The Matrix
16May2007
It’s official – Google rules my life. I use “The Google” (as George Dubya calls it) with an increasing frequency. I have Google search on my blackberry. I have gmail on my blackberry. The problem is, the inclination is to use the big G on occasions when I wouldn’t normally, to the detriment of the following:
- Memory – because I store most things on email and I can Google search that, I don’t have to rely on memory any more. I just look it up on the blackberry. I guess the good thing is at least I have to remember that it is stored there in the first place…
- Human Interaction – Google Maps and Directions mean that if I am lost I no longer have to ask anyone for help (I can hear the cries “you don’t anyway ’cause you’re a man“) – I just google the address and walk the streets like some idiot with the ‘berry held out in front of me
The other thing about Google is that I now use it for everything. Some obvious things that not many people know about like conversions, but also if I hear a name in conversation or through business and I want to find out more, I Google the name to see what I can find out. Where do you rank on a Google search? Fortunately my flickr site makes it to the first page if you Google “Tom Quinn”, although you still have to look for it.
The downside of this reliance is that I know they are tracking my every move and at some point in the future the evil Google monster will take over the world and haunt me with my search strings. I can see it now – being convicted for Google searching the band “Flock of Seagulls” in May 2006.
Oh, if you want to find out how the sailing in Bermuda International Race Week went, just Google “Tom Quinn J24″ and look for the results for Sadiiqi
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