The Wave is Coming...in September

I was on twitter today and noticed that Google Wave was among the trending topics and wondered what the hype was all about. I have seen other trending topics but had never been so intrigued. What I found after following a few links really surprised me. I watched Google's demo introducing Google Wave, which lasted more than an hour. The best part came at the end when they show how communication will be facilitated between languages using a real-time translator. I have signed up to be notified when Google Wave goes live. I just can't wait. I am also waiting to hear about when Gooogle Voice will become available.

Get ready to laugh and be amazed

I discovered a great site. It's called Advertising Age and it has something called the "Viral Video Chart" where they have the top viral ads. Below you will find two of my favorite ads.

Hungry For Change?

To tweet or not to tweet...

I have been hesitant to use Twitter for several reasons however I took the plunge today and started to tweet. Below are the three main reasons why I did not open a Twitter account.

1. Is twitter a fad?
Technology is always evolving and was not sure if Twitter was a fad or something that would be around into the future. I read about how most people open an account and tweet a handful of times and never tweet again but I have also heard of some people tweet all the time. After I joined twitter I was surprised at how much information was available.

2. What can you really say in 140 characters?:
I initially thought "not much" since most people write without limit on blogs and can write on facebook too. However, my view changed this week when I saw how it was used after the protested elections in Iran. In 140 characters, people were getting the message out concerning the Iran elections. My main concern is that messages can be anonymous and therefore can lead to abuse of a medium.

3.Most of my friends don't use Twitter, do I really need a Twitter account?
I thought since most of the people I deal from day to day don't use twitter, most of my friends were not on Twitter. However, when I joined, there were a few friends who I had not spoken to in a while that actually use it. It was good to see what they were up to.

I have tweeted and can now be found at @dimitrymorales on Twitter.

Google Killer or Flop?

I heard Microsoft came out with a Google killer! It's a new search engine called Bing, and being marketed as "the decision engine".


I went to bing.ca and tried it by entering "Vancouver" and waited for the results. Although it brought results, I was not impressed. The only feature that caught my eye at first glance was the "smart movie preview" feature which allows the user to view movies before selecting them.

A user can easily change countries so I decided to change from bing.ca (Canadian site) to bing.com (United States site) and noticed a big difference. The major being the shopping section, the travel section and the main menu on the front page.


I really like the travel search because it combines information from other sources, searches can be presented in a grid and you can narrow your search by category. I hope the changes are made to the Canadian site in the near future.

I will keep testing Bing in the next few weeks to determine if its a good source for "Vancouver" information and searches.