Internet Technologies that I should Love, but I actually Hate
Okay, "hate" is a little strong, so let me see if there's another way to put it... hmmm... nope. That's about right. Nailed it.
These are technologies that I don't use because I find them to be one or more of the following:
- Annoying
- Completely Extraneous
- Painfully Annoying
- Frivolous
Yeah, some of those items are redundant. On purpose. Alright, so here's the list.
1) MySpace - Don't get me started. Probably the worst most successful ColdFusion application ever created. I love apps that yell at me when I click a link titled "log in" saying, "You Must Be Logged-In to do That!". Um, okay jackhole, that's what I'm trying to do.
2) Twitter - Friggin' why? The only word that comes to mind is "dumb". As if we weren't connected too much already. Just try to make any sense out of the Titter front page and tell me that it's worthwhile.
3) Skype - I'm really not sure why people use Skype. I personally have no need. Don't you people have cell phones or VOIP that allows you to make unlimited long distance calls? Wow, I guess I'm just super-advanced.
4) del.icio.us - With a domain name that makes me want to puke whenever I see it, this service is completely pointless. A site that still, after many years, defines the term "uber cryptic"... and defies all those who actually attempt to type the URL into a browser. Of course, I don't need it as I completely rule with SiteBar. Don't know what that is? Too bad for you, delelieicoicous user.
5) Tag Clouds (scroll down) - I wonder if it's possible for someone to devise a less useful navigation device.
6) Any other Instant Messaging service other than MSN or AOL. Just give it up already. Go home Yahoo, nobody uses you. ICQ, though wise, you certainly are ancient and completely bloated. (perhaps you are Buddha) IRC, does anyone besides l33t uber geeks user IRC anymore? Relay is one of the oldest Internet technologies. It has been surpassed, my little friends. The only reason to use IRC is if you want to seem cool, like me, but really aren't.
7) Podcasts - You know how I feel. Horrible way to deliver current news and information. Occasionally they can be worth while.
8) Virtually any Social Networking site like Friendster or Facebook - Maybe I'd like them if I were 13 years old.
9) Any Photo Sharing site that's not related to Google and Picasa. Seriously, how many of these do we need. Google's is the best so let's just leave it at that.
10) Any map site that isn't Google Maps. Does MapQuest still exist?
11) Any app that isn't made by Google. Wait, what?
2: Agreed. Who has time to make minute by minute updates about themselves...and even then, who cares!
3: Disagree. While I only use it for chat with a couple people, it's ease of transferring files is useful when you are collaborating remotely. But the real usefulness is not chat or domestic phone calls, its the global phone calls. You can't beat their rates. My girlfriend uses it to call Poland every weekend without going broke.
4: Never used it and I too have found it a bit confusing.
5: C'mon, it's so web 1.9!
6: I dunno, AOL and MSN are the two I completely stay away from. Chatting from gmail rocks.
7: I do a lot of driving. I listen to tech podcasts instead of books on CD. Good way to pass the time. Thats the only time I listen to them.
8: You dont have many friends, do you? :D j/k!
9: Picasa!!!! My sister CONSTANTLY sends me emails from kodak and some other photo sharing sites that make you sign up just to view the pictures. How annoying (thanks anonylog for getting me around that). I constantly tell her to go to picasa, but she refuses. Grr!
10 , 11: I don't know what I would do without google. On nearly a daily basis, I use gmail, docs & spreadsheets, calendar, maps, maps for my Treo 650 (absolutely awesome), search (duh), picasa, and google earth.
3) Skype... it's great for recording podcasts. Also, I was thinking if I were to higher remote employees a Skype account might be a really cheap way to give them a phone line.
4) Delicious. Points for the creative URL, but I've never used it.
6) Google talk has the benefit of working over port 80, so you can use it behind firewalls. In some situations that can be useful.
10) I like Yahoo maps. And it's built in Flex... but overall not much different than google maps.
7) Podcasts... you know how I feel about these... Speaking of which, weren't we talking about business podcasts:
http://www.smallbusinesspodcast.com/ (pretty good )
http://www.nobullshitleadership.com/
http://feeds.feedburner.com/DailyThoughtsForBusine...
I'm still looking for more..