Heidi Dudley – Beyond Google Docs June 26, 2008
Posted by Matthew Woolums in Conference Sessions, Tools.trackback
Putting it all together in one place. Search, Gmail, Reader, Calendar, iGoogle, etc.
Starting with iGoogle. Customized by theme. Embellished with gadgets. Add Notebook, Docs, Reader, Calendar.
Moving on to Reader. Adding feed from NY Times. They have many category feeds to subscribe to just the sections of interest. Services like Feedburner can also create an RSS feed for a site that doesn’t have one. The Discover option brings up suggestions and packages of feeds based on categories.
Notebook looks a lot like Reader. Think of Notebooks as folders, and sections or notes as items in the collection. Sections can be copied from a web site or a link. Notebooks can be renamed, exported to Docs or HTML, and even shared with others. Think of Notebook as a place to collect resources or create an outline, send it over to Docs for editing and publishing.
Calendars allow you to add events, and also to send out notifications. You can also add packages to your calendar of events that others have put together. Works a lot like Reader by adding a public calendar. Once you add additional calendars, click on the name of the calendar chose to display it or not. Shared calendars are dynamic and live, so changes by the author are seen by anyone who has added the calendar. Very easy way to manage multiple calendars. Think of a shared calendar or lab sign-up. Calendar details also include the embedding code to add it to a blog or other web page.
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