Instant Noodles

Sorry, no further impressions in the Palm Pre I learned to use and love before WebOS 2.0 which will make a good thing even better – just a few lines on a new Google service.

I`ve been using Google services for years, and I am not planning to stop doing that, even though I never found Google Wave particulary helpful and prefer twitter over Google Buzz. My aging Android handset will be replaced by a newer one when I think it has to be replaced, and, yeah, Google Mail is the best free mail service I ever used.

Now Google is coming up with something new that might will change the world of searching the web and thus SEO, and as I am involved in some projects, that focus on SEO, I almost have to watch this new thing very carefully. Google Instant maybe what I always waited for but was afraid of at the same time. It might make SEO that doesn´t deliver the best content (not only cheap, keyword heavy content mixed page ranking enhancing linkbuilding) totally useless and help us all to find what we are really looking for, while killing some simple business models, that were based on leading people somewhere they don´t want to go.

Panic might be wrong though, even though business models have to be rethought properly – the diffusion of innovations always takes its time.

Being Concerned

Sometimes I feel quite weird, because I do not understand myself – this happens on various occasions, but I will just discuss one today. It´s about tech. I am almost obsessed about tiny, mobile devices that are said to be helpful, particulary those that run Linux (or are able to run Linux). To put it in other words: I like everything from smartphones to netbooks, and you can guess that I am pretty exited about all the stuff that will be presented at CES in Las Vegas the next days.
Now you might ask: Ok, you´ re a nerd (or geek or whatever), but what´ s the problem? Well, I find that there is some kind of contradiction in my behaviour, it is not all logic, and I worry about that. “Now, what the h*** are you talking about, weirdo?” you might ask. Well, I am concerned about ecology, waste, and climate change. That whole Greenpeace stuff, if you want so. I really am. I even try to avoid producing waste, and I do so every day, every time I go to the supermarket. I am so concerned I stopped using the heater while the window is open. But I don´ t care, as soon it is about mobile computing – if there is a device I want to have and can afford, I will buy it – even if I don´ t really need it.

Knowing what I worry about, you may think: That´ s normal, one is acting irrational sometimes – just relax. And the likelihood is pretty high that you are right. So I guess I just have to let go.