how to get rid of google juice
If you've ever had a second thought about all of the Google juice you're generating on the internet, you'll love this piece from the Onion. From BakerTweets
Labels: creativeinspiration, google, parody
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:27 AM
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Tuesday, March 02, 2010
google as big brother
Artist Stéphane Massa-Bidal has created a series of posters that make you look at Google's authority and access to our lives in a new way. Trust. in. Google?
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:35 AM
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Monday, March 01, 2010
if you like stats, this will rock your pants
Here's a really awesomely animated and illustrated presentation of the state of the internet.
Labels: creativeinspiration, google, trends, viral
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:07 AM
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
google and facebook, toe to toe
Some people believe that there's only room for one social network. And that Google wants to beat Facebook wants to beat Twitter wants to beat something we don't know about yet.
If you're worried about which tool is the best, who is going to win, or believe there's only room for one, then you'll want to check out Google vs. Facebook. Sign in to both and see which of your friends respond on which network.
And then celebrate victory with a beer. Just because you can. That's what social media fight champions do.
Labels: facebook, google, social media
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:45 AM
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how google goggles can help you eat
Did you ever order dinner while at a restaurant in a foreign country, and make your best guess on what the translation for "chicken" is? And then your meal arrives, and you learn that you've ordered cow stomach?
This genius Google scientist shows the near future of Google Goggles on your Android. You'll never eat cow stomach again. Holy smoke.
Labels: augmented reality, google, mobile, technology
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:38 AM
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
build your own fake google street view car
The F.A.T. organization is not really fond of the fact that Google is trusted with so much of our data. So they organized a F*ck Google week, where people created anti-Google art projects.
The best of the crop was the fake Google street map car. They've even supplied instructions on how to build your own, so that you can cruise the strip and impress chicks. From Laughing Squid.
Labels: art, creativeinspiration, google, stunts
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:47 AM
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Monday, February 15, 2010
google is stalking you
Google has added re-targeting to the ads they serve up on search. Re-targeting?? There are ads on my search engine?? What does all this mean? Braniac Ben Kunz explains it all at Thought Gadgets.
Realize this: if you're an advertiser, you'll want to chat with your media buyer, as a whole new world of opportunity has just opened up. If you're a consumer, the ads you see will begin to look extra creepy. Like ads for stuff you searched for yesterday. (Kind of like Facebook, isn't it?)
Labels: adindustry, google, search
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:02 AM
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Friday, February 12, 2010
you should get this for your office
Wow. Here's what you can do with eight monitors, eight machines, google earth and the internet. (If you had a couple of world-class Google engineers at your disposal.)
From @getshust
Labels: google, gps, mashup, technology
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:25 AM
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
google now mapping mountains
You probably already know that Google tricks out cars to capture images for their street view pics across the world. But now there's street view for Canada’s Whistler Blackcomb ski resort. (Just in time for the Olympics.)
How'd they do that? They tricked out a snowmobile.
Find even more pics and behind the scenes fun at the Google Street View blog.
Labels: google, gps, photography, sports marketing
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:37 AM
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Monday, February 08, 2010
backstories on the hot spots from last night
One of the more talked about ads from last night was the David Lettermen/Jay Leno ad, with Oprah. Want all of the background on how the Superbowl miracle came together? The NY Times has all the juice.
Meanwhile, AdFreak shows the difference between the beauteous Google spot and an actual search of the same questions.
(I still want to know what vitamins Betty White is taking.)
Labels: adindustry, ads, google, superbowl
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:25 AM
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
sure, google wave is confusing, but how does it stack up to other tools?
You've played with Google Wave, but maybe you're still unsure about how it sits in comparison to other more established tools like email, IM, forums and wikis.
Here's a handy reference graphic that answers all of your questions, while illustrating the power of the wave. Add this to your next PowerPoint to the board, and they'll think you're the smartest person ever.
Labels: email, google, googlewave, social media, technology
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:51 AM
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Monday, January 11, 2010
google's most favorite places
Google has a new program that allows retailers and businesses to register as a Local Business Center. Google then sends the more popular Local Business Centers window decals with a custom QR code.
Visitors to the store can scan the code with their mobile device to learn about the business, post reviews, get information, coupons and other marketing juice. Wow. Google really is everywhere. From @webmetricsguru.
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:51 AM
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Thursday, January 07, 2010
what do all the kids want?
There probably isn't anything here that will surprise you, but now when you put this slide in your PowerPoint presentation, you can point to an actual list of what kids were searching for in 2009.
I'm just glad that Taylor Swift made the top twenty. From @derickson.
Labels: google, search, youthmarketing
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:58 AM
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the old lady behind google
Ever wonder how a search engine works? Like what happens after you press the "enter" button on a Google search? Inside your search looks to answer that question, with a behind the scenes look at your search page.
The effort promotes Weetabix, a UK based food company that makes a bunch of foods that keep you energized, nourished and un-hungry. From @forfeng.
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:25 AM
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Friday, December 11, 2009
google chrome features told in video
A collection of cute videos illustrating the benefits of the Google Chrome browser. Nice work.
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:22 AM
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Tuesday, December 08, 2009
get your google goggles on
Google Goggles looks to be a pretty sweet new mobile app. Take a pic with your mobile phone, and instantly search based on the results of your pic.
It works on locations, objects and data, which opens some Googleicious opportunities for retailers, brands and other businesses. The day where you can snap a photo and then see someone's Facebook, Twitter and other social profiles may be just days away.
Development opportunities are going to be endless. Let's go.
Labels: augmented reality, google, search
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:31 AM
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Friday, December 04, 2009
deck the halls with tons of google
Proving once again that they are not evil, Google will send a printed holiday card to the person of your choice. For free. In the mail.
Choose wisely, you only get one card. Happy Googledays! From @krlmyr
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:31 AM
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Tuesday, December 01, 2009
google wave for the community
The Seattle Times is using a public Google Wave to try and help catch that brutal killer in the northwest.
The public wave lets anyone (with a Google Wave account) contribute to the thread. This is one of the first massively public waves used in a timely community fashion, and it will be interesting to observe. From @l3ahb3tan
Labels: google, googlewave, social media
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:24 AM
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
what a zombie outbreak looks like on google maps
It's completely natural to wonder what your neighborhood will look like when the zombie apocalypse arrives.
Now a SIM game from Binary Space Games gives you a peek of how it might go down. Control the zombie infection and watch how they take over this Washington DC neighborhood, on Google maps.
What we need next: map controls, so we can the zombies in our own hood.
Labels: creativeinspiration, gaming, google, mashup, zombies
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:32 AM
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
find all of your lost tweets
It's official: both Google and Bing announced deals with Twitter to make tweets searchable. Bing's version is live now. Hooray for the internet.
Labels: bing, google, search, social media, twitter
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:31 AM
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
what the google maps drivers really look like
Ever wonder what the dudes who drive the Google Maps cars look like? Now you'll know, thanks to Google Street View Guys.
Pretty cool production that uses actual Google Maps street view shots as background footage.
Labels: creativeinspiration, google, gps
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:48 AM
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
spend your day creating buildings and wondering about the google future
There's a couple of amazing Googleicious developments that you're going to want to wrap your head around.
First, Google Building Maker. Google is crowd sourcing the 3D building creation for Google Earth. And they've made a tool that makes it easy and fun. What an incredible project for classrooms, architectural learning, or anyone bored with their everyday stuff.
Next, check out what the Georgia Institute of Technology created: a fusion of Google Maps and live security cams. Imagine a world that you can explore in real time. As Thought Gadgets points out, this is the future, and the possibilities are mind-blowing.
In Google we trust.
Labels: architecture, google, gps, mashup, technology
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:01 AM
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
life on google
ResearchBuzz reports that Google's just made the entire collection of Life Magazines from 1936 to 1972 available online. That's over 1800 issues of yesteryear ready for your browsing.
It's also cool to see (on the cover pictured above) that "tweens" used to be called "subteens", and that they were going to hell in a handbasket because of heavy necking and sensual dancing. (And why don't ladies wear hats like that anymore??) From BBH Labs.
Labels: google, photography, pop culture, publishing
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:43 AM
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Monday, September 21, 2009
google has fun with a birthday greeting
A couple of weeks ago Google changed their home page logo (as they often do for select holidays and events) to the image above. The twitterverse was a buzz with what it could mean.
Ten days later, the UFO returns, and Google is tweeting coordinates to some place on earth. It turns out that the UFO and subsequent coded Google tweets were a salute to H.G. Wells' birthday, which was yesterday. Read the whole story on the Google blog.
Here's proof that no matter how large your brand, it's ok to step out of the norm every once in a while and have some fun.
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:24 AM
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
google reinvents the newsstand
Yesterday Google launched a fun new tool called Fast Flip. This news aggregator pulls together content from a kazillion sources and lets you flip through it as if you're looking at a newsstand in the old timey world of print publishing.
Very fun. Think of all the time you'll save so that you can tweet more during the day!
Labels: google, publishing, rss
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:25 AM
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Monday, September 14, 2009
"20 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minutes."
Just another useless fact that gives me an excuse to embed the video above featuring Kanye West, interrupting the President.
If you like spouting lots of impressive stats with numbers in them, or just need some good filler to make your PowerPoint deck a little thicker, then today's your lucky day. Steve Rubel found Google Internet Stats. It's mostly UK based, but a lot of the info features global numbers. Impress your friends.
Labels: google, technology
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:08 AM
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Friday, August 14, 2009
google street view as art
A wonderful photo essay on the observance of Google's Street View as a reflection of society, architecture, humanity and art. Nice.
Labels: creativeinspiration, google, photography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:10 AM
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Thursday, August 13, 2009
everything is social
Google just stepped up the socialness of their iGoogle product - the start page for millions and millions of internetizens.
Right now, it's got a social graph, activity feed and applications. This could be an interesting place to keep tabs on your social self. Right now it's a bit clunkly and unintuitive, but if evolved could indeed become the center of everythingness. Go google.
Labels: google, social media, trends
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:50 AM
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
google testing search made from lightning
Those crazy engineers at Google have concocted an even faster search infrastructure. You can be the first in your cubicle zone to test it out. We think it's made from cheetah's, old race car engine parts and lightning.
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:48 AM
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
make your metrics look impressive for your powerpoint
Data geeks, you'll love this. A datalicious presentation from Google on how to visualize your Google analytics results as motion charts. From Sean Howard.
Labels: google
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:15 AM
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
what's a browser?
Google asks 50 random pedestrians in New York City what a browser is. No surprise - only 8% actually got the answer right.
Ironically, many people thought that Google was a browser. And they weren't talking about Chrome.
This reminds me of the time I heard a client ask a co-worker "do I have the Google on my computer?" Remember this, the next time you're trying to explain Twitter to your boss.
Labels: chrome, google, technology
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:01 AM
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Tuesday, June 09, 2009
what do you really think of bing??
It's easy to hate on search engines because of their brand image. Plenty of people trash Bing because of it's Microsoft association. And others have given up their Yahoo love. But can you really tell the difference? Really?
Try searching with Blind Search - which blindly shows you results from Yahoo, Google and Bing. You don't know which is which until you decide what you like best. Fun.
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:44 AM
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Thursday, June 04, 2009
search gets squared
Because you're cool, you already knew about Wolfram. You've played with Microsoft's new search tool Bing, and got bored.
But did you know about Google Squared? It's search that puts everything into nice and neat tables for instant comparison. Cool idea.
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:22 AM
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Friday, May 29, 2009
google is reinventing email
Google is rethinking what's possible within the inbox. In short, you'll be able to do so much more from inside the GMail inbox. From WebMonkey:
Most of us use e-mail, just addressing a new message to a bunch of people. This starts a thread, which eventually gets twisted and fragmented into side conversations and becomes more and more confusing.
So - imagine if all of those threaded conversations, real-time chat, nested comments, media sharing, and wiki-style collaborations were all available inside the inbox?? Pure awesomeness. Or Googleness.
It's currently in private developer beta mode, but will be released to the public in the next few months. Found on YesButNoButYes.
Labels: email, google, technology
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:48 AM
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Thursday, May 28, 2009
because you needed this
How many times have you said to yourself that the world would be a better place if I only had a search engine that neatly organized both Google and Twitter results together?
Rejoice! Your day has come. Meet Twootles. Your two favorite things - Google and Twitter, nicely wrapped together in one sweet package. From @BenKunz.
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:44 AM
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
another addicting twitter app
Were you looking for something to suck that last ounce of productivity out of your day? We recommend Stweet.
Watch tweets arrive with a corresponding Google satellite or street view image, for any city in the world. Amazing. Addicting. Fun for the whole family.
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:17 AM
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
give yourself some sweet google juice
Have you set yourself up in Google yet? Google's added a profiles feature that allows you to document your details. The ultimate directory where everyone can find you. Customized to your delight.
Set up your own profile now, or check out John Jantsch's version for an excellent example of how to do it well. Do this today, and maybe people will find your profile before they find those naked pictures of you from that frat party.
Labels: google, search, social media
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:12 AM
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Monday, April 27, 2009
from the designer in the sky
Typography with Google Maps as your design tool! Giving fly-over country a whole new purpose.
Labels: google, typography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:01 AM
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
all the news that's fit to...stream
Whoah. Now you can view all of your news in a visual timeline. With the publications and sources of your choosing.
The dudes at Google have done it again, with the launch of yet another awesome product: Google News Timeline. Wow.
Labels: google, news, publishing, web2.0
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:49 AM
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
let's go on a pub crawl. in your cubicle.
To promote Lovells Lager, you've been invited you to a pub crawl. Through the streets of Australia. Starting right now.
This is a fun promotional piece that couples Google's street view with some excellent writing and nice site design. Great work that promotes exploration while creating thirst for a nice cold Lovells.
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:37 AM
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Thursday, April 02, 2009
smart google ad
Google's running a really sweet two page ad in this week's Advertising Age Magazine. 7 things you can do in the next 7 days to improve your bottom line features seven tasks that each take 10 minutes or less, and might improve your business. And yeah, they all use Google products.
Here's the list:
1. Save money the old fashioned way - don't spend it. (Promotes Gmail.com/videochat)
2. Capitalize on trends, before they're trends. (Promotes Google.com/insights/search)
3. Capture the sales you're missing. (Promotes Google.com/local/add)
4. Know what works...and do more of it. (Promotes Google.com/analytics)
5. Get more from the content you already have. (Promotes YouTube.com)
6. Find the people who want to find you. (Promotes Google.com/adplanner)
7. Find new and better keywords. (Promotes Google.com/sktool)
7a. (Bonus) Collaborate more efficiently. (Promotes Google.com/apps/teamwork)
Nice presentation of a suite of products in a time that most marketers could be using them.
Labels: adindustry, ads, google, marketing, search
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:41 AM
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what a dead pixel looks like in real life
If there were a dead pixel in your Google Earth image, here's what it would look like, on...earth. (Can't remember where I found this, but I think it was Waxy.)
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:33 AM
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Monday, March 30, 2009
what google street view looks like in motion
Check out this super cool animation made from individual Google Maps Street View images. Amazing.
Soooo many possibilities. Tourist councils, college campuses and city centers. Give real world tours of your neighborhoods. And we're cooking up even more ideas as week speak. Sweet mapalicious.
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:01 AM
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009
facebook driving more traffic than google
Advertising Age has an interesting piece on how Facebook is starting to drive more traffic than Google, for some sites.
Facebook already gets a little more than a third of Google's unique visitors in the U.S. (50 million vs. 149 million in January, per ComScore says AdAge)
How is this happening? Why do two gossip sites show up on the list of places that Facebook is driving better than Google? Because people aren't searching. They're finding.
This isn't about advertising or SEO. It's about relationships. Facebook is indeed the place people go to hang out and catch up with their friends. And their friends are sharing items of mutual interest. Like funny posts on gossip blogs.
So - how do you get some of this Facebook juice to your site? Create content (not a bunch of banner ads) that people want to share.
Labels: facebook, google, social media, trends
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:59 AM
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Thursday, March 05, 2009
air traffic as art
Here's what your plane's headlights must look like from the sky. Check out the entire collection of visualizations of air traffic viewed with a neato Google maps applet.
There's a bunch of them, showing air traffic sorted in every visual way that you can imagine. From Diane Hessan, via Twitter.
Labels: art, google, mashup, photography, travel
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:36 AM
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Thursday, February 05, 2009
google knows you're at the beach
Google just launched Latitude, their new tool that tracks your and your friends locations. Keep track of your husband, your kids or your neighbors. Or follow them around while never leaving your desk.
It works from most mobile devices or your desktop, and has loads of possibilities for marketing promotions, location based promotions or treasure hunts.
Labels: google, gps, social media, technology
posted by darryl ohrt @ 6:55 AM
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Thursday, December 11, 2008
appy holidays from google
If you've thought about totally dumping that Microsoft Office application that takes six minutes to startup on your computer, now may be the time to check out the Google desktop apps. They've bundled everything together in a cute holiday way. They call it Appy Holidays.
The Google elves have created templates, holiday themes, and everything that you'll need to organize, communicate, print or publish your holidayness. Mmmmmm. Google. Almost as good as chocolate.
Labels: google, productivity, workplace
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:16 AM
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
Let me google that for you
How many times have you been annoyed by your stupid friends who IM you with ridiculous questions that they could answer themselves if they just Googled it?
Well today's the day you can point out their ridiculousness. Thanks to the Let Me Google That For You tool. You do the search, and then send them a link where the search animates in front of their eyes. And they'll learn how to use Google, in the process!
This may be the best thing ever invented. So hot. So awesome. You could use it daily.
Labels: google, pop culture, search, viral, web2.0
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:41 AM
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
what your neighbors are doing on youtube
Thanks to YouTube's new geolocation feature, you can now search videos by the location from where they were uploaded. Curious about what the next door neighbor is doing on video?
There's a rough demo of the technology (you'll need to install Google Gears), and it works pretty well.
This creates some really fun promotional opportunities. Contests, treasure hunts, the possibilities are endless. (And snooping on your neighbors is always cool, too.) Thanks Giuli!!
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:14 AM
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Monday, November 10, 2008
google's coming. get out your costumes
Street with a View is billed as the first ever artist collaboration with Google's Street View team. Google came to Pittsburgh, and artists Robin Hewlett and Ben Kinsley set up an art installation along Sampsonia Way.
The view includes a marching band, a fake marathon road race, a garage band, and yes, a sword fight.
There's a even a video documentation of the event taking place. Pretty cool if you've ever wondered what a Google Street View photo capturing session looks like. From swissmiss.
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:37 AM
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Wednesday, October 01, 2008
what google looked like in 2001
If you haven't already played with this, it's fun. Google, based on their search index of 2001. It's funny to see things that didn't exist back in the day. A search on "microblogging" brings zero results - versus the 1,340,000 results of today. Google yourself!
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:28 AM
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
google earth = new hot video tool
Chemical Brothers + film makers + artists + photographers + GOOGLE. What do you get? A really cool video. From The Denver Egotist
Labels: film, google, music, photography, video
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:31 AM
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Monday, September 22, 2008
google dude launches personal blog
Google's Sergey Brin started a blog. It's called Too. Just like Google is a play on the word googol, says Brin "too is a play on the much smaller number - two. It also means "in addition", as this blog reflects my life outside of work."
What's his first post? An announcement that it's possible that he's at risk for Parkinson's Disease. The New York Times suggests why he'd post that. (Interestingly, his post is now the #4 search result for "lrrk2", the gene perceived as an indicator for Parkinson's.) Originally from Adrants.
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:20 AM
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Tuesday, September 09, 2008
internet kills newsprint, and then captures it for history
Now that the internet has eliminated the need for paper newspapers, some people want to read them on their screens.
Google has just launched an initiative to put every newspaper on the internet. The old, printed ones. And they're going to be searchable, indexed and readable in their original formats.
Now you'll be able to search, zoom in and view newspapers from long ago. Just like old people used to do in libraries, with something called microfiche (sounds like a disease for puppies, doesn't it?)
This is a pretty impressive tool. It's fun to explore, and gives you one more reason never ever leave your home. Or to even open the door. Just stay where you are.
Labels: google, publishing, search, trends
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:51 AM
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facebook lets google into the walled garden
Since its launch, Facebook has been sealed off from search engines, protecting its users' data from showing up in Google searches. Some love this, some hate it, and people refer to Facebook as being a "walled garden".
Well, the garden just installed a gate. Don't worry - your drunken frat party pics aren't likely to show up in a Google image search. Yet. As of this week, Facebook has allowed search engines to see Facebook groups, wall posts and discussion topics. Events are also reportedly viewable by the search spiders.
That's going to drive massive traffic to Facebook, but it's also an opportunity for brands who are using these tools to promote their events and products. Interesting. From Steve Rubel, via Twitter.
Labels: facebook, google, search, social media
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:36 AM
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Monday, August 18, 2008
the single best google theme ever
Google just approved the first Plaid Google theme. Over 4000 people already agree that it's nearly the best thing they've ever seen in their entire lifetime.
Add it to your Google page and stare at the Plaid design factory every time you search the internet. My desk is the 2nd window from the left on the top floor. If they didn't have this damn mirror glass installed, I could wave, and see what you're searching for.
Labels: google, plaid, search, self promotion
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:58 AM
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Monday, August 04, 2008
search can be beautiful
Tired of all the Cuil hype? Check out Viewzi, a search engine that supplies results in a visually inspiring manner, while giving users several options to review their results. I'm not sure how long this has been around, but it looks to be a pretty cool tool. Thanks Rob!
Labels: google, productivity, search
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:04 AM
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
spielberg: watch out.
Here's another Google product that maybe you didn't know about. Google SketchUp lets users create 3D graphics. With Google ease.
We haven't tested this tool yet, but we trust in the Google gods that anyone can now design buildings, create motion picture 3D effects and produce technical models for NASA. Sweet.
From Krolls, via Twitter.
Labels: 3d, google, technology
posted by darryl ohrt @ 6:43 AM
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
yes, google does know everything. everything.
The Googling shows what you can do with Google's "My Maps" tool. A tool so good, it knows everything about you. Everything.
Labels: google, search, social media, video
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:17 AM
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Wednesday, July 09, 2008
another place for you to wear spandex and elf ears
Google has just launched Lively, which looks to have some massive potential. Lively is a 3D application that allows users to create avatars, place them into virtual environments, and communicate with others in that environment. Yes - just like SecondLife.
But this is a Google product. And there are a few things that look enticing in comparison to Second Life or MMORPG's. With Lively, "rooms" have real-world urls - that can be embedded into web pages, blogs, etc. You can pull in photographs and YouTube videos. And you'll eventually be able to port in friends from other social media tools.
Adverlab and Mashable have excellent rundowns of what's possible, along with screen shots.
For now, Lively is a PC only application. :( But a Mac version is promised soon.
Labels: 3d, gaming, google, mmorpg, secondlife, social media, trends
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:28 AM
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Tuesday, July 01, 2008
google: now we can see everything. except facebook.
The Google gods have just announced that they've engineered some magical potion that allows their search engines to see text in Flash. This is a big deal for Flash developers, because up until now, if your site was built in Flash, it was pretty much invisible to the search spiders.
An awesome development that is a great step in the right direction. Now really important content like the text from the Mentos Kiss Fight will finally be viewable for the world to see.
(And don't worry. Your drunken rants in Facebook are still completely invisible from the Google gods.)
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:51 AM
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another reason to be jealous of seth macfarlane
Seth MacFarlane, creator of “Family Guy” has just struck a googlelicious deal for a new series titled "Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy." Here's the cool part: His new show won't appear on tv - but instead will be viewed from inside Google AdSense ads.
In the first program and ads of their type, Google will distribute the content (via Google video, inside ads) to sites that fit the demographic for which MacFarlane's show would like to be distributed to. Genius.
From Johnny Bones, via Twitter. Photo via NY Times.
Labels: adindustry, ads, google, pop culture, tv
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:33 AM
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