Carlos J. Rodriguez: My Work, Life, and Pictures. Journey to Sucess!

My Not So Good Experience with Google Desktop

Carlos — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:20:25 +0000

Today I am going to tell you my experience with Google Desktop. Being the Google fan that I am and a web tools fanatic. I decided to give Google Desktop a try a few days ago. The installation went very smooth and the gadgets look great. I was very happy since now I could have many things right on my desktop. Now I could have all my RSS feeds from Google reader, my calendars, my system monitor, and important news. One of the first things this tool does is to index your entire computer for easy search with Google search later on. I noticed a system slow down and I immediately thought it was due to the indexing process. However, 24 hour later and the indexing over, my system was still sluggish. I did not give it too much thought until 48 hours later. My system then, looked like it has come to a halt. I was very upset and started doing some research. In the system monitor tool, provided by Windows Vista, I noticed that Google Desktop was not taking many resources at all. After careful consideration, I decided to remove some tools that I did not used much and were taking some system resources. This did not fix the problem. A bit frustrated, I was thinking that my computer was taken over by a virus. But my virus program is up to date. Giving it more thought, the logical way to do in such situation is to delete the programs I installed last on my system. So, I decided to get rid of the cool Google Desktop, even though like it so much. I was reluctant at the beginning but I need it to see what was causing the problem. After removing the tool and rebooting my computer. My system went back to normal. It was even faster since I had removed some other tools as well due to my frustration. I do not know why I had this problem but I highly recommend everyone not to install Google Desktop on their system unless the absolutely have to have it. In other words, this tool is a hog and should be installed with caution. It is a shame since this is such a great tool as many other Google projects, but this one gets my thumbs down.

Could Google WAVE goodbye to twitter?

Carlos — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:23:18 +0000

Google never cease to astonish me with their innovations. They are often criticized these days for being too big. Sometimes they seem to be into simply everything, and big powerful companies tend to scare us. But just when you think they can’t get any bigger, they up their game (again), and bring something out that is truly huge.

In typical Google style, they waited until the second day of the Google Developer Conference in the Moscone Center, San Francisco on May 27 – 28, 2009, to show us there biggest secret, WAVE. I’ve pasted the 1 hour 20 minute keynote video of below (for those of you that may have just woken up from a coma and havn’t seen it).

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WOW! Have you downloaded Cooliris?

Carlos — Wed, 20 May 2009 07:52:43 +0000

Cooliris is the fastest and easiest way to browse photos and videos in a way you couldn’t possibly imagine. The full 3D screen allows you to view media from popular sites such as Flickr, YouTube, Facebook, Google Images, and more. Cooliris supports most of te browsers you use. But do not take my word for it. This web application does much more than what I just mentioned. Once you download it, you will open a web functionality you do not know how you could live without it. Plan Awesome! You can download it here.

Are you on Tweeter or What?

Carlos — Sat, 02 May 2009 08:52:28 +0000

Hooked on Tweeter? I found this awesome tool, TweetDeck, that helps you by becoming your personal browser for staying in touch with what’s happening now, connecting you with your contacts across Twitter, Facebook and more. I have been using it for a few days and I love it. Give it a try!

What is Web 2.0?

Carlos — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:35:42 +0000

As a technology lover, you’ll see lots of reviews, tools, and tech stuff that I find all over the web. Some of them I use myself, some others are worth mentioning in my site because they may be useful to you. As I populate my site you’ll soon realize that I was not joking. I just found one of those tools. The tool is Flowgram.com. It is an awesome way to present to an audience any content you want. Here I am showing a great presentation about what is Web 2.0 for those who still do not quite grasp what is the buzz all about. This presentation is just right in explaining it. The presentation itself was done with Flowgram.com.

I am Happy!

Carlos — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:25:24 +0000

That I am learning and implementing lots of what I know to eventually get to the point where I want to be. I want to thank all my visitors so far and hope you can collaborate, share ideas, brainstorm with me, and get to know each other. I am currently looking for guest writers for both of my sites HolaDr.com and MyBankruptLife.com. If you like to write and/or you are passionate about the topics of those sites, and you are interested please let me know. Thanks!

Welcome!

Carlos — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:13:33 +0000

Welcome to my corner. I am not longer offering real estate services in the Central Florida Region. If you need real estate assistance, I will be more than happy to refer you to a real estate professional who I am sure could handle all your needs. I am currently working with Dyer Beech, a consumer protection group, helping people in financial need. Please visit the company’s website www.DyerBeech.com for more information. Our goal is to put you in a strong financial position once again. You could also visit my other two sister sites: MybankRuptLife.com and HolaDR.com to see more of my work.

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