I honestly can’t think of a company that’s more integrated into my daily life like Google is. Abhigyan realized this and recently had a “Week of Discovering Alternatives For Google’s Services.”
I was shocked with what I saw. I was practically living my life with Google. And the revelation set my brain in motion – that maybe… just maybe, I’d become a Googaholic. I started wondering whether I could survive being off Google’s services for an entire week. And thus started my week-long quest to look for free, functional alternatives to most things Google.
Quite an experiment! On August 16, writer Evan Ratliff vanished and set up a $5000 bounty for anyone who could find him.
The idea for the contest started with a series of questions, foremost among them: How hard is it to vanish in the digital age? Long fascinated by stories of sudden disappearances and cat-and-mouse games between investigators and fugitives, I signed on to write a story for Wired about people who’ve tried to end one life and start another. People fret about privacy, but what are the consequences of giving it all up, I wondered. What can investigators glean from all the digital fingerprints we leave behind? You can be anybody you want online, sure, but can you reinvent yourself in real life?
I am in desperate need for new headphones and this time I need to get something better than these ear buds I tear up all the time! These are my favorites I’m come across, thus far:
- Nomadic
- Trooper
- DJ Fashion Headphones in Blue
I’ve fallen head over heals for these! I started using Reader was just so I could try the skin out (and now I’m hooked!). Still not about to use twitter, though… ;) Helvetireader Helvetical Helvetimail
Once upon a time a California boy met a Georgia girl in New York. They didn't get along, at first. But, little by little, they fell in love. Today they are happy and still very much in love, running a business and a blog together.
Once upon a time a California boy met a Georgia girl in New York. They didn't get along, at first. But, little by little, they fell in love. Today they are happy and still very much in love, running a business and a blog together.
