Chazography

I think I’m quickly becoming a Google Whore. Yes, a Google Whore. No, I’m not walking about the Googleplex trying to have sex with all the engineers that work there, and I definitely have no plans to start doing that at anytime in the future. I do, however, seem to be all over everything Google can cook up. They’re constantly creating cool web applications that are not only useful but also really work well. That’s not even to mention that they typically look pretty sweet due to the fact most of them use Web 2.0 or Web Infinity or AJAX or Larry or Bob or “Bessie The Cow” or whatever the heck you want to call the latest trend in web technologies. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few years, you should know exactly what I’m talking about. Google has developed such cool things as Google Maps, Google Mail, Google Analytics, and Google Video. Now they’ve added two more web applications to their arsenal in Google Page Creator and Google Reader. Admittedly, I haven’t been able to use Google Page Creator since it was closed off to public registration due to high demand, but I have been using Google Reader quite frequently lately.

I’ve just got to say that I absolutely love it! It’s awesome, and it works pretty darned well even if it does still have a few kinks that need to be worked out. For those of you who are wondering, “What in the name of Holy Jumping Jehosephat is this Google Reader that he is so atingle about?” Well, there’s no need to hold your breath any longer because I’m about to tell you. No, seriously. You can stop holding your breath, and I highly recommend that you due so before you pass out due to lack of oxygen. Google Reader is an online Feed Aggregator which is essentially an application that collects the latest headlines and stories from the feeds you tell it to monitor and displays them in one central location. It’s wonderful because now from anywhere I go I can just go to one site to keep myself up to date on my favorite blogs, news, tech information, and anything else that peaks my interest. So now instead of firing up about 15 tabs in Firefox I just check out my Google Reader and get all the latest headlines and information that I care about (and some that I don’t). The interaction with the application is pretty awesome as well since I never feel like I’m using a web application. Due to its heavy use of the latest web technologies, it’s very interactive and makes you feel like you’re using a desktop application. Heck, it even has keyboard shortcuts, and I absolutely love keyboard shortcuts. In fact, I probably love keyboard shortcuts more than Michael Jackson loves little boys (I’m so going to hell for saying that). If you were to see me at my computer, you’d know that I hardly touch the mouse because I do virtually everything from my keyboard such as opening applications, closing applications, navigating applications, making coffee, hunting quail, sailing, collecting pixie dust, and even flying. So it’s rather nice having the ability to navigate the Google Reader without the aid of a mouse.

If you’ve made it this far, I applaud you. I would have already been distracted by all the other links and be playing with Google Reader or any other Google technology. As a reward for making it this far, I am giving you an IOU for 1,000,000,000 Chaztopian Dollars of which you’ll probably never have any means of collecting. Besides, even if I did give you 1,000,000,000 Chaztopian Dollars, it wouldn’t really matter since the currency is worthless due to the fact that Chaztopia is a Chaztatorship where Chaz refers to himself in the third person. But still, it’s the thought that counts, right?