I was rereading my Wednesday post and realized, there is one company that I do get a little doe-eyed for – Google. But for good reason (in my mind).
They just keep giving and giving and all they seem to want in return is data (which I’m clearly more than happy to provide). Yes I know, they’re supposed
to be evil – stealing our data and using it against us in their plot to over throw the world. But frankly, if Google’s aspirations are to dominate the world, how bad would that be?
Everything would be free and open-source (commie bastards), and work really well. Frankly, I’m having trouble seeing the downside.
With that in mind, I came across this cool new way to browse Google Reader –
Google Reader Play.
This clearly ties into the whole social sharing initiative they’ve been pushing hard with stuff like
Google Buzz. GR Play is a total time waster, but - as its name would indicate – it’s fun.
Basically it distills the most shareable and interesting pieces in blog posts, and makes them dead easy to look at, like and share amongst your friends. And like a pebble in a pond, the ripples feed out to everywhere (Facebook, Twitter, FriendFeed, etc.).
While I know it’s not a tablet to change the world – GR Play is still a cool distraction during your day.
