Overall, i wasn’t that impressed with the ads that played during the superbowl but there were a couple that still make me chuckle, awww, or phene for a dorito or lunch. I believe the first commercial that I really enjoyed was just before the game started and it was a play on the Jordan/Larry Bird commercials from back in the day except with Dwight Howard and Lebron James. Although the dunking was impressive, it was the end that got me laughing. Next I’ll focus on the two commercials that have stuck in my head since seeing them. While I enjoyed others also, it takes a good commercial to have you thinking about it 12 hours after seeing it. The first was the Doritos commercial where the dog with the bark collar as it was hilarious and now after writing about it feel like eating Doritos. The second one was a surprise to see as Google doesn’t really show TV ads but it appeared to be a huge success. Not really sure why they felt the need to place an ad as they are king in all their core areas but hey, I liked the simplicity and cuteness. So there you have it, if the ads really worked, today I’ll be snacking on Doritos while googling where the nearest McDonalds is for lunch.

I’m playing around with Google Sidewiki which launched last week. It basically allows you to contribute helpful information next to any webpage. It appears as a browser sidebar, where you can read and write entries along the side of the page. So far there’s nothing next to my blog but I’m not exactly surprised… there’s one entry now

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Here’s an example of how it’s used on a more popular site such as TechCrunch.

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To learn more about Google Sidewiki, check out the Google Blog

I’m not sure if this will actually be useful as it looks to be a comment section and when I read articles or look at videos, most comments tend to be either irrelevant to the article or rude, mean, snotty… you get the point.

Feel free to leave a comment

So Google’s been down for a little while now and it appears nobody knows why. My twitter feed is filled with people letting me know that they can’t access gmail or gchat but that’s basically all they’re saying. I googled “why is google down” and that brought up mostly results having to do with old news. So then I decided to try out a couple of real-time search engines; OneRiot, Collecta, and Scoopler. Most of the results appear to be from twitter and they seem to be focusing on people not accessing gmail but nobody seems to be telling me anything besides the fact that they can’t get on. This is where I feel there’s a problem. I do find it comforting that I’m not the only one with this problem but I’m annoyed that I can’t find actual news. I’m surprised Google hasn’t come out with information on their blog as the popularity of real-time search provides an opportunity for a lot of mis-information to be spread. Oh well, was hoping that somewhere I would be able to find the answer to my question but it looks like I’ll just have to wait. Patience is something that has gone by the wayside as technology has gotten faster and faster. Not only technology, I guess: everthing. I wonder who we told about #FAILS before twitter and SNS came along. Did we call people or just do something else? Here’s some screenshots of my results:

One Riot:

Scoopler: Collecta:

Twitter Trending Topics: Appears Google really isn’t that big of a deal