Did you wonder why — as of January 20, 2015* — Google Earth Pro licenses were made free? I don’t use Google Earth often and, although happy not to have to deal with disappearing Earths, didn’t really think much about it. Last week I got a link to a blog
Google are killing Reader, their RSS feed aggregator: Official Blog: A second spring of cleaning “We launched Google Reader in 2005 in an effort to make it easy for people to discover and keep tabs on their favorite websites. While the product has a loyal following, over the years usage
Yay, Google Maps now has cycling directions for New Zealand and Map Maker tools so we can add updates. Below you can see Google Maps suggested route from my suburb to the city. It routes cycles to the North Western Motorway (or freeway for US readers) in preference to a
There aren’t many people in New Zealand but we have more cars/head than most (~2.5 million cars/4 million people). Then consider not far off half the population live in one city and it is squeezed onto a narrow isthmus between two harbours*. So we do have
It's interesting to note FeedBurner is reporting far fewer subscribers today, down from constant 3000'ish to 760. I wonder if it's wrong now, was wrong before or have I really annoyed lots of people today? I hope it's a Feedburner problem! UPDATE
Love today's www.google.co.nz look UPDATE 2010-02-03: And here is the story behind it: Kiwi Doodler’s work displayed for millions to see Today we're celebrating Kiwi kids’ return to school on the Google New Zealand homepage - with New Zealand’s inaugural Doodle
My Google Earth Pro license expired. This was entirely my fault as Google Earth does warn you to renewal time is approaching but I hadn't used it for a while and forgot. However, because our firewall...
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Disney have just released a remarkable 3D model collection on Google Earth covering the massive Walt Disney World® Resort, Orlando. The level of detail is incredible to the as you can see in the compa...
“UX is an acronym for "user experience." but many of the principles discussed apply to all design projects. ChangeOrder: Secrets of UX Design Productivity from Google Last Thursday, I attended a...
Google recently launched a localised version of their New Zealand map. We’ve had basic road/location info since last year but this adds search and links to local directories. It will even help you buy...
It’s a long-haul flight to nearly everywhere from New Zealand. Often you crawl off the plane with a sense of achievement for merely surviving the flight. Spare a thought for the little Godwit “E7” who...
Looking at the statistics for this blog there is one thing thats remarkable. Judging by visits to the post “ DWG to [Google] Earth, do you read me?” lots of people are interested in Google Earth an...
