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Seize the Day! Put no trust in the morrow! — Horace
I had the opportunity to travel with Karen to Venice (California) to get her fitted with the latest in style and technology… GOOGLE GLASS. As Karen was visiting with us, it was a short 3.5 hour trip and it was fun to see the goings on at one of Googles ‘campuses.’
Like so many, I have some ‘google alerts’ set up to send me news items for a few subjects that I have an interest… it is but one feed. I never expected to see a negative news story about certain subjects… one of them was Cal Poly. Google always appeared to show only sanitized versions of this university. You can only imagine my surprise in seeing the above article on my feed!
Oh, my blog never shows up on the Cal Poly feed… but that is another story.
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UPDATE: 03/01/10 … blog up on google… for now. 😉
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I think the Google business plan should be looked at very closely. I find it a bit disturbing and what I hear on the grapevine should concern more than just me. I ‘hear’ that they are strong arming universities into accepting their various ‘services’ all or none. Also a lot has been made about Google banning various web sites, some allegedly for political reasons.
I have noted the off again and on again status of my blog and certain local news with Google, particularly on certain issues concerning Cal Poly State University San Luis Obispo. Google appears to be screening out any stories or blogs that paint Cal Poly in a negative light. I know what others are saying about Cal Poly and I know what comes up on Google about Cal Poly…. and there is a difference. Google nicely allows you to set up an ‘alert’ on anyone or anything , so I get ‘alerted’ whenever Cal Poly comes up on the web. I’ve seen nothing on any of the ‘sensitive or potentially controversial issues’ surrounding Cal Poly as of late. I wonder why?
So, you may wonder why should you care? Because the person who controls the flow of information controls power … besides, I don’t trust anyone whose motto is ‘do no harm.’ If they are doing this helpful service for Cal Poly, who else?
Maybe they should change their motto to “TRUST ME.”
Roger Freberg
Personally, I use BING, Yahoo, Alta Vista and virtually anyone else… and maybe, so should you.