Tricklin

The day has finally come! Since my POS HP took another crap on me, I've decided enough is enough. So I went out and bought myself a shiny new Mac. And I must say, I'm so glad that I did! I love this thing. It never ceases to amaze me just how much slicker a Mac is over a PC, and a majority of the reason is the software. Mac just has the coolest stuff. From dashboard widgets to GTD applications, owning a Mac has made these last few days a sheer joy.

Thanks to a great article by Paul Stamatiou, and some research I did on tons of other sites, I was able to find some really great applications. Here is a list of some of applications I've downloaded since last week:
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Folks, I've spent this past week enjoying a fantastic podcast: The Maniacal Rage Podcast (formerly the Garrett Murray Podcast). I'm listening to Epis ode 12 right now as a matter of fact, and am loving it. I don't really listen to podcasts to be honest with you, but when I heard this one, I was hooked. The reason: It's hilarious, and it's about random funny topics - that's all. It has nothing to do with web design or technology or anything of that nature. It's just plain old funny. And funny is what I need when sitting in front of my computer 10 hours a day, coding websites.

There are currently 21 episodes of which you can listen. The first 18 are referred to as the Garrett Murray podcast (hence the URL). The reason for the change, is because Garrett is always joined by his friend Shawn Morrision, and they decided it'd make sense to change the name. Both of these guys are very funny, run-of-the-mill kinda guys who work well together.

So, I highly recommend having a listen. You won't be disappointed.

This morning, while getting ready for work, the TV was tuned in to Good Morning America, and the newscasters were talking about "Google-ing themselves". Now, I realize that this this sounds like it could be construed as a slang term for doing something to yourself that isn't particularly family friendly. However, what this really means, is to go to google.com and do a search on your name and see what comes up. You may be wondering at this time what the big deal is for me to mention this. Well... I'm gonna tell ya. Google has done it. They have become a ge nericized trademark. Much like making a photocopy has become synonymous with xeroxing, and using Kleenex has replaced tissue paper, searching for something on the internet has now become "Google-ing". In the fast-paced, constantly changing internet technology market, Google has been able sustain such a huge edge over their competition that the idea of "searching for content over the internet" has now become "Google-ing for content".

This morning's GMA was not the first time Google has been genericized. Pontiac had a car commercial that urged their customers to "Google Pontiac" (see video clip), while in the movie "The Holiday", Cameron Diaz goes to Google to find her perfect vacation getaway. You never hear people saying "Yahoo to find your answer", or "MSN it".

Congratulations Google! You've truely made a name for yourselves.