During my recent trip to Google, I was inspired by the Google tools available for using or experiencing information.
Google has launched several new creative free data and search tools:
Google Goggles - It essentially allows you to query reality. Using a smartphone, take a picture of a building or other object. If there is a similar image on the web, Google
Goggles will find it and any related information.
http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=166331
Public Data Explorer - We are reaching a point where large sets of data are
accessible with a simple search. Google is giving us the tools to create
beautiful data visualizations which help us to express dynamic data sets.
http://www.google.com/publicdata/home
Fusion tables - Fusion Tables gives you the tools to visualize information in
dynamic ways. Search tip: look for csv files in Google search for data sets.
http://www.google.com/fusiontables/Home/
Google Charts
http://code.google.com/apis/chart/
Insights for Search
http://www.google.com/insights/search/#
For fun, try Agoogleaday.com. It is a challenge that is published in the New York Times as well as the web.
http://agoogleaday.com/
