MacGoogle! The MacGyver guys talk Google!

Chris Gruegel and Jon-Mark Bolthouse

They talked about using Google Docs. This is very convenient way to store, publish and share information. Google Docs has a “revision history” where you can see the pieces of when the changes were made. Google saves every 2 minutes.

The comment feature is nice if you don't want to edit, but just make a comment. Highlight, insert comment. Great tool for working on resumes with patrons!

Google Chrome: Voice search is an interesting feature, especially with ADA issues....could potentially be a powerhouse!

Google Fusion: combination between data and mapping. It's a very inexpensive graphical information system. Do you need to map several locations??

Chris mapped every public library in Wisconsin by importing a spreadsheet of info, and then used Google to map it. He could have people mapping butterflies or science projects, and other people can do stuff with the data.

You can also merge data. He merged congressional districts with the American community survey.

Google Picnik: online free editing service (free for the most part). Not as powerful as Photoshop, but we can offer a free service. They can download these photos and store them online.

Google Translate: translates stuff and you can listen to it! Must be careful, though, to make sure the translations are correct. You can paste links into the translate box and you can look at a page in Japanese, Spanish, etc.

Youtube editing: simple process now for editing video. Jon-Mark took videos from his phone and uploaded them. Very new feature! He cross-faded between his two videos and added music. It creates the video in real time.

Google Voice: under-utilized piece! It allows us to protect our own number. You can call the US and Canada for free. Chris called Jon-Mark and it worked pretty sweet! The reception is really good. Google assigns a whole different number, and you can decide where or which phone it will ring, or go right to voicemail. Phone tree? Great use!

You can listen to the messages on Google. You can also record voices or conversations.

Android phones have an app where you can overlay the options on top of your phone.

You can also text! Jon-Mark does all his texting through Google Voice.

Google Earth: another cool feature where you can fly a plane over cities.