Zeitgeist is a term meaning the spirit of the times. A zeitgeist defines a mood or a theme. For Google, the zeitgeist tells you what’s hot as far as search terms are concerned. It’s a telling insight into the culture’s current state of mind.
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Can’t the bloggers find anyone other than Adolf Hitler as the barometer of low-level on-line discourse?
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There is a strategy, nay philosophy, about putting icons on the desktop.
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For some reason I’m reluctant to keep adding bookmarks when I visit web pages, especially links sent by friends or places I go for research. But I have a solution I call the Q&D Desktop Bookmark.
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I’m so happy I put my e-mail address in my books. That’s because the feedback I get from readers is valuable, and it offers me an insight into how people think about using computers in ways I can’t imagine.
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Here’s my latest book! It’s a fat one: Troubleshooting & Maintaining Your PC All-In-One Desktop Reference For Dummies. Sometimes even I don’t get the entire title correct. In fact, this is probably the first time I actually did get the title correct.
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