Google search for iPad is a pleasure to use

Bit surprised they didn't update the blogger app. Pity. Will have to try the web based version.

Google web apps on iPad don't show proper icons

Not sure if this is just me, cause they always worked on iPhone... News has the correct icon, but Tasks, and a link to Google Finance look like ugly pictures of the webpage, not a cool icon.  Maybe it's cause I created the shortcuts, not that annoying popup window that asks you to create shortcuts...

Google Documents - Start document at the end - feature needed

Google Share Box Hijinks

Maybe my fonts are too large.  That's often a problem.  I don't see any reason why the computer shouldn't have nice easy to read fonts, especially in Google Reader, a program I use for Reading (not multitasking).

Typing in the sharebox.  Actually going to share (clicked +, which is more like a like button with an annoying apendage) when I noticed the share button is off screen.

I scrolled a little.

The box disappeared.

It's gone.

It ate my text and it's gone.  Share box, we cannot be friends.  I never wanted you, I prefer +ing things and moving on, but the one time I do actually try to use you, you disappear.  No es bueno mon amie.

Blogger: Overzealous G+ share box never stops

Got a private blog - Share box offers to share a link to the blogger login page every time you save a post.

Sharebox still loads on edits.  Make a small typo, don't forget to share again to G+.

Blogger still does this thing where it loads fine and then it loads again to load this meaningless sidebar that I can't get to go away.  It's annoying.

Scratchpad has no print button

A few notes on the amazing Coachella live streaming

Amazing Coachella Live Streaming on Youtube

1. On Day 2, the schedule still defaults to Day 1. (I'm guessing this will go for Day 3 as well.)

2. There is no pause, stop or off button.  (If you had one window playing and one window reading the schedule, you'd need twice the bandwidth... unless you have flashblock.)

3. The band names are just text, not links.  (Why am I cutting and pasting band names to look them up instead of clicking on them for a google search, a wiki page, or I'm sure better yet via your thinking a "Play Artist Page" (presuming those exist).

Otherwise, I love the incredible "liveness" of the HD Stream and the amazing music.  Haven't been this impressed since Google streamed Bridge School.  Really hope this happens every year.

Google updates Scratchpad

Scratchpad, the little notepad that could, which I actually like better than the Google Docs writer was updated today to the new google red and clean style.  Mostly I like it.  I also like that it seemed to auto title the document after I typed the first line. Excellent.  Go Scratchpad, GO!

It's funny.  Both Facebook and Google+ have a preview mode that should remove the from the text box, but doesn't.  (I also think they both only support one link, not multiple links.  but someday they will.)

Google Docs: How about a shortcut that creates a new document?

drop down menu still takes too long.

+1 Question: What if my friends +1 lousy articles? There is no -1 button.

Google Chrome: Printing - Headers and Footers, still doesn't default to off (doesn't save my preferences)

Blogger: Why no paragraphs in blockquote?

Everytime I blockquote it destroys my paragraphs.  When I try to add them in using the editor, it doesn't work.  When I use HTML mode and put in (BR)'s it works. What's the deal, Google?  You got something against complex blockquotes?  I agree they're lazy writing, but if you want to quote multiple paragraphs you don't want to slam them together and make them harder to read...

Search Persistance and Google (and iTunes) (video)

This has bothered me for a long time, and I just learned that Quicktime allows you to do really easy screen recordings, so here it is.  Me complaining about software, now with video and audio!  Enjoy!
(basically I demonstrate how Google and iTunes lose my search input and how it makes no sense to me that these companies are not interested in what the user types.  iTunes is so bad that when I search playlists and then go back to the library and search I've memorized how to really quick, select all, copy and paste, to make the program work properly.  I can't even imagine how difficult it will be to change my habits if they actually changed the program to search correctly.  And Google!  Google!  You're a search company! You used to have this down pat.  The buttons on the top have ALWAYS remembered my search input and that I am on Google, I want to keep searching!  But recently they've lost their way.  I don't know why.  I wish I could help.  Hopefully this video will do something.  Please save my search input!  Everything the user types is important.  I can't believe you don't know that or have chosen to forget.  Please remember my search input!)

iGoogle Tasks: Strange Error places periods next to checkboxes

This is the kind of small HTML error that usually happens on my webpages, not the great and all powerful google.  It kinda looks like a numbering error.  Like they wanted to add the option to number your tasks, but only added the periods.  I didn't want to say anything and I was hoping it was a one time load error, but it's still there.  Maybe it's an error in iGoogle or in the theme.  Not sure.  Hope it goes away.  Wish I could tell someone important who actually worked on the project.  Then I'd have a job working for Google.