TheMadGrad

I’m in love, I’m in love and I don’t care who knows it!- with Google that is. Lately they just keep on impressing me with their applications. 

Our relationship began with a simple search bar- which turned out not to be so simple as it diagnosed my sicknesses, kept me from laying in bed for hours trying to remember what president came before Kennedy (sorry I’m young), and saved me from trekking to the dreaded library to research. 

But lately there is something that is taking our relationship to a whole other level: Google Reader, Google Mail and Google Documents. I’m not really sure what life was like before them- okay it was a couple months ago but I’ve blocked it out of my memory.

Thanks to Google Reader, I can now stay on the same page to view all of my favorite blogs, and news sites instead of going to countless sites each day and missing some great articles because I forgot to check them.  

Gmail is a whole other love story, as I  can now check  my mail, chat with friends, send text messages and update my to-do lists from it. I’ve spent about 2 hours on Google Labs today, and if you haven’t checked it out you must do so. Wouldn’t life be great if there was a reminder that let you know you forgot the attachment before you send? Well Google has it! My favorite new addition is the calendar gadget that adds a box in the left column that shows your Calendar so you don’t have to exit the page. 

Then there is Google Documents. I had a phone conference today, and the client was able to make changes directly into the shared spreadsheet right as we were talking. (The spreadsheet that was very extensive, polished looking and took ten minutes to make because Google Documents is so easy.)

This sounds like a promo for Google, but it has made me so much more productive lately at work and at home, that I can’t help sharing. Check out their blog, help section and google labs to learn about their latest inventions.