Friday 5: Going Google
Hi All –
Radical change is coming to the Friday 5! My life is busy, and if I am going to continue to publish Friday 5 lists, I need to simplify the process. So… I am in the process of googlizing (for lack of a better word) my work flow and thus have decided to move the Friday 5 to Google Groups. In the name of efficiency, I will no longer continue to post in Topica, Yahoo! Groups, or the Collaboratory Project. I also will no longer send the Friday 5 to the NLU TIE and WIT listservs. Don’t take it personally….change is good.
So here’s the scoop:
1) If you currently subscribe via Yahoo! Groups or Topica, you will receive an email invitation to join the new Friday 5 Google Group. I do believe that you have to have a Google account to join. Don’t worry… the process seems painless.
2) If you read the Friday 5 via the Collaboratory Project, the WIT list, or the NLU TIE list, send me an email at elemenous@gmail.com and I will send you an invitation or you can join yourself by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/friday5.
3) If you use a newsreader, such as Bloglines or Google Reader, you can subscribe to the Friday 5 RSS feed at http://groups.google.com/group/friday5 as well.
4) I will post to the aforementioned places through September 29, 2006.
On to this week’s list…
Here are some Google features worth checking out:
1) Google Help: Search Features
http://www.google.com/help/features.html
Check out this list of things you can do with Google Search. Did you know Google had a built in currency converter or that you can track a package by entering your tracking number into search?
2) Google Pack
http://tinyurl.com/eokzh
Google Pack is essential free software for machines running Windows XP only.
3) Google Calendar
http://www.google.com/googlecalendar/overview.html
This is something I’ve been playing with this week quite a bit.
4) Here are some blogs related to Google products that may give you insight into some of the cool things out there in Googleland.
Official Google Blog
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/
Blogger Buzz
http://buzz.blogger.com/
Official Google Video Blog
http://googlevideo.blogspot.com/
Inside Google Book Search
http://booksearch.blogspot.com/
Official Google Reader Blog
http://googlereader.blogspot.com
The Writely Blog
http://writely.blogspot.com
Have a great week,
Lucy Gray
elemenous@gmail.com
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