Fredstuff.com » google http://fredstuff.com/blog Hi. I'm Fred. I live in Stockholm, Sweden. I like: Music, TV, Gadgets, Technology and the Webs. I also like to try out new things on the web and when I do I will write about it here. I've been blogging since 2005, mostly in Swedish. This is my first all English blog - Welcome! Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:41:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Google Earth – The US vs. Japan http://fredstuff.com/blog/video/google-earth-the-us-vs-japan http://fredstuff.com/blog/video/google-earth-the-us-vs-japan#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:19:43 +0000 Fred http://fredstuff.com/blog/?p=7154 I wrote a previous post about different ways of presenting the exact same thing. That time it was about Google Streetview Privacy; Google U.K. and Google Japan had to convey a message to their users and it became apparent that Japan was way ahead in terms of entertaining the viewers. They seem more open to fun and wacky ideas and makes the rest (of us) seem a bit stale and boring. Here is another example, the subject is Google Earth as presented by Google America and Google Japan. Such a huge gap between The US and Japan — one is boring, one is fun.

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Link: My post about Google Streetview Privacy

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This video is made entirely in Google Wave, “an online tool for real-time communication and collaboration”. I have yet to understand what it’s good for, how I might use it or appreciate it in any form what-so-ever. My friends who raved about finally getting an invite have not said a word about it after their first few sessions. Who knows? I might be missing out on the greatest thing ever, but I doubt it. To summarize this post: Great vid!

]]> http://fredstuff.com/blog/video/waving-goodbye-to-2009/feed 0 Google Streetview Privacy Info – The UK vs. Japan http://fredstuff.com/blog/uncategorized/google-streetview-privacy-inf-the-uk-vs-japan http://fredstuff.com/blog/uncategorized/google-streetview-privacy-inf-the-uk-vs-japan#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:29:44 +0000 Fred http://fredstuff.com/blog/?p=95 Two completely different ways of presenting exactly the same information.

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The UK version [MP4 Link] is a typical hand holding, ‘our users might be stupid’ approach. Our friends in the Far East deliver the same message without a single spoken word. I prefer the Japanese version [MP4 Link] and I hope you do too.

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