The Legend of Google

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I AM A GOOGLE FANATIC.† Youíll find this quite obvious in the many blog posts I have already dedicated to the subject.† I love Gmail, Google Earth, Google Apps, Google News, You Tube, Chrome, and on and on and on.

I use Google to search for practically anything out there in the ìcloud.î

Google answers not just finds

Just recently I learned that I can use Google to find not just information and materials (e.g. photos) but even specific answers to real-world questions and problems such as (but not limited to):

• the definition of the word serendipity;
• the synonym of altruistic;
• the equivalent of 90 degrees Farenheit in Celcius;
• the result of the mathematical calculation sqt(75+(5.45*83)^2/(9*63)=;
• the weather in Kuala Lumpur;
• the current time in New York;
• the map of Tokyo City;

I have a Swiss Knife and its name is Google

For most people who have access to a computer and the Internet, Google has become a daily companion, much like the Swiss Knife is to McGyver.

In my case Google has become so ingrained in my consciousness that I no longer consciously think when, where, and how to use it.† It is already automatic.† If the meaning of the word ìconscientiousî eludes me at the moment I automatically click on Google and type ìdefine: conscientious.î

Google has two dads!

Some of the most recent developments in Google tickled my curiosity and led me to do some sleuthing on its origins.

One of the most interesting information I unearthed is that Google was born with two fathers.

Two certified geeks, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, are the creators of Google.† They founded the company of the same name in 1998.† Ten years later, Google has grown big enough that even the mighty Microsoft is threatened by it.

Larry and Sergey could not have foreseen it then how their little idea with a weird name would change the world in merely a decade.

Googling a googly Google†

Is Google a proper word?† Is it a noun or a verb?

A few years back, I had a ìpuristî boss who admonished me for using the word google as a verb in one of my e-mails.† ìThere is no such word as ëgoogle,í she said.† Well I have some news for her:

Google was officially added in the Oxford English Dictionary as a verb in 2006.

As early as 2002 the American Dialect Society voted ìgoogleî as the ìmost usefulî coined word.

According to language experts, most verbs come to being when a new way of doing things couldnít be articulated anymore by current verbs in use.

Thank goodness, I can now google all I want without anybody telling me that there is no such word as google.

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