Making the Move
This is my first post on Blogger with this blog. I just wanted to get that out there.
Consolidation. I want to be able to use Google for all my major web/computer needs. Honestly, Google makes this uber-easy. So, I am not expecting the move to be difficult. After all, easy and difficult are…well…antipodal. I have been blogging at nealtucker.vox.com, and I will probably continue to post there as well. I really like their setup, the look of my blog there, and the intuitive publishing and formatting settings. But, I also like having everything I need on Google. I log in once, and there everything is. Right at my fingertips. I am on flickr, which is a Yahoo!-owned company, but Picasa doesn’t really compare. Not in my opinion. And there is one major reason: limitations, limitations, and price. That sounds like three reasons. Well, it sounds like two reasons. But they are so interrelated that it’s really one reason. Picasa charges you for more space, but doesn’t give you unlimited space. Flickr, for which I pay to be a “Pro” user/memeber, gives me unlimited bandwidth and online real estate space. I love that. Personally, I love Google, but until Picasa allows you to work like Flickr does, my pictures will be one of the only things I keep off it (it = Google).
To get back to why I am posting here. I want to move my stuff to Google’s online product suite. There are several things I want from Google that they don’t offer yet.
1) A cell phone
2) An OS
3) Unlimited Picasa
4) Facebook integration
5)A Skype-like application
Once they get those, I’m set. Google will be able to take care of my tech/communication needs, and I will be able to sign in to one website and do everything I need to do: socialize, email, calendar, news, documents, pictures, etc. Keep your eyes open. It could happen. Sooner than we think.
From Chicago,
Neal
