Comments on: Splitting Up With Google Maps http://vatul.net/blog/index.php/3374 From Kuwait To Katrina And Beyond Wed, 09 May 2012 16:24:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Maitri http://vatul.net/blog/index.php/3374/comment-page-1#comment-388546 Maitri Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:40:29 +0000 http://vatul.net/blog/?p=3374#comment-388546 First impressions: 1) Not enough people on it yet to judge its usefulness (hello Google, how do you hype a collaborative tool if you only give accounts to a select few?) 2) Can't get people at work to be psyched about it. 3) Has group/blog writing/brainstorming potential like a private wiki, but also may be great for sharing multimedia with a group of friends without 500 emails piling up. So you could put images in a wave for the next Saints/Poochie post and have it all waiting there for you to shape as you see fit. The tie-in to your blog may work better given you have a Blogger account. 4) Thing that annoys me the most is that you're not automatically on Wave when you login to your GMail account. It's like you have to GO there and have that tab/page active. They may make that a widget or Google Labs thing in the future. 5) I'm more excited about FourSquare than Wave at this point. At least it keeps track of my going-out prowess and crowns me mayor of favorite joints. Wish I'd had Foursquare when I lived in NOLA. I'd be God Emperor of Fahy's. First impressions:

1) Not enough people on it yet to judge its usefulness (hello Google, how do you hype a collaborative tool if you only give accounts to a select few?)
2) Can’t get people at work to be psyched about it.
3) Has group/blog writing/brainstorming potential like a private wiki, but also may be great for sharing multimedia with a group of friends without 500 emails piling up. So you could put images in a wave for the next Saints/Poochie post and have it all waiting there for you to shape as you see fit. The tie-in to your blog may work better given you have a Blogger account.
4) Thing that annoys me the most is that you’re not automatically on Wave when you login to your GMail account. It’s like you have to GO there and have that tab/page active. They may make that a widget or Google Labs thing in the future.
5) I’m more excited about FourSquare than Wave at this point. At least it keeps track of my going-out prowess and crowns me mayor of favorite joints. Wish I’d had Foursquare when I lived in NOLA. I’d be God Emperor of Fahy’s.

]]> By: jeffrey http://vatul.net/blog/index.php/3374/comment-page-1#comment-388538 jeffrey Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:25:12 +0000 http://vatul.net/blog/?p=3374#comment-388538 Hey do you have any impressions of Wave you feel like sharing? Hey do you have any impressions of Wave you feel like sharing?

]]> By: Maitri http://vatul.net/blog/index.php/3374/comment-page-1#comment-388509 Maitri Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:44:09 +0000 http://vatul.net/blog/?p=3374#comment-388509 Ed! It's been years! But I still think of you each time I'm on the website of that one credit card company. And, of course, Julie and I reminisce about the blarf forums. Your grandparents live in Massillon? Stop in and say hi on your way there. Seriously, I'm like 15-20 minutes away. Also, drop me a line at the email addy, if you're so inclined, and let me know how/what/where you're doing. Is there a Cinco yet? Ed! It’s been years! But I still think of you each time I’m on the website of that one credit card company. And, of course, Julie and I reminisce about the blarf forums.

Your grandparents live in Massillon? Stop in and say hi on your way there. Seriously, I’m like 15-20 minutes away. Also, drop me a line at the email addy, if you’re so inclined, and let me know how/what/where you’re doing. Is there a Cinco yet?

]]> By: ed http://vatul.net/blog/index.php/3374/comment-page-1#comment-388238 ed Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:47:39 +0000 http://vatul.net/blog/?p=3374#comment-388238 so that's where massillon is! i always thought it was further north and west, like near canal fulton. i guess i just never cared to look that closely at a map, since i already knew how to get to where i was going. my grandparents live in massillon, near the high school on fulton. also, "maitri erwin" is a nerd name. nerd. so that’s where massillon is! i always thought it was further north and west, like near canal fulton. i guess i just never cared to look that closely at a map, since i already knew how to get to where i was going. my grandparents live in massillon, near the high school on fulton.

also, “maitri erwin” is a nerd name. nerd.

]]> By: Google's Missteps Help the Geo Industry | Spatial Sustain http://vatul.net/blog/index.php/3374/comment-page-1#comment-387892 Google's Missteps Help the Geo Industry | Spatial Sustain Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:55:17 +0000 http://vatul.net/blog/?p=3374#comment-387892 [...] of late from the geo crowd that point to errors in Google Maps (see Peter Batty, James Fee and Maitri Erwin). The mistakes that these observant industry watchdogs point out  are a missing road, a lake where [...] [...] of late from the geo crowd that point to errors in Google Maps (see Peter Batty, James Fee and Maitri Erwin). The mistakes that these observant industry watchdogs point out  are a missing road, a lake where [...]

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