I found this Google services list and began to wonder just what Google does and found a map which is nearly useless because of its design but starts to cluster the services which is helpful.

Found this cool categorized search site called simply google which makes a nice list of many of the searches.

Would like to find more derivative data results from Google. hmmmmm.

Tags: google, business

So everyday I Google, you Google, your mom and maybe your grandma Google's. It kind of makes me giddy to think about it. Anyway, the point is all the worlds a Google'n. Well, I am SearchMashing, but the point is we spend a lot of time doing it and get a lot of value out of it. So what does it mean to be good at it?

We have all had colleagues who can't Google. Its uncomfortable for all involved. Its like finding your buddy drunk and crying or catching an adult picking their nose. Not cool, back away, never speak of it again. That's just like being bad Googler. Some people are criers, some pickers, some not Googlers.

At any rate, thinking along the lines of the front line folk asked to do the dirty work on the interweb I wonder if Googling could ever be prerequisite as a job skill. Just like typing speed, abstracting concepts to tags becoming a critical function of your job. Yes, yes, semantic web, blah, blah, its a long way off but Google productivity needs are here. We need to optimize our workers not just our web.

So in an effort to find out about Googling I Googled.

And found GoogleGuide.com. This link will take you to the special character query list. I quickly learned I am the search equivalent of a blubbering drunk. Sigh. It would be fun for someone to develop a little game of "How good are you at Google?"

Google Labeler could be like basic warm up for the mind.

Tags: google, design

(from zdnet.com)


Oh Googlezon (Epic 2014) please give me free wireless.

The widely narrated Google platform is now demonstrating yet another piece of brilliance. Already the owner of largest network of fiber, one of the worlds brightest ad pusher and derivative data hulk they have turned the world into a super computer. You are the input and consume yourselves. Amazing.

Soon you will be an even finer bit bot on the grid with Google no longer stuck in that silly computer but roaming with you. For some like Epic 2014/15 there is fear for me I am too interested to want this ride to stop. A little crazy I know but semantic web and life altering data triangulation makes me shiver with delight. I want to know how my habits of buying Starbucks Mocha's tells what brand of shoes I buy and when I am best on a date.

Will there be critical mass for the ease with which we make decisions? No longer saying "I dunno what do you want to do?" Or will we be even more bored?

There is mention of the competition between iPhone and the G phone but is there? Apple has made the hardware move (after a sad software move with the Rockr) which is excellent in providing a consistent brand based element. The flexibility of Google to be all things to all people gives it the upper hand in longevity though. It enables all handset producers rather than being direct competition. Apple has a strong product but sits in one price point. I would argue that Google and Apple are not even in real competition as G phone's will be available in a variety of price points. Apple is for software and design. Google is for access. Entrenchment beats competition. The real test is how Google incorporates ads into the handset without making people crazy. I for one would hope for free or discounted cell/data service. I am still waiting for ad paid services that collect my data. My services have been stealing it from me so far but hopefully there will be better ways of capturing my data for leverage.

Tags: google, cell Phone