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Thoughts about Google, Part I
Oct. 30th, 2005 10:18 amGoogle is rapidly reaching the level of a megacorporation similar to stature and importance of Microsoft. And I'm something of a Google fan in the sense that I often find myself looking forward to the next announcement about a Google service or tool the way I look forward to announcements of new books by my favourite writers.
I like Google. I like its vaguely stated "mission" about providing access to information, which for me synopsizes not only the whole mission of computer science (which in Greek after all tends to be called Πληροφορικη΄"Pliroforiki", loosely translated as "Information science") but perhaps the whole of science in general, and even mildly reminds me of some mythical knights' dedication to capital-T Truth. I like its "Try not to be evil" self-declared guideline, mainly for its humour.
My Gmail account at katsaris@gmail.com has freed me from dependency on my old ISP's mail account at katsaris@otenet.gr -- and even better from dependency from Outlook Express -- and even better from the annoyance of spamming.
Google News has become the most convenient way to staying informed about the world in general.
And I've drooled over my few sessions with GoogleEarth. Its probably the one tool that has shown me that even high-speed ADSL will soon prove inadequate. Even at version 3.0 it's still at its infancy I think.
Or such my imagination tells me, given how much more I think it can be expanded.
( What I want from Google Earth is... )
Google Earth is the one I'm drooling over, but Google Print is the one that has caused controversy - and Google Base is the currently much-anticipated new service, which mostly seems to mean to take Ebay head-on but to me also seems to have wider consequences...
More about this on other posts, as I find the time and mood.
I like Google. I like its vaguely stated "mission" about providing access to information, which for me synopsizes not only the whole mission of computer science (which in Greek after all tends to be called Πληροφορικη΄"Pliroforiki", loosely translated as "Information science") but perhaps the whole of science in general, and even mildly reminds me of some mythical knights' dedication to capital-T Truth. I like its "Try not to be evil" self-declared guideline, mainly for its humour.
My Gmail account at katsaris@gmail.com has freed me from dependency on my old ISP's mail account at katsaris@otenet.gr -- and even better from dependency from Outlook Express -- and even better from the annoyance of spamming.
Google News has become the most convenient way to staying informed about the world in general.
And I've drooled over my few sessions with GoogleEarth. Its probably the one tool that has shown me that even high-speed ADSL will soon prove inadequate. Even at version 3.0 it's still at its infancy I think.
Or such my imagination tells me, given how much more I think it can be expanded.
( What I want from Google Earth is... )
Google Earth is the one I'm drooling over, but Google Print is the one that has caused controversy - and Google Base is the currently much-anticipated new service, which mostly seems to mean to take Ebay head-on but to me also seems to have wider consequences...
More about this on other posts, as I find the time and mood.
