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Stats: Social Media, Web 2.0 And Internet Stats

Not mine — courtesy of The Future Blog.
Google search stats:
1,000,000,000,000 (one trillion) – approximate number of unique URLs in Google’s index (source)
2,000,000,000 (two billion) – very rough number of Google searches daily (source)
$110,000,000 – approximately amount of money lost by Google annually due to the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button (source)

A Digital Perspective: Gavin Heaton

Gavin Heaton is truly one of my biggest inspirations and I’m sure if I asked any more questions at coffee mornings we’d be there all day.  Not only is he the author of Servant of Chaos – one of the most influential blogs in Australia – but he also co-publishes and is an author of [...]

A Digital Perspective: Ravi Prasad, Head of Strategy, Topia

A comprehensive and insightful view into the future by Ravi Prasad, Head of Strategy at Topia.  One of my favourite minds in the industry. Definitely somebody to follow.
Ravi has put together some great thoughts here, and you’ll notice the reoccurring theme of change.  This is at a fundamental, strategy, and the user level.  We have [...]

Google: Australian Searches in 2008

This week I’ll be reflecting over 2008 and to kick things off. Google last week released their Top Australian Searches lists (i.e. things typed into Google.com.au).
It’s always interesting to think about the context in which these searches were made. How many actually found what they were looking for? A lot of them seem like people [...]

Digital Media: Things That Have Let Me Down

Annik and Kahlee inspired me to do this.  We fail and we learn. We need to learn to fail fast. Stop touting all your successes and show me your failures. Show me what you learnt. We always have top 10 lists.
Show me the sixty-shitty lists.

Gmail Video Chat: Google takes on Skype

The ever growing arsenal of Google’s online weaponry has once again advanced — this time with browser based video chat.
Only a few hours ago Mashable broke the news that Google had announced the release GMail’s video and voice chat.  This is sure to once again attract new users to the service and secure existing ones.

Vint Cerf: “Anticipating a shift in the way people use video… which means advertising in that medium will have to change”

Blogging: Permalink Structure

I’ve been fighting with myself for the past month over whether to stick to my existing link structure (which does not include any date) or switching to move my URLs to the year/month structure.
Why is this important?
A Digital Perspective, like many blogs, is an ongoing account of the world around me.  Like all records, time plays a [...]

Creating Facebook Groups: Lesson 1

I broke my own rule recently. I wanted to get the opinions of people on the Google Street View in Australia – a topic I’m quite vocal about.  So rather than creating a group “Australians against Google Street View” or “Australians for Google Street View” I created a group asking the question – Are you [...]

Enter the Micro-Blog: Jaiku

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