Google owns you...
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...and me, and everyone else. Scary.
My name is Conrad Lisco, and this is my blog, where I post odds and ends, things and thoughts.
I work at R/GA in the Mobile & Emerging Platforms group. I'm most interested in the intersection of technology and culture. Addicted to location-based services. Live in Chinatown and love sneakers and street art.
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Could this be the missing link for Google? Not just email, but not Google Wave...
Man, you gotta love these videos! The series, created by BBHLabs, demonstrates the benefits of Google Chrome. Every creation is built by hand, filmed in camera, with no special effects added. Even the music is played and recoreded live on set.
BBH and BBHLabs are great storytellers, and the creators of “The Man Who Walked Around The World,” a killer video for Johnny Walker. This series for Chrome is another great example, showing us that it’s all about honesty, openness and invention. And as it should be (with Google), the product is the hero, and they’ve celebrated that in a very “Googley” way.
The films also work as a longer single film of around 4 minutes, where the 8 (7 films & an intro) films are merged together. And they’ve also designed "annotations" on into the experience. These are effectively hyperlinks to other films embedded into the film itself - like roll-over hotspots with links behind them. They make YouTube more interactive. So the transition device between films (the 'notice board') is based on annotations.
Needless to say, I love these.
Google does it again with Google Goggles, an application for Android phones that gives you the ability to search the Web for information on the world around you – visually. Basically you snap a photo and the app analyzes the image for identifiable features. It also boasts some augmented reality functionality using the compass and GPS.
This is most definitely the future (a future) of search.
A lot of funny things have come from Google Street View. But this is my favorite. In Holland, an emergency vehicle hits a biker. Type the address below into Google Maps and go to Street View. 2 Jordanus Hoornstraat, Amersfoort, UT, Nederland
Then click the forward arrow.
Google Street View Awesome
