I’ve been saying for a long time that “Don’t Be Evil” is a nice slogan, but in reality we all know what comes with tremendous amounts of data and information – tremendous power. Google may not be outright evil, but this centralization of all things G- and movement towards high speed fiber, cloud processing, etc., I just think that this article about disabling Google Buzz is useful. I did the silly tweaks that you could do before and was in the process of changing free email providers for personal use, but I am glad CNET points this addition to the settings tab within GMail. I would not have noticed.
I have been known to be a conspiracy theorist and really want to believe in the Loch Ness Monster, so I get where you are coming from if you shrug this off, but every time there is a new shiny gadget I am the first to want it. I had every Nextel phone that came out, as they came out for no real reason. Google Buzz is about as useful to me as Google Wave – but is extremely useful to data hoarders.
Anyhow, I found this on Twitter @andrea88 - I actually have the flu and just turned 36 so I am not doing much besides moping around today. Thanks, Andrea.
Thanks, be well. Don’t get this bug I have. Enjoy your dogs. Eat something bad for you. Be easy.
Best,
Josh