Is offline access on an online document editor important?

For those interested, I posted a follow-up comment over on FriendFeed to my Google Docs / Buzzword post. One important aspect I forgot to include in that post: offline access. GDocs has offline doc sync through Gears. You would think Buzzword would be a shoe-in for offline access through Adobe’s AIR platform, but so far, […]

Smash Bros. Brawl offline?

Is it just me, or does everyone find this a bit strange? When Nintendo announced Battalion Wars 2 last summer, they confirmed online multiplayer immediately. When Nintendo announced Mario Kart Wii Wednesday, they confirmed online multiplayer immediately. Smash Bros. Brawl was announced over a year ago, and even today — approximately 4 months from its […]

Google Reader down?

I’m hoping this isn’t just me. Just a couple of minutes ago, Google Reader said I had 37 updates waiting to be poured over, and when I clicked “refresh”, everything disappeared. It now claims I have absolutely no RSS feed subscriptions, which is patently false. A quick Technorati search shows I’m evidently not alone. Please […]