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Oodles of Googles: ILF presentation 2011TRANSCRIPT
Oodles of Googles
Everything you wanted to know about Google and more!
Oodles a superabundance of anything; a mass of things; a
heap; a great quantity.
That’s a lot of Google!
What’s on the menu?
• Google +• Search• Gears• Talk• Calendar• Gmail• Site• Knol• iGoogle• Talk and so much more……
Before we start let’s think about what Google is doing.
We are in the age of cloud computing and Google is creating application
stacks.
Cloud ComputingStacking Apps in
the cloud
Google Search
Blogger
Youtube
Picassa
Google docs
Android
Google Calendar
Google Reader
Google Images
Get the idea
Which is awesome unless….
FRIENDS
Who am I to you?
Employee
Mother
Friend
Relative
Gamer
Writer
Cook
Movie Fan
Reader
Sister/Brother
Google has created circles
Work friends
AcquaintancesRelatives
This gives you PRIVACY
My circles
Who can see my profile?
Hint about +1
Photos
Streams and newsfeeds are the same
Sparks
Sparks and comments
Hangout
Mobile apps
More Mobile
Even more mobile
Chrome
Google+ and Facebook
Privacy and your rights!
Facebook’s privacy agreement is 5830 words
U.S. Constitution is 4543 words
Breaking news 11.11.2011
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/11/facebook-settlement-will-make-all-future-privacy-changes-opt-in.ars
Google changes how it searches.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/giving-you-fresher-more-recent-search.html
Search (Tips and Tricks)• Try the site: operator to limit the search to a specific site.• Example oil site:nytimes.com
Search (Tips and Tricks)• Use Google as a calculator.• Use it as a world clock
Search (Tips and Tricks)• Currency conversion• Area code finder
Search (Tips and Tricks)• Word definition
Search (Tips and Tricks)• ~ Helps you find related terms.
Search (Tips and Tricks)• Explicit Phrase: “What is Happiness?” An easy way to narrow your search.
Search (Tips and Tricks)• Date ranges: Search Term War 2000..2008
Google Books
Google Books
Google Books
Google Books
Gears formerly Google Gears• This is a piece of software that is offered by Google that enable powerful
applications and new features to work in your web browser.
Gmail• Gears allows you to use Gmail while you are offline. • You can read mail, label it and compose messages this is all synchronized
the next time you connect.
Gmail (Get driving directions)
• If you enter the address into the email a map link will appear in the right hand column.
Gmail Tasks• You can use Gmail to create a task list.
Gmail Tasks
Gmail Tasks
You can create multiple lists.
You can edit details and add notes.
Gmail now has a new look and feel
Gmail (All work and no play…)
• You can have some fun and play with themes of your Gmail account.
Before
Gmail (All work and no play…)
How to …
1. Go to settings -> Theme Tab.
Gmail (All work and no play…)
• After.
Gmail and labels• Label are just folders where you can organize your email massages.
Go to settings and pick the labels tab to create
a new label.
Did you know you can search only blogs?
This is found under the “More” menu item in Google+ and then click on even more link at the bottom.
http://www.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en
You can search patents.
http://www.google.com/patents?hl=en
You can search by product.
http://www.google.com/prdhp
Results of e-book reader search
Google calendar• Before
Google calendar• After
Google calendar (Customize your view)
• Settings -> General Settings -> Custom View
Before
After
You can customize the time period you would like be visible. One week or two
Google calendar (Show weather on your calendar)
• Settings -> General -> Show weather based on my location and enter zip code.
Google calendar shortcuts
Google Buzz (Built into Gmail and looks like this )
Buzz works as a kind of social media integrator. I am going to add Twitter,Flickr and other stuff.
Google Buzz• Your Google profile is where you add your other Social Media.
Ok so I fiddled with it for 30 minutes and could get it to do anything helpful.
Not a fan of Buzz• I use my profile post section to review and comment back
Google site (http://sites.google.com/)
Google Accounts• There are some really helpful tools that use all the time in the accounts
section.
Google Account
Google alerts are emails that are sent to you when Google finds a new search result that match your search term. These could be web pages, blogs, twitter comments. I use them to alert me to what
people are saying about the library.
This is another great tool that we use to analyze
our web traffic.
Knol
Bonus Material
