Google TV

I am glad that I trusted my gut instincts and got rid of Dish Network and wanted to watch all of my television via the Internet. I did it because:

• I didn't want to let my kids watch tv all of the time
  
• it saved me alot of money (around $120/month)
  
• I wanted to watch TV shows when I wanted to watch them
• I didn't want to revolve my schedule around a specific time of the week
• I wanted to pay for content that I was more comfortable. I would have paid more money to watch all NBA games and not the Catholic Channel.

It has worked out. I enjoy ESPN3, Sunday Night Football on NBCSports.com, Netflix, Hulu, YouTube and others. I now have a wider selection on Comcast and I am thinking of getting NEO Cricket channel.

Television content is now geared towards my lifestyle and I am not altering my lifestyle to watch TV. Google TV, Comcast and others are enabling others to do the same.

FriendFeed and Kadoo

Today I got my invite to join FriendFeed.com. A personal feed aggregator from various Web 2.0 sites like Blogger, YouTube, LinkedIn, Digg, etc., etc. It also lets you access your friend's personal feed. This way you can get alerts on what your friends up took. I personally don't think it will be popular since users don't want to sign up to multiple Web 2.0 sites. This website is built on top of other websites. I am not too impressed with it. Nevertheless I will use it for awhile since it is still quite new. Good luck to FriendFeed.com site.

BUGS ON FRIENDFEED

• I cannot add multiple blogger sites.
  
• I cannot edit my facebook.com account which is mapped to my FriendFeed account

Things that worry me:
FriendFeed lets you login into your account via your multiple email address (if you register more than one address). This can be a security glitch but the email addresses can also be used by advertisers.

I also came across another web2.0 site called Kadoo.com. They are currently building a Social Information Management System (SIMS). I signed up to be a beta tester on it. SIMS sounds interesting but we have wait and see if it is a cool thing or simply a bust!