Links for 06-12-2007

• John Battelle's Searchblog: You Think Google Won't Do What It Takes to Win? Think Again.
  "Google is most definitely a cat, not a dog, when it comes to brands. The image of Google is rather feline - it sits there unruffled, not really *needing you*, but then it jumps in your lap when you least expect it. Google is not a brand that, well, asks for attention."
  [tags: google]
• Trulia Hindsight » Maps of Properties Through Time
  Very cool home property mapping through time.
  [tags: maps,visualization,history]
• The Digital Bits presents... The Soapbox
  I don't really have an opinion on this, but interesting post on why HD-DVD won't win. As I've said before, BOTH sides are shooting themselves in the foot in any case.
  [tags: film,dvd]
• Mountain Gear Adopts SprayCool Solution - Data Center Knowledge
  I'm a sometimes customer of Mountain Gear's. I didn't realize that they were big enough to have this scale of datacenter.
  [tags: cooling]
• Web Worker Daily » Blog Archive Open Thread: Do You Crave Offline Web Apps? «
  My personal view is that readers of blogs like Web Worker Daily may have a distorted view of connectivity in the broader world. Even with my Verizon wireless service, my data connection is hardly "always on"
  [tags: mobility]
• Dynamist Blog: What Are Magazines For?
  "Long essays--4,000 words-plus--are ideally suited to magazines, and satisfying to read in that format. It's not clear, however, that there's an advertising market to support them. So medium-sized ideas tend to get chopped down to column length or blown up to masquerade as books."
  [tags: writing,business]