The Webbie

It’s been a long time since I read a book. I had started reading The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari during my last journey to Kolkata, but couldn’t sustain to reading it because I found it too unrealistic and boring - a tremendously successful lawyer at the peak of his career suddenly abandoning all the wealth and assets that he had, and travelling into the Himalayas to reform himself.

I already wrote about my so-very-obvious fascination with Google. And this fascination has got me to read at a time when I never do, i.e. until i’m not travelling a long distance. You must have already guessed the book that I’m reading. It is none other than The Google Story by David Vise.

The curiosity to know more about Google has got me to begin with reading one of the best books about Google that must have been published till date. And I bet, it’s going to be an amazing experience reading through the story of Sergey Binn and Larry Page innovating a tool that empowers billions of people to find what they want, with a click of their mouse.

Google simply rocks. I am an avid Google fan and just love the plethora of services that they provide all of us with. Whether you are a dancer or a detective or a plumber or a SOHO Businessman or an IT Professional or a doctor or a webbie, you are bound to visit Google if you are on the Web. Google has evolved from just a search engine to “The Lord of the Internet” and has never looked back since the launch of Adwords and Adsense, the pillars that build up their powerful advertisement system, now used by thousands of people all around the world.

Google has clearly hit the bull’s eye with their simple and textual, but yet, highly effective interfaces, may it be their Search, or the revolutionary Gmail or their text advertisement concept.

Bottomline: Simplicity is always bound to work until you effectively present what you want to, in the minimal amount of space.

While Google continues to make our lives easier, if you want to explore the vast collection of Google services, just get on to their homepage and click the more>> link. Apart from all the other superb services, you’ll find a link to Google Labs. You’ll find all the Experimental projects Google is currently working on right here for the visitors to check out. Google Labs graduates include Notebook, Google Docs, Google Video, iGoogle and so many other cool tools.

So, if you gotta enhance your experience on the Internet, I bet the best way do it is by using Google’s services to the maximum possible extent that you can. Any takers??