Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Will Google take over the world? (a gen X perspective)

I enjoy using Google calendar, I have to admit. I like to be organized and nothing pleases me more (except maybe making lists) than putting things that I have to do into little calendar boxes.
Yes, Google makes its online calendar easy to use. Yes, it is unintimidating. But darn it, are we going to end up slaves to the Google universe? So many Google options, all of them easy to use and unintimidating. Will we reach a point where we can't make a move without Google - when every computer in the world crashes and then how will we edit our photos or know what we're doing that day or do our banking (I can see this being an option in the near future) or regulate our breathing? (an option for the farther off future).

So I guess this answers the question (in a somewhat hysterical fashion) about my use of Google calendar instead of using the more traditional options. I am staring fondly at my Grand & Toy paper desk calendar, much maligned by pen scratches and whiteout and the occasional smear of lunch - and I feel calmer.

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