3-8-07 Keeping Up With the Googlebots: Patrick Crispin

Keeping Up With the Googlebots: What's New at GooglePatrick Crispen, Academic Technology Consultant, California State University, Long Beach

Hardly a week goes by that the evil scientists at Google's secret labs don't release some new or completely redesigned tool upon the unsuspecting public. In this one-hour session we'll attempt the impossible: We're going to try to catch up with all of -- or at least most of -- Google's latest inventions.

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Patrick Crispin is always a lot of fun. He showed lots of neat things that you can find and do on google.

Here are some google prompts;

calculator = calc:
dictionary = define:
weather report= weather:zip code
movie times and reviews= movie:zipcode
Stocks= stocks:

at labs.google.com you can find lots of products that they are testing.
google.com/mars
moon.google.com
searchmash.com
notebook is a very neat way to compile research at google.com.gn
now on google maps you can get real time traffic reports for major cities like Seattle