google presentation ilf 2011

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

Thanks

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