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GoogleLocalGov tomorrow

August 6, 2009

The GoogleLocalGov event is taking place tomorrow, and by the sound of things it is going to be packed to the rafters with attendees and great content.

Here is what topics will be being discussed by Google’s team of experts:

Google Adwords
Site Conversion & Analytics
Google Adsense
Enterprise Solutions
YouTube & Creative Options
OpenSocial
Android
Google Maps

There is also a nice little site leading local gov folk through what Google can offer, which is well worth a look.

If you can’t make the event tomorrow, fear not, you’ll be able to follow it all on our friend Twitter – just keep an eye on the #googlelocalgov tag.

Edit: another bit of fun will be carrying on after the event for drinks and more nattering in a boozer near Kings Cross, McGlynns to be precise. If you want to come to the drinks but aren’t at GoogleLocalGov it is probably best to aim for 5.30-6ish as that is when the Googlers will be arriving. Thanks to Dan for organising.

#GoogleLocalGov

July 2, 2009

Do you work in local government?

Are you free on 7th August?

Fancy popping down to Victoria in London to visit the Google offices?

Oh, and get to hear from the real experts about how to make the most of Google services, whether search, analytics, maps, advertising, widgetising content, and more?

For the princely sum of, er, nothing?

Then you’re in luck.

Pencil that date in your diary. Keep an eye on #googlelocalgov on Twitter. More information will be released as it is confirmed.

This will be a ticketed event, and it will be first-come-first-served when it comes to places. You can’t afford to miss this one!

Google spreadsheet forms video

June 26, 2009

Nice video from Google explaining the forms function in Docs‘ spreadsheets, which I have found my self starting to use rather a lot.

Wave power

May 30, 2009

Google have announced something really rather interesting called Wave.

(Warning: looooooong video)

Essentially,

A wave is equal parts conversation and document. People can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more.

A wave is shared. Any participant can reply anywhere in the message, edit the content and add participants at any point in the process. Then playback lets anyone rewind the wave to see who said what and when.

A wave is live. With live transmission as you type, participants on a wave can have faster conversations, see edits and interact with extensions in real-time.

Lots of people are very excited about it. Take TechCrunch, for example:

Wave offers a very sleek and easy way to navigate and participate in communication on the web that makes both email and instant messaging look stale.

What is really interesting is the way that Wave will work as an open standard, with APIs available to developers to make it possible to embed the way Wave does things into other applications.

Of course, before we get too excited about Wave, we need to remember Knol, Sites (which I actually quite like, but no-one else seems to) and Base. Google gets a lot of stuff wrong.

But when they get things right, such as with Gmail and of course search, the results can be devastating. For that reason alone, it’s vital to keep up with Wave and its development.

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