2009 Word of the Year is "tweet"; Word of the Decade is "google"

2009 Word of the Year is “tweet”; Word of the Decade is “google”

In its 20th annual words of the year vote, the American Dialect Society voted “tweet” (noun, a short message sent via the Twitter.com service, and verb, the act of sending such a message) as the word of the year

 and “ google” (a generic form of “Google,” meaning “to search the Internet) as its word of the decade.

Press Release

http://www.americandialect.org/2009-Word-of-the-Year-PRESS-RELEASE.pdf

The American Dialect Society is open to all persons worldwide who have an interest in language.

Membership includes four annual issues of the society's academic journal, one complete scholarly work per year from the Publication of the American Dialect Society series, and subscription to its email newsletter.

There is a discounted membership rate for students at any academic level, who are especially encouraged to join.

http://www.americandialect.org/index.php/amerdial/2009_word_of_the_year_is_tweet_word_of_the_decade_is_google/

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La nueva ONDA es Google WAVE

Mi cuenta en Google Wave

ikonos.josemaria@googlewave.com

Google presentó Google Wave en su conferencia Google I/O 2009.

El 30 de septiembre de 2009 Google inició la segunda etapa de prueba de Google Wave enviando más de 100.000 invitaciones.

A su vez cada uno de estos invitados pudo invitar entre 10 y 100 amigos para probar el nuevo sistema y reportar todos los errores y limitaciones que tiene actualmente.

El lanzamiento formal de Google Wave está programado para el 2010. Época en la que se espera contar ya con un producto más pulido que pueda ser usado por todo el mundo.

Aquí abajo el video de presentación en Google I/O 2009

Si quieres una invitación de Google Wave para colaborar conmigo

envíame tu email a

1@video.com.mx

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En Mexico sugiero seguir en Twitter a @gpbolde y a su Hashtag #wave101

Tambien con un grupo Wave101 en Linkedin

Si quieres colaborar en wave agregame
ikonos.josemaria@googlewave.com

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La imaginación como fuente de creatividad en Mercadotecnia y Publicidad

Imaginar es detonar las posibilidades de innovar y crear una nueva realidad

Aunque el conocimiento es importante, las posibilidades de creación y la poética de nuestra vida dependen del poder de nuestra imaginación, de preguntarnos ¿que pasaría si...?

En el mundo actual los clientes están constantemente preguntándonos, como ser diferentes, como presentar de una manera innovadora sus productos, como ampliar nuevos mercados, etc.

La imaginación es una de la herramientas más poderosas que tenemos para liberar la creatividad, pensar afuera de los límites de costumbre.

Los niños piensan cosas nuevas y locas constantemente, los adultos, después de años de conformación a las normas dejamos de imaginar el mundo y a pesar de su complejidad innegable queremos encasillar los nuevos retos con las formas que tenemos acostumbradas.

Es importante darnos momentos de imaginación irresponsable, pensar como niños y sin miedo preguntarnos ¿que pasaría si…?

¿Que pasaría si inventáramos una ventanita o algún programa que respondiera las preguntas que todo mundo se hace y que nos permitiera encontrar rápidamente la información?

 

Tal vez se nos ocurriría pensar un programa que buscara toda la información del mundo, le inventaríamos un nombres raro algo asi como … GOOGLE

¿Que pasaría si pensáramos que a las personas de todo el mundo les pudiera interesar saber que estamos haciendo en cada momento y que como pajaritos comunicáramos constantemente como vemos el mundo?,

Tal vez se nos ocurriría inventar otro nombre raro como Twitter y nos enteraríamos inmediatamente de lo que sucede en todo el mundo, ¿Tal vez sería interesante?

¿Que pasaría si pensáramos como los jóvenes?

Ya sabes…ese tipo de personas que quieren saber lo que hacen sus amigos, cuales son sus gustos, a donde van a divertirse,  que otros amigos tienen etc.

Tal vez se nos ocurriría hacer un sitio de internet en donde cada quién pudiera poner sus fotos o publicar sus ideas de lo que piensa, en algo asi como una pared de pensamientos, una pared que pudiéramos grafitear o escribir todos los días y que fuera como una muestra diaria de lo que nos llama la atención o nos importa .

¿Que pasaría si… existiera un sitio así?

¿Tendría éxito?...Le podríamos poner otro nombre raro como FACEBOOK ¿y a lo mejor tendría algunos seguidores no se te hace?

¿Que pasaría si …?

Para liberar nuestra imaginación de las cadenas de la conformidad, y la costumbre solo tenemos que pensar sin miedo

Ser como niños,

Ing. José María Noriega C.A.S

¿Que pasaría si …? Las personas quisieran comentar lo que opinas

Puedes continuar la conversación en Twitter ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

http://twitter.com/josemnoriega

http://twitter.com/signalmarketing

http://twitter.com/talentos

http://twitter.com/videoworld

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Google 2001

Remember those days, when the Google logo was, let's accept it, crappy, and when you typed words like MySpace, or Facebook, or Twitter, or YouTube on your browser, and nothing would show up? Or maybe when Wikipedia was still lodged on the Nupedia.com domain.

Yahoo ruled, and Google was the rookie. The world was simpler. HD was still a work in progress, and digital cameras barely reached 3 megapixels, or were VGA-based. Social networking sites were in experimental phase (remember TheMakeOutClub?). Oh, and loading Games and other Flash-based internet applications would consume at least 10 minutes of your time.

Yep, those good days. You can live them again. To celebrate 10 years of existence, Google has launched a special page featuring the Google 2001 index, the oldest one they were able to dig. It even features the crappy logo, and the now-pathetic statement "Search 1,326,920,000 web pages"

Have fun searching for pages that didn't even exist in those days. Then look at the Google Chrome

 and Picasa 2 iconslodged in your Dashboard or quick-access bar, and ask yourself: 

"Damn, has it really been that long???"

Google 2001 

First Look: Google Chrome

Well, today, Google launched its highly anticipated web browser, Chrome. Many people, and among those many, I'm included, have expected this browser to appear for at least, let's say 3 years. When YouTube



I'll be writing this as the experience unfolds itself. That way, you may share my excitement (or not) and I won't be sleeping soo late tonight (although, may I add, it'll still be kind of late).

Let's get to work:

21:51- After working on some vectors, I decide to take a break, and check out Google's new web browser. I'm using ye olde faithful Windows Internet Explorer. I search for Google Chrome on my Google search engine, and single-click on the first link, that directs me to the download page for Google Chrome. Looks just like every other Google page: minimalist, kind of cheap-but-reliable looking. I'd have expected something more kitsch or festive, being something so expected by lots of Google onlookers around the world. But then again, it's nice to see people in Google aren't sellouts...

21:59- The download window opens as it would on any other page. Run *Click* and the files start to download from Google's cloud server (or wherever the original setup files are stored). 5 minutes go by. Run *click again*. A small window appears on my screen: Google Chrome Installer. It displays a small message: Downloading Google chrome. I thought I had already downloaded it, or at least the files....






22:47- The Google Chrome Installer window has gone. It was here for a full 48 minutes, and then it was gone. I miss it already....

But now, there's a new, pretty snazzy-looking window. It reads: Welcome to Google Chrome. It says it will import markers, passwords, and MS Internet Explorer configurations, as well as adding some shortcuts. I press on the "Run Google Chrome" button. I liked the fact it imports all my settings from other browsers. This'll makes it easier for me to choose which one I like best, without having to change or re-enter all my previous settings.

Google Chrome's a sparse, neat-looking application . That, although shallow, scores some points with me. If a browser cares for its appearance, it means it must have either a real good programming code, or a really bad programming code.

The tabs are on top of everything, instead of being beneath the browser tab , as in Firefox, Safari and IE. By the looks of it, Chrome lacks F11 full-screen view. I search for my favorite webcomic, Questionable Content (www.questionablecontent.net). The browser takes a mere 4 seconds in showing my webcomic. YouTube was opened in 2 seconds, and deviantART in 6 seconds.

Minimalism is palpable with this browser. When looking at the options menu, you have only 3 settings tabs: Basic Settings, Specific Settings, and Advanced Settings. And the windows IE 7 look is also here!!! There's no toolbar. Instead, you have a nice pop-up menu with all the tools and submenus needed.

Observations: Although I like the whole sparseness and minimalistic style, truth is, the application lacks so many buttons present in other applications, it's kind of disorienting.

Overall: The application is fast, no doubt about it. I'd say, Firefox 2X. As I've stated before, the lack of buttons, although adds space to the window, makes the user interface more difficult. The active search in the browser bar is excellent, and the fact one can select which search engine to use talks marvels about Google. Nonetheless, it is still a Beta version... B-

Google TV Ad Partner in search and advertising

By David A. Utter
Staff Writer Webpronews.com
Published: 2006-09-11
New domains registered by Google may indicate the company is a step closer to offering its AdWords clients the opportunity to place advertisements on television programs. We're going to suggest the first network that will try them on its channel.

Google CEO Eric Schmidt has discussed his distaste for untargeted advertising in other places. Recently, he expounded about the topic during his chat with Danny Sullivan at SES 2006 in San Jose:



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Google buys Youtube video internet company for $1.65 Billion dollars

Google has snapped up YouTube for $1.65 billion in a deal that catapults the Internet search leader to a leading role in the online video revolution.
The all-stock acquisition unites one of the Internet's marquee companies with one of its rapidly rising stars.

The price makes YouTube, a still-unprofitable startup, by far the most expensive purchase made by Google during its eight-year history.


Although some cynics have questioned YouTube's staying power, Google is betting that the popular Web site will provide it an increasingly lucrative marketing hub as more viewers and advertisers migrate from television to the Internet.

"We are natural partners to offer a compelling media entertainment service to users, content owners and advertisers," said Eric Schmidt, Google's chief executive officer.