The android phone doesn't make the list? Owen's point is taken about the lack of total integration. Apple would never let that happen to their products. Android does have a good set of integrations and some glaring omissions like read only integration with google docs. It is a good test of your google ecology purity to sign on to an android phone and see your google persona inhabit it.
I use: GMail: more so since I got the phone... not my primary email Google Calendar: yes Google Maps: yes GoogleEarth: yes -- mostly as a wonderful globe (can you imagine the value of that?) but with mashup data the potential is very intersting. Here is an interesting mashup: http://aprs.fi/ Google Translate: never, but I bet google does it fairly well. Google Youtube: of course. Google Chrome browser: yes. its not my primary browser because I like firefox's plugins. But I have nothing against it. Blogspot.com: yes, but only as a consumer. Google Docs: Yes, and they have some real power in their ability to make web forms that populate data in a spreadsheet. Part of the google ecology is waiting for users to find new creative ways to wire the thing up. Google Images: some. Google News: yes, and I mostly don't click through. Take that new york times... Google Shopping: what? never. Google Books: a handful of times. Who has the time to read anymore? Google Scholar: rarely see books. Google Patents: never Google Sketchup: once--but it was fun. Google Adsense: I've known those who do. Google Picassa: yes. And I am seriously thinking of going from iPhoto to picassa. Google Talk: seldom. Google Chrome OS: It hardly exists at this point. Google App Engine: Some. I like the idea of a painless build your own web application platform. And the google integration here gives you a whole crowd of people who can just sign onto your site as if they already belonged there through Google Accounts. Google Accounts: yes. Google needs to be working on joining (merging) accounts otherwise confusion ensues. Google Maps API: haven't. Google Data API: haven't. Google Apps: haven't but may soon. Google Groups: mangles attachments. Google Code: as a consumer. Google Wave: looks like a splash. Google Finance: no. Android: brings them together. But really I'm not sure that I want to see Google be more successful. Total integration could turn into a walled garden that stifles innovation. I think one interesting thing is how willing google has been to fail and as they do over and over again I am sure what remains will be powerful. Re: walled garden another google product: http://www.dataliberation.org/ --joshua GMail: Google Calendar: Google Maps: GoogleEarth: Google Translate: Google Youtube: Google Chrome browser: Blogspot.com: Google Docs: Google Images: Google News: Google Shopping: Google Books: Google Scholar: Google Patents: Google Sketchup: Google Adsense: Google Picassa: Google Talk: Google Chrome OS: Google App Engine: Google Accounts: Google Maps API: Google Data API: Google Apps: Google Groups: Google Code: Google Wave: Google Finance: > Google Login allows you to use your own e-mail > GMail: Only for boutique address purposes. > Google Calendar: Yes, most excellent. > Google Maps: Almost exclusively. > GoogleEarth: Often. > Google Translate: Occasionally > Google Youtube: Rarely. > Google Chrome browser: No. > Blogspot.com: Often. > Google Docs: Moderately, mostly for sharing, not for viewing. > Google Images: Often > Google News: Some > Google Shopping: Some > Google Books: Some > Google Scholar: Some > Google Patents: Some > Google Sketchup: Some > Google Adsense: Never > Google Picassa: Rarely. > Google Talk: Rarely. > Google Chrome OS: No. > Google App Engine: Barely. > Google Maps API: Once. > Google Data API: No but I want to. > Google Apps: Not > Google Groups: Some. > Google Code: Only to download. > Google Wave: Still waiting for it to break. > Google Finance: I use it to play on paper, learn how the markets work, > motivate me to pay attention to tech/business trends. On Feb 10, 2010, at 3:52 PM, Steve Smith wrote: > Scary how much I live in the Google ecology. I don't use it in a very > integrated way either. But then beyond cut/paste what is there and what do I > need? Wave promises to change that... but I don't get it yet. > > Me: > > Search: Always > GMail: Only for boutique address purposes. Google Login allows you to use > your own e-mail (not-Gmail). > Google Calendar: Yes, most excellent. > Google Maps: Almost exclusively. > GoogleEarth: Often. > Google Translate: Occasionally > Google Youtube: Rarely. > Google Chrome browser: No. > Blogspot.com: Often. > Google Docs: Moderately, mostly for sharing, not for viewing. > Google Images: Often > Google News: Some > Google Shopping: Some > Google Books: Some > Google Scholar: Some > Google Patents: Some > Google Sketchup: Some > Google Adsense: Never > Google Picassa: Rarely. > Google Talk: Rarely. > Google Chrome OS: No. > Google App Engine: Barely. > Google Maps API: Once. > Google Data API: No but I want to. > Google Apps: Not > Google Groups: Some. > Google Code: Only to download. > Google Wave: Still waiting for it to break. > Google Finance: I use it to play on paper, learn how the markets work, > motivate me to pay attention to tech/business trends. > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
