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“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”

We can credit Jack Torrence, Jack Nicholson’s character in the 1980 film The Shining for popularizing this proverb that dates as far back as the mid-1600s.

Americans continue to work more hours than their counterparts in other countries and as we are in the midst of a (finally!) government-acknowledged recession, it does not appear that in the near future that employers will be encouraging more vacation time, personal days, or working in a little “downtime” into our daily work schedule.

No worries some of us say!  Our lives are replete with a variety of great technological tools, by way of the internet, that allow us to never leave our desk to be entertained or “play.”  Social websites such as Facebook or MySpace offer an almost endless selection of “applications” for distraction from our stressful workday.  Yahoo! Games continues to offer games-arcade games, card games, board games, puzzle games…the list goes on and on.   Video sharing sites such as YouTube continue to bring us many laughs at the office with their quirky or sometimes scandulous videos.

Where am I going with this?  What do you do when these entertainment or play options are no longer allowed in the workplace?  I don’t see Mark from accounting carrying a Yahtzee game to the lunchroom for a quick roll of the dice or Marie challenging you to a game of paper football at her desk.

• What to you do to “relieve stress” during your workday via the internet?
• Do you only access these sites at work or at home as well?
• What is your opinion as to how this effects your productivity?

Tags: Fun, Games, Google, News, Social Networking, Technology, Websites by JD - No Comments »

A tree can only hold so many apples, and the same rule applies to Google when it comes to them trying to acquire every thing that seems within their reach. Google has clearly become the undsiputed king ( so far ) in search engine battles. But google’s interest in acquiring services from every market sector might be like swallowing a bone larger than the throat.

This post highlights as to why I think google is heading the wrong way and why Google is trying to monopolize the internet. The views and opinion expressed here are mine and might and might not be similar to yours. I just had the urge to write how I feel, so here I am writing it all out as to how I feel about the Big G. [Read more →]

Tags: Blogging, Google, Internet by Ritu - 16 Comments »

Well, I have nothing to write as I just wanted to quick get opinion from my readers and visitors on something that I have been battling to find an answer. This is your post so write as you feel and discuss with other’s via comments.

I constantly find two groups one “for” and the other “against”. Some say if google is becoming a monopolistic figure it’s a good thing because they provide services which are great. The other group argues that monopoly in any form is not good.

So what do you think?

Is Google Monopolizing The Internet?

Share your thoughts and views and discuss.

Tags: Google, Internet by Ritu - 12 Comments »

Its been a couple days since google updated the Pagerank and as we all know there has been quite a few stir up on the internet community. Every blog you read and every forum you visit you will find something being talked about the Google’s recent pagerank update ( including this blog ). I just think its about time we leave google alone and get back to what we all do, write and provide good content for our readers and viewers.

No, this post doesn’t contrradict with what I wrote about the pagerank on my previous post, all I am saying is we need to stop bitching at some point in time and now seems about a good time ( its a little past due to be honest ). Google is google, a search engine giant and the provider of many services that we use for free. We all have opinions, that is what makes us an individual different from others. So certainly we all have our own thoughts and opinion on Google as well but do we have to bash it out every other day? I don’t think so. [Read more →]

Tags: Google, Ramblings by Ritu - 5 Comments »

The recent pagerank update compelled me to write this article. I am not going to write about whose PR went down and whose went up cause honestly I dont really care ;-). This does not imply that I myself don’t want a pagerank for my blog. As a matter of fact, its become more of a need than want. To be honest I have never liked the Pagerank system that google introduced a couple years ago. It defeats the purpose of maintaining the quality and integrity of a site as many of us solely build blogs and sites to gain that PR right away( popularity helps in quickly monetizing a website or a blog if you are serving advertisement ), ignoring the important fact such as content and other related things that makes a site worthy of anybody’s time.

So, what do I really mean by the the topic ” Google Pagerank - It’s a Class System “? Well, in the real world, society has been divided into two groups, upper class and lower class. Individuals with money are ranked at the top and middle and lower class are ranked at the bottom, this is the Societal rank we have all been categorized into in the real world. I find this very similar with websites and blogs now with google’s Pagerank system. A website that has a high PR is ranked on top and new websites that come out and are struggling take forever to gain that status. I just feel there is no need for this differentiation as I don’t see the purpose. [Read more →]

Tags: Google, Internet, Links by Ritu - 20 Comments »

I had known for a couple days about google’s new acquisition but haven’t had time to get around and check it out. I finally did and I love what I am seeing and I thought of sharing this with my readers.
Google has just added Grandcentral to its portfolio, a site that lets you forward calls to all your phones ( landlines, cell phones, VOIP ) through one number.

Here is a description of how this service works: When you open an account at Grandcentral.com you are assigned a unique number based on your area code. After this step you provide grandcentral all of the numbers that you can be reached at , land lines, cell phones, VOIP, etc. Now you are rady to roll. You can give all your contacts this one number provided by Grandcentral.com and you can have your land lines, cell phones, internet phones and even your gijmo project client, or all of the above ringing - simulataneously.

While your caller is waiting for you to answer your call, Grandcentral plays a standard ring tune but if you choose you can upload mp3 files to soothe your callers ears as well. Neat! Also if you prefer not to answer one of these calls Grandcentral forwards these calls to a voice mail that can be accessed via the website or your email. Also the neatest of all you can also hear the incoming voice mail on your phone while they are being recorded.

This is a great service and since it is tied with google it is going to get better day by day. You will never miss a call with this service, whether at home or road, in your office or anywhere that you have access to any type of phone that you have provided the number to Grandcentral.Awesome service and once again google keeps it free.

Tags: Google by Ritu - 5 Comments »