So I consulted our web designer extraordinaire, Enrique Diaz, about some photo editing, and, as always, came away with golden nuggets of information. Enrique is the person who put me onto the much-loved, now-disappeared Picnik, which was shut down by Google in April and moved into Google+, where I can’t use the @#$!@#@#$! thing. Today, bless his heart, Enrique made me aware of Pixlr, a usable, free, online photo editor. Thank heavens! (and Enrique).
He also mentioned the search engine, DuckDuckGo to me. They describe themselves thus: “We are a search engine with: ‚Ä¢ Way more instant answers. ‚Ä¢ Way less spam and clutter. ‚Ä¢ Lots and lots of goodies. ‚Ä¢ Real privacy.” Here’s their privacy policy: “DuckDuckGo does not collect or share personal information. That is our privacy policy in a nutshell.” Check it out if you haven’t already; I’ve become pretty disillusioned by Google, given what I’ve read about their privacy policy, combined with the fact that THEY SHUT DOWN ONE OF THE EASIEST TO USE FREE ONLINE PHOTO EDITORS AND CRAMMED IT INTO THE NOXIOUS GOOGLE+!!!!!!!!!!! Ahem. So I am looking for a new search engine that doesn’t make me feel uneasy or unclean every time I look something up, and DuckDuckGo may just be it.
Memo to self: drop in on Enrique more often, use Google less.
More as it happens,
Cheryl
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Cheryl – You must check out PicMonkey.com. Absolutely as awesome as Picnik and I think better and easier… definitely faster. :)
Halxyon Yarn in Bath, Maine, blogged about their Google experience http://halcyonyarn.com/news/general-news/7674
They recommend DuckDuckGo and have a link to a petition: Merchant Center: Keep Google Merchant Center part of Organic Search.