Technology

  • Testing Google News Search Bar

    I am trying out the Google News Search Bar above. The idea is that you can set any search parameters you want. Mine currently does "Chicago" only, but you can set any terms. Let’s see how it works out.

  • Basecamp Video In The Can

    So a few weeks ago I saw this call for Basecamp customers to be interviewed for short on-site video vignettes demonstrating how people use Basecamp. I’ve been a Basecamp customer since it started, and I live in Chicago, so I replied. Today the 37 Signals peeps came over to the Bullet Group offices (the place…

  • Yahoo! Pipes and My Combined Feed

    I finally got around to using Yahoo! Pipes yesterday, where I created my combined feed from all my disparate content publishing sources. I got the inspiration from this Lifehacker post. The cool thing about it is that I was able to query all Gapers Block posts and then ferret out only the ones I’ve made…

  • Buy “Economics” With Google Checkout

    Today I was investigating Google Checkout for a client and I signed up for it as a test. Setting up an account is the usual easy user experience we’ve come to expect from Google. No fuss, no muss. I set up a “Buy Now” button for my book, Economics. Go ahead and “Buy Now”– $10. …

  • Google Video Stats

    I just recently noticed that Google Video offers (limited) statistics on how often people view your videos. I’ve posted some oddly popular videos, including one of the aftermath of a car accident in which the car was split completely in half and separated by perhaps 100 yards. The only thing is that they don’t track…