DISQUS

Peggy Duncan · 10 months ago

John, you keep finding these people who agree with me. He's so right. That's why I use Outlook for email, my blog is self-hosted, I use Excel for all but one thing that's in Google docs (but backed up to my computer). I like having my own stuff on my own computer...with everything backed up online in case of disaster.
colderice · 10 months ago

I love having people that I both agree and disagree with in my circle of influence. It keeps me fair, balanced and ABLE to make informed rational decisions.
Guan · 10 months ago

I think he's a little paranoid. There's a lot to be said for having all your stuff in one place with one vendor in terms of sheer convenience. Not all of us want to tinker with separate applications and configurations. I am not too concerned about Google failing as a company too (naive? I don't think so; they've moved firmly into the technology mainstream).
Agree with his points about Google Reader vs Twitter though. I am beginning to 'get' Twitter and its potential (finally), follow the right folks and you can learn lotsa stuff.