Google just introduced Doctype, a new wiki-style encyclopedia by web developers, for web developers. Looks to be a valuable resource, and has been added to my personal bookmarks. I especially like that they list browser compatibility for all of the CSS properties.

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Google Doctype is an open encyclopedia and reference library. Written by web developers, for web developers. It includes articles on web security, JavaScript DOM manipulation, CSS tips and tricks, and more. The reference section includes a growing library of test cases for checking cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility.

Google Doctype is 100% open.

• Open source
• Open content
• Open to contributions from anyone

I just added a link in my “me on the web” links to my Link Blog. This blog is generated from my RSS reader, Google Reader. For items that I deem worthy, I simply click “Share” next to the post I am reading.

This is another little reason I love my Google Reader. My only complaint about it these days is that I still cannot subscribe to my BaseCamp feeds at work because they require authentication.

When it comes to reading RSS feeds, the majority of the people I know (who actually know what RSS is) use a desktop based application, usually something that integrates into Outlook. Up until now I have been just using my Personalized Google homepage, but with the growing number of feeds it has become unpractical and over-consuming of my time.

Just last week Google released an update of Google Reader, their web-based feed reader. It was more of a complete re-design of the application than an update. The previous version was very un-organized and not very user friendly. This is not true of the new version. It lets me group my feeds by subject, read a single feed or group of feeds at the same time, and very cleanly indicates un-read items. It also allows you to share items from all of the feeds you read on your own personal page such as this one, which becomes a blog feed in itself. There are still other features that i have yet to investigate, but all in all I am definitely sold on using this app. as my primary reader. If you’re not looking to switch, I still suggest you take a look as this is a promising example of the future of web-based applications.

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Google releases Google Pack, a free colletion of what they believe to be essential software. This is a great package to install on a new computer. It also includes an updater to automatically keep your software up to date.

The Pack includes Google branded Google Earth, Google Desktop, Picasa, Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer, and a Google Pack Screensaver. In addition to those applications they have included Adobe Reader 7, Ad-Aware SE Personal, Norton Antivirus 2005 Special Edition(6-month subscription)

Google Pack

Interesting tid-bit from Google. Apparently part of the 1 billion dollar AOL deal is that Google Talk Instant Messaging Software will be able to to communicate with AIM. What will this mean for other clients like Adium or iChat?

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I know there are other ways of doing this, but now it is offcially offered by Google. The best free online mail service keeps getting better and better.

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