tomorrow(and then today’s data will be questionable).

About Google/China.  I don’t think Google is being a Bad Guy.  Jason goes a few steps further and argues that Google is being a GOOD Guy.  Hmmmm…  The official Google blog tells Google’s side:

We’re in this for the long haul. In the years to come, we’ll be making significant and growing investments in China. Our launch of google.cn, though filtered, is a necessary first step toward achieving a productive presence in a rapidly changing country that will be one of the world’s most important and dynamic for decades to come. To some people, a hard compromise may not feel as satisfying as a withdrawal on principle, but we believe it’s the best way to work toward the results we all desire.

Google’s Ning?

base.google.com is coming!

booyah

/forcestart, /autostart, /register, /checkupdate, /nogaiaauth, /plaintextauth, /factoryreset, /gaiaserver, /mailto, /create_sesion

(as seen on Make) Finally, someone integrated A9 Street-Level Photos and Google Maps. Of course, Google will be adding their own street level photos soon enough.

Install Google Desktop Sidebar right away. Very cool.

Josh Weinberg pointed me to GoogleEarthHacks.com. Excellent.

lifehack.org has listed 10+ great Google Map Hacks and several resource sites.

housingmaps.com
Wired article
traffic

Chicago TA
geobloggers
geotagging with GreaseMonkey

Gmail Tips

All of them.

A First Look At Google’s Gmail at Forbes, via Slashdot.

I’ve been using it for several days(thanks John!!) and I agree with those comments. I’ve sent some specific bug reports and constructive feedback to Google, but the service is definitely usable, even in its beta stage. Fast searching of email is HUGE for me - I’m an email packrat. I hope they make a GMail appliance so I can index and seach my work email archives.

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