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#“Quite clear that Google doesn’t understand its own product, Buzz” via techcrunch.com I pointed out yesterday that if you @ someone in Buzz, it posts their email address in the buzzinga, which is mind-boggingly stupid. Techcrunch has now run with a similar story. But the important bit is the Google response. Read it and weep. They actually think that people only have one email address! Hell even my technophobic Dad and Mother-in-law each have two, one from ISP and one from GMail. »

#“Just bought Gravity Forms for WordPress” via gravityforms.com I really like Machform but the lack of conditional fields was killing me along with the necessity to edit CSS to make the forms match the site theme. What I really need is a full workflow system but this should do the trick for the time being. And I got 20% off using WOOFORM20 so that's nice :-) »

#“Buzz Reveals Google’s Split Personality - PCWorld Business Center” I want Google to start treating me like a person. Just one person, not as at least three different accounts. via pcworld.com What he said, times 10. »

#“If the Nokia N8-00 is for real, Nokia may have just kept me as a customer” via engadget.com Nokia N8-00: first Symbian^3 handset with 12 megapixel camera, 720p video, and HDMI leaked in summer roadmap? -- Engadget This is exactly what I've been screaming for. Ye see, I don't give a crap about OSes. Win7, Ubuntu, ChromeOS, OSX, whatevah. All I ask is "does it have the tools I want/need" »

#“Deeply satisfying to overclock my phone” SetCPU changes the CPU clock (overclock, underclock, or tweak speeds) on your rooted G1, ADP1, Magic, Nexus, or Droid to increase performance or save battery. via androlib.com In the old days I did it on PC CPUs but that doesn't compare to overclocking my G1 phone from 384MHz to 528MHz. Supposedly some people have it stable at 700MHz. A hackers delight. »

#“My Profile on Google Buzz is…., but I ain’t happy” Right, I'm in playing with Google Buzz on the Desktop and I don't like it but I'll keep at it for a while. It's Friendfeed 2.0, and we all know what a roaring success that was.A bigger problem is the lack of GoogApps account support. I have driven all my mail through that account for the past three years. Now I have to revert to an old semi-dead GMail account to use Buzz. »

#“How to get a non-Deadly Buzz on” It looks like Google Buzz accounts inside your GMail are like hen's teeth at the minute but if you are desperate to try it out and you have a smartphone you should be in luck. Just use your phone to go to http://google.com/buzz and it'll probably let you set up an account there and give you access to the mobile web version of Buzz If you have an Android, Nokia N-series/E-series or WiMo phone you'll also be able to install a Google Maps upgrade that has Buzz features built-in. »

#“Google Buzz on Mobile - What Latitude should have been” via youtube.com I did a running commentary during the announcement on Twitter. Not convinced by the Desktop stuff but the mobile bit is brilliant and I'd be crapping myself in any Local-focused site. Read this stuff in reverse order: @dermotcasey I'm unconvinced by the desktop stuff. But mobile blew my socks off. No update for Google Maps in Android Market. »

#“Dodgeball, Orkut, Jaiku, Latitude. Spot the pattern?” Yes just 4 of Google's attempts to do "Social" online. All complete flops. Or growing until Google bought them and killed them. It's pretty hard for an organisation that's built on secrecy to build something social. When has a representative of Google Ireland ever attended any local event here in an official capacity? Or sponsored one? Figure the basics out before you start trying to apply technology to a human activity. »

#“WordPress To Posterous Users: Graduate to a Full Blog. Eh, no.” via mashable.com So I have multiple wordpress.org and wordpress.com blogs and yet I still set up a Posterous blog last week. It's about a damn sight more than an email interface. For example does wordpress.com autopost to Facebook or Twitter? Does it have a powerful bookmarklet like the one I am typing in right now? Wordpress.com is about getting you into wordpress. »