Sunday Morning Blog

August 27, 2005

Sunday Morning Bloogle

[current state| google-eyed]

Hello, my name is Drew, and I am a Googleholic. I admit that I am powerless over Google and that this obsession has become unmanageable. Publicly exposing this weakness is the first step toward escaping this obsession. What are the rest of the steps for working through this addiction? I don't know, but let me Google that question. If you would like to join my discussion group regarding this problem, I can be reached via Gmail or Google Talk, which are just a click away in my Google Desktop sidebar. By the way, if I have trouble remembering that conversation or where I put that file, all of my email conversations, chats, photos and Openoffice documents are neatly indexed by Google - just a quick search away. Do you need directions to our next Googleholics meeting? Try Google Maps.

Yes, I have gone over the Google-edge. It began years ago when I began using Google instead of adding favorites. It was just as easy to type a couple of letters in a Google search bar as it was to save that link. Then, a month or two ago, I added the CustomizeGoogle extension to Firefox. During the past couple of weeks, it has all snowballed into this giant Google install frenzy. I refer to this as my Googleout; similar to a blackout only without the darkness... just swirls of Google colors. I have been searched, indexed, Gmailed, Google Talked, created a Google sitemap and became a purveyor of Google AdSense. Heck, a couple of weeks ago my wife-to-be and I even had our first Googlefight! That was shortly after I took her on a Google Earth tour of the Grand Canyon. Were there a way to make Google my operating system, I would. Who would need Windows Explorer when one could have GoogleView? If I could have a Google cell phone account I would. What would you like for dinner? I would be happy to Google that recipe for you. My dream is to create a Google Desktop add-on that will edit and publish blog entries, handle blog comments and index them all for future reference. I have joined Google forums and emailed suggestions on improvements to their various new offerings (drag and drop capabilities, etc.). What will be next?

For now, it is a lazy Saturday afternoon. The weather is beautiful, but there are 735,000 Google search results for "afternoon nap." 735,000 instances of why I should shut my eyes for a snooze instead of venturing outdoors. It is good to know I have Google on my side. For those in denial about their Google addiction, I hope my story empowers them to get the help they need.

If anyone has further questions about this growing problem, I would refer them to this site.

Posted by capecodcyclist at August 27, 2005 05:28 PM