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Friday, May 04, 2007

InfoWorld Daily: Google gears up to jump the shark

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Friday, May 4, 2007

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GOOGLE GEARS UP TO JUMP THE SHARK

Notes from the field: Not even Robert X. Cringely can deny being a
sucker for damsels -- in distress or not -- and in this instance he's
making googly eyes at, well, iGoogle. But just what does that little i
stand for? "How about intolerant?" Cringe snaps, no longer as smitten as
he once was. Other possibilities he poses: incompetent, in your face.
Bitter, Cringe is, at least while All i's are on Google. "Listen, I like
Google. But I think 2007 will be remembered as the year the G-men jumped
the shark and lost their G-magic.'

Best of the blogs: "Citizen journalism is one thing. But now we see this
idea taken to its illogical conclusion," Ephraim Schwartz writes in
Beware the mob -- What happened to Digg could happen to you. ...

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Keeping your IT team happy with no budget
Filed under: Careers

Careers: Worker perks were all the rage before the dotcom bubble burst.
Friday afternoon beer kegs. Pool tables in the office. The ubiquitous
free soda. But, as John West explains, "fact is, most of us don't work
in an environment where this kind of employee comfort is necessary.
Until a business case is made, it probably just isn't going to happen."
So the question lingers: What can you do to keep folks motivated and
happy? "I've got a few ideas tested by own experiences," West writes.
"No budget required."

Startups: Day 3 here, and OpenSpan steps into our spotlight with a
promise of leviathan proportions. In the words of CEO Francis Carden,
"who wouldn't want to flip a switch and have all of their legacy apps ...

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