#8 iGoogle

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Well we've discovered Google Docs, Google Maps and Google Books. Now it's time to check out iGoogle.

Google offers the ability to create a personalized iGoogle page that gives you at-a-glance access to key information from Google and across the web. On this self-designed page, you can choose and organize content such as:

• Your latest Gmail messages
• Headlines from Google News and other top news sources
• Your RSS feeds.
• Weather forecasts, stock quotes, and movie showtimes
• Bookmarks for quick access to your favorite sites from any computer
• Your own section with content you find from across the web
• Google Book Search
• Heaps more!

• Personalise iGoogle
• iGoogle Problem Solving

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#8 iGoogle

Go to iGoogle (You will need to login if you aren't already). Add the following gadgets, or choose some of your own:

Google Map Search gadget
Google Book Search gadget
One of the Facebook gadgets
Google Docs and Spreadsheet gadget

Search for a gadget you could use in the workplace and add this to your homepage.

Also...

Check out the following youtube videos about working at Google (I couldn't choose just one. I think they both show great perspectives of Google - the environment, but also the people that work at Google).

Create a blog post about this exercise. Do you like iGoogle? What improvements would you suggest to Google? Would you like to work at Google?

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