Tag: information

Google can’t answer question about using Google (or NOT)

I don’t see any reason to use Google.

I think it’s super-easy to find information by just using my own literacy skills.

So this past weekend (at WCEU 2025, aka “WordCamp Europe” in Basel) I used the opportunity to ask a Senior Tech Engineer at Google a question about why he thinks I should use Google. His answer was: “I don’t know”. I consider that to be a very weak answer, considering this answer came from the mouth of a Google representative.

Q & A [“Mythbusting and Q&A about appearing in Google Search” https://wordpress.tv/2025/06/07/mythbusting-and-qa-about-appearing-in-google-search @ 22:59]

So I guess he was unable to successfully motivate me to use Google.

I do understand that there are many people on Earth who have less literacy skills than I do. Many people are not sure how to spell words. Or maybe they feel unable to type or articulate words correctly. Therefore, I do realize that some features Google offers (such as “Did you mean…”, related searches, etc.) might be useful for people with more limited literacy skills. Still, for me — if I search for something like “CoViD” and the search engine answers something like “Did you mean ‘conspiracy theory’?” that would actually not help me very much. [1]

Therefore, I think I will simply stick to more reliable search engines.

[1] See also “This is just a load of crap” [ https://podcasts.video.blog/2022/01/08/this-is-just-a-load-of-crap ]

WordPress.COM Reader Design Feedback (about Featured Image & information usability)

I notice WordPress.COM’s “reader” functionality has changed, and I would like to share some “feedback” about it. Please feel free to add any other feedback (if you like — at least related to recent changes in the WordPress Reader).

I notice that the Featured Image (or some image, I guess) is much larger, and therefore more prominent. The reason I notice this most of all is because two other pieces of information are normally far more important to me, namely the blog’s site title and blog post title. These two pieces of information are now separated by SO MUCH screen space that I now sometimes find it difficult to see both the blog title and the post title at the same time. Yet BOTH of these two pieces of information are crucial for my decision to click or not to click — and that really is the question we all need to answer, isn’t it?

Meaningful learning

meaning

andrewjacobslnd's avatarLost and Desperate

I’ve seen this phrase a bit recently and I’m not sure I know how to create something ‘meaningful’.

Is it meaningful because it happened or because people added meaning to it?

You can’t create meaningful content for people without knowing individual context. And is it reasonable to know every users context?

Taking a punt at what you think it means to someone might suit most people but don’t be surprised if others find your content meaningless.

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