google again

upon opening one of my many gmail boxes (tho I only have one address it seems I have boxes and widgets and scrolls everywhere. well maybe not scrolls...) TODAY (back on point) the google boxes were surrounded by at least 3 or 4 test ads for Dish and DirecTV, which are companies on my resume and mentioned in various emails. I'm assuming I'm being targeted by Dish and DirecTV for a system given the frequency of use--not just of email addresses either--but and I admit to an "assumption" google "searches my email and the little crawlie things report back to the ad servers that I discuss Dish and DirectTV online and the servers serve me targeted ads..oh well, maybe I am making too much of this???

the power of google

A picture of Long Island City Queens.












I continue to be amazed at how Google/You Tube grows and expands. Google's GMail and Calendar functions read my email and categorize it (for example anything that mentions NYU--where I teach-- and is received by gmail seems to automatically end up in an NYU folder--which I set up)

Today I received a suggestion from Google to add an appointment I had scheduled for this upcoming Friday to my Google Calendar --which, by the way, I have never used.

Each day applications appear, and attempt to grab a share of usage. Others just continue to improve and morph into easy to use functions. I think back to my Palm Pilot 10 or 12 years ago--very cool for the time. It's too bad more American companies aren't like Google...or Apple or even the behemoth Microsoft....we would have had a stronger economy had we focused on this type of R and D.