Category Archives: Thoughts and Observations

Fun with Google Insights! 0

I enjoy statistics, and so I thought I would try putting some search terms into Google Insights to see if any interesting trends popped up.  Keep in mind that Google Insights only has data from 2004 onwards.
You can check out Google Insights here:  
http://www.google.com/insights/search/#
Dancing with the Stars:

I thought shows like Dancing with the Stars and [...]

Which cities are the friendliest? 0

I recently conducted a poll on my FaceBook to ask people which cities they think are the friendliest.  These are the names that came up:  Cuenca, Ecuador; Toronto; Vancouver, BC; Chicago; Manchester, England; and Texas.  Of course Texas is a state and not a city, but I have heard that on a whole the people [...]

The Pros and Cons of Having a Continuous Partial Attention Span 0

These days, there is a lot of talk about the web generation, or Google generation, and their lack of ability to focus on any one thing in particular for too long. In fact, I have read articles that say people who grew up this way have their brains wired differently than people who did [...]

The Google Generation: is easy access to information really such a great thing? 0

Lately I have been wondering what the implications are of having all this information so readily available and easily accessible through Google. Of course, I can remember a time when life wasn’t like this. But for the so called "Google Generation," they have never known life to be any different. They are