What Now?
Google June 29th, 2008 - By Haochi
I haven’t check my Google Reader for over a month, and this is what it looks like. :o
First of all, I apologize to everyone that’s been waiting for my return to update this blog. Well, I am back now, but got some bad news, as some of you have figured a long time ago, is that I will stop updating Googlified.
“OMG, Haochi, why are you doing this?!?!?”
Well, I love this blog and I love doing this very much, albeit I don’t love/like/admire Google anymore - the bigger reason behind this whole thing, plus that life sucks (and wonderful at the same time - which I am learning to appreciate it) that wouldn’t allow me to have 48-hour days. Life gets overwhelmed at times and sacrifices needed to be done so that’s that, there aren’t a lot to be said.
So What Now?
The Internet without Googlified will still be the Internet, there are many great blogs and communities that talks about Google on the Web. I will still participate in the discussions, just not publishing them on this blog, that’s all. I do (shamelessly) admit that there are many great things about this blog that you will miss, but well, c’est la vie I guess.
I am not sure what to do with this blog yet, but one thing I am sure is that I will keep this blog online for another couple of months and wait till then to decide. As for the OVER NINE THOUSAND unread items in Google Reader, I will just “mark as read” them all. :D
Also, I have a personal blog, if you are interested, go ahead and subscribe it. :)
And for those who have never seen a photo of me, see below, I am radiating love and peace.
June 29th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
=((((
i will miss this blog.
June 29th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
I wonder if it is time for you to collate the best of your posts and articles and publish them!
Good luck - I have enjoyed reading your blog,
Mungo
June 29th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Hey, sorry to hear that you’re stopping this blog, but I wish you the best in the future and hope you enjoy whatever you do next!
June 29th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
I think you will received one or more presents from Google ^^
“see you later, brother”
June 29th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Ey Chino, life doesnt suck :p
Make your last post telling us to the world why you dont love/like/admire Google anymore
Do you preffer Apple inc.? lmao
We are lots getting tired of big G 2
Take care, and LUCK!, enjoy Cali and usa, i’ll have to read meister lensen’s blog instead, i so love its interface, the posts and the pictures…
June 30th, 2008 at 1:49 am
Thanks a bunch for the posts over the years. This is the first blog that I really read every day when I was first crazy about Google.
But, like you, I have also grown out of Google. Once the company went public it seems as if Google went from one that created products and found ways to monetize it later to a company that only created products just for the sake of profit. They seemingly have abandoned major development of many of their great programs like Picasa Web Albums, Google Talk, etc.
Now I am far more interested into Linux (Ubuntu) and the Open Source (Elisa Media Center, Banshee Music player, etc) world. I doubt I will loose interest in that for a long time :D
Nevertheless, I wish you good fortune for the future. Take care.
June 30th, 2008 at 2:21 am
I’ll probably do the same at some point and I predict that at least two other unofficial Google blogs will stop existing this year. Good luck with your next projects and thanks for a lighthearted blog that brightened my Google tab from iGoogle.
June 30th, 2008 at 11:01 am
Haochi,
I am very happy to hear that you have recovered from an accident suffered.
On the other hand, I am very sad to know that you are closing the Googlified, because I acostumei to read your posts daily. Either way, I wish all the luck in the world for you in your new works.
Abraços,
Rômulo Mendes
http://www.googlediscovery.com
Brazil
June 30th, 2008 at 11:57 am
Never expected I would see this day and then I see even Ionut says so.. Why?? :(
I hope both of you will someday soon realize that you do love reporting about google - a bit for self and also for the thousands of readers you guys have.
All the best in watever you do.
Keep scribbling..
June 30th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Say it ain’t so!! How will we go on? :-)
Enjoy your time young man.
June 30th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Thanks heaps for a great blog Mr H, and all the best in the future (I might even subscribe to your own blog)!
Cheers,
Frode (all the way from Norway)
June 30th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Thanks, Haochi, for all the interesting info in the past & g’luck w/all. You can probably sell the site for some coin, but if you decide to give it to a good home I would suggest offering it to John Mueller (Google software engineer). He’s probably one of the most helpful employees on Google Webmaster Help Group (http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=lM-UKDAAAAC0ZCEBAysSlShC_gPAdXUZmjqRmRterNa8Oz21qsjVgj_wknTYgk2leeKLmFFGg7s) 0- where I spend most of my time helping & reading - and it seems like he’s taken over some other stuff before (http://johnmu.com/about-me/). Just a thought - & thanx again.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Or Cutts… he’s a real help to people also.
July 1st, 2008 at 12:30 am
I will miss you ! Thanks for your work and try to give us some news… :-)
July 1st, 2008 at 6:13 am
I will miss you Haochi!
July 1st, 2008 at 10:05 am
I’ll miss this blog.
July 3rd, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Well kudos for running a great blog! All good things come to end right? Good luck!
July 4th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
Good luck with your future projects and thanks for giving us this cool blog!
July 5th, 2008 at 8:12 am
How did you do your GCSE exam?
July 12th, 2008 at 12:51 am
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haha just kidding. Without you here I wonder if thats the direction the comments are gonna go.
I’ve dug your blog for a long time. Sorry to see you go.
July 14th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
You hate Google? Why?
Well…I just want to say good luck to your life. If that’s your choice, then so be it.
But please don’t shut this site down. When time comes that you want to go back to blogging, at least you’ll still have a home to return to.
July 20th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Radiating love and peace? I can swear that the yellow waves are actually AIDS…
September 17th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
LOL are you the idiot that thought gmail rolled out new features when it was just a Firefox plugin you had just installed? I guess douche bags like you won’t be missed too much.
September 20th, 2008 at 2:01 am
Sorry to see you leave. Best of luck with your projects!
October 24th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Why the sudden change in your blog writing schedule? Thanks for all the great posts. Check back with us once in a while.
December 23rd, 2008 at 8:33 pm
I watch your blog for a long time.
Have a good time. :)
January 11th, 2009 at 9:46 am
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