Andrew Maxwell

Web designer in Portland, Oregon

Entries for the ‘Google’ Category

Google’s Search Now Getting More Social

This morning Google gave their realtime search it’s own domain which can be found at http://www.google.com/realtime If you don’t know what Google realtime search is then you’re not alone, a lot of people don’t. Google’s realtime search is a search engine dedicated to finding information from social media websites like Twitter, Facebook, and Google Buzz. [...]

Chrome 6.0 Feature: Simple But Effective

Today when I started my computer and launched Google Chrome I noticed a simple orange dot on the wrench. After a few clicks I found out that there is a new beta release of Chrome and that orange dot was there to let me know.

Problems With The Android Marketplace

Last week I bought my first Android cell phone, the Samsung Captivate. The first thing I did when I got the phone was check out the Android Marketplace (this is also known as the app store to some). The marketplace is great but it could use quite a bit of upgrades. Below you will find [...]

The Wave Is Dead

Yesterday Google announced that one of their social platforms, Google Wave, will be shut down. Google Wave was a great product in terms of being on the cutting edge with features such as bots, real time collaboration, playback and more. But with these strengths came many weaknesses. As a designer and developer I see and [...]

Find A Problem On The Web?

This year I have been trying to make a point to participate in making the web a better place. I know there are a lot of tools and websites out there, and many of us use these on a daily basis, but how often do we notice a bug, or an issue and just move on?

Google Buzz Up – Portland, Oregon

I’ve been talking about Google Buzz now for a few months and now it is time to take it up a notch. I am organizing a Google Buzz meet up here in Portland Oregon. The meet up will be Saturday, July 24th.

How I Buzz

I have been asked by a few people how I use Buzz. I created this document so that people can reference and use it to help them with Buzz. Below you will find screenshots and methods that I use to help me with Buzz. All important items are highlighted in red.

Problems With Google Buzz Mobile

In response to the positive feedback that I got from my previous article, from both Buzz users and the Google Buzz Team, I decided to explore the mobile version more and give my opinion on it as well. Below you will find things that I think could be ironed out further to make the mobile [...]

Problems With Google Buzz

Over the past couple of months I have truly fell in love with Google Buzz, which I am sure you are aware of with my previous articles. That being said there is still room for improvements.

How To Save Google Buzz Posts To Read Later

If you use Google Buzz right now you will notice that there is no Star feature like there is in Gmail or a way to save a post to read later. Well I found a simple solution using Evernote.

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