The botched Google Buzz release seemed to bring to the surface a lot of lingering bad feelings that people have been having about Google for some time. And it confirmed people's worst fears that Google didn't give a fig about your privacy.
Somewhere along the way, Microsoft lost ground and became the underdog to Google and Apple, but with issues of their own, can Microsoft find its way back?
After reading about the uproar about Google Buzz privacy issues, it got me thinking. If you have something to hide, you might want to avoid using Google.
The president put out a call for a social media point person this week, and got me thinking about what the interview process would be like. Check out my Editor's Corner this week on FierceContentManagement. It's worth reading for the Sarah Palin haiku alone.
While I was at Pod Camp Western Mass a couple of weeks, I saw a presentation by Steve Garfield and I learned that it's easy and cheap to turn your old iPhone 3G into a video camera.
Google Buzz only came out yesterday, but it's taking a lot of hits around the internet from privacy issues to interface complaints. But the open aspect of it could lead to interesting third party implementations.
Lost in all the Google Buzz hype today was an announcement Google was making 1 gigabit super high speed fiber channel internet access available to a few lucky communities in the US. This is unheard of speed and I would certainly welcome it in my home town.