http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Sun, 16 Mar 2003 18:09:49 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/03/14/135221.php#comment-4694 I google friends all the time. But it works best if you had an additional identifier, more than just the name. Like, maybe the city you think they might be in. Or some major interest they might be associated with. I was friends with aguy who moved to LA to become an actor. I googled him when I came down here, and he finally turned up in a production. I went to go see his show. Naturally, he saw me in the audience. He was so start-struck with himself, that he had a fan who had gone to so much effort to find him. I hated to break it to him that, while I enjoyed his acting, I was a FRIEND not a FAN. And that it wasn't really effort either. But...I decided to leave him to his delusions. The techno-illiterate have enough problems, i thought I should leave him what shreds of dignity he had left. 4694@blogcritics.org Sun, 16 Mar 2003 18:09:49 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/03/14/135221.php#comment-4689 I've noticed that authors of books also Google themselves to see what people are saying about their work. I've gotten a couple of emails from people whose work I mentioned on my blog, and I can only think they must have found it by Googling. 4689@blogcritics.org Sun, 16 Mar 2003 15:54:16 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/03/14/135221.php#comment-4636 You know, I never use Yahoo anymore because of Google. But, I've got to admit, I also like using kartOO, simply for the fun factor of watching the searched item expand into the idea web. 4636@blogcritics.org Sat, 15 Mar 2003 04:21:20 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/03/14/135221.php#comment-4595 ask.com usually brings up more relevant results, though... i hate sifting throught all of google's 2 million results for the 4 or 5 results that actually matter. peace. 4595@blogcritics.org Fri, 14 Mar 2003 14:41:30 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/03/14/135221.php#comment-4592 That's why Google rules. 4592@blogcritics.org Fri, 14 Mar 2003 14:25:09 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/03/14/135221.php#comment-4590 haha. i went to ask.com yesterday and did an "ask" on your name using "Eric Olsen" and Music as my key words... only one page of hits came up, though. peace. 4590@blogcritics.org Fri, 14 Mar 2003 14:16:38 EST