Google Fatigue: Get Over It
November 9, 2014
I did three monographs about Google’s technology. I developed Google fatigue about half way through the research for “The Google Legacy,” now out of print. (A librarian told me that there is a copy online somewhere, but I never bothered to look.)
This morning I read a listicle that reminded me of three things:
- I don’t pay much, if any, attention to Google’s activities. Oh, I did notice the balloon thing, the barge thing, and the “solve death” thing.
- My interest in keeping tracking of Google emissions is close to zero.
- The coming and going of products like Orkut, Wave, Web Accelerator, etc. reminds me that I don’t want to waste cycles learning about digital mayflies.
If you think my three points are the honkings of a wild goose, you will want to read and memorize “18 Cool Google Products You Might Not Have Known About.”
Here are three examples from the author’s “gotta love these” file:
- Plan your wedding with Google (Married once and entering year 46. No immediate plans to do another wedding or pay for one.)
- The Google to do list (I use a pencil and note cards and have for the last 60 years)
- Swiftly. (I have no clue what this is.)
Go forth and Google. Sounds like a Star Wars’ injunction.
Stephen E Arnold, November 9, 2014
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