Monthly Archives: March 2009

Google doesn’t trust us with our search queries anymore

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Tim Cederman-Haysom

A trend I’ve noticed lately is that Google selectively ignores and “reimagines” my search terms. (actually, it also habitually drops my search entirely. There are bugs in both the new Google toolbar, and a bug in iGoogle that goes back … Continue reading →

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PCMag.com top 20 job sites

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Tim Cederman-Haysom

PC Magazine listed its top 20 job sites today. There were three Monster sites on there: Monster (#11), Trovix (#17) and USAJobs (#19, although they don’t appear to be in any particular order). The bit I noticed of course was: … Continue reading →

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I love data – part 3

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Tim Cederman-Haysom

I noticed tonight that the GPS error on my running watch means that when I look at the data in aggregate, it creates quite a nice heat map of my favourite runs. I might try and figure out a way … Continue reading →

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I love data – part 2

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Tim Cederman-Haysom

Recently I took my Garmin Forerunner GPS watch with me and left it switched on while I had a helicopter ride with Sundance Helicopters to visit the Grand Canyon. Exporting the data to Google Earth allows me to recreate in … Continue reading →

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The difficulty of simple design – part 2

Posted on March 8, 2009 by Tim Cederman-Haysom

In my last post about design simplicity, I touched on the difficulties involved in what does and doesn’t make the cut for a design. Recently I noticed a forum post where one of the developers behind Plex (a really amazing … Continue reading →

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