Tag Archives: Google

“Did Google just make me look like an idiot?”

Posted on August 17, 2008 by paulwalk

Commenting on the Google Apps outage last week, John Proffitt, IT services director at APTI, an Alaskan public TV station, said: “It was constant troubleshooting, testing, research, posting to the Google Apps forums and so on. Plus there’s the emotional … Continue reading →

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Personal profile portability

Posted on May 18, 2008 by paulwalk

I haven’t minted a TLA for ages – I think I might be the the first to come up with PPP for Personal Profile Portability as a convenient handle to wrap around the current flavour of ‘data portability’ being touted … Continue reading →

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Google gives up on supporting OAI-PMH for Sitemaps

Posted on April 23, 2008 by paulwalk

For some time now I have occasionally advised people involved in repository administration that they should consider registering the Base URL of their OAI-PMH interface (if they have one) with Google as a proxy for a Sitemap. Until recently, Google … Continue reading →

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White bread for the mind – found via Google….

Posted on January 16, 2008 by paulwalk

Disdain for Google on the part of some academics is not new, but Tara Brabazon in her inaugural lecture at Brighton University, has created something of a stir. Alexandra Frean, Education Editor for The Time Online says: Google is “white … Continue reading →

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