Like most people in the tech industry, I’ve always liked Google. From the moment I typed my first search query into the no-nonsense search page, they’ve been able to do no wrong: I like everything they do, how they do it, and why they do it. Their services are so reliable and useful it’s very difficult not to think of as being an integral and always-available part of the infrastructure of modern life, like electricity or banks. I do, however, read quite a lot of technology news, and various bloggers and pundits always seem to eventually get to the point where relying on Google burns them – sometimes pretty badly, in the major livelihood compromising sense – and they have to scramble to reorganise.

I got my turn a couple of days ago. Continue reading →