Creative uses of Google Products
There have been some amazingly creative users of Google products and we have put together a gallery of the best ones we have come across. You can view the below examples and many more at www.goollery.org. Here we share a few interesting Google-related projects from people around the world.
Google News
Newsmap is an application that visually reflects the constantly changing landscape of the Google News news aggregator. Query or search by language, world, national, business, technology, sports, entertainment, and health. By Marcos Weskamp and Dan Albritton, San Francisco, California.
Google Maps
Appalachian Voices have created a site to bring attention to more than 500 Appalachian Mountains destroyed by mountaintop removal mining. The site contains a video series and an interactive map, using Google maps, designed to inspire people to protect mountains and help support the communities affected. By Appalachian Voices, North Carolina.
YouTube
MixTube: create and share audio playlists made from YouTube videos. Author Unknown.
Google Wave
Trippy is a Google Wave Extension that helps you plan a trip in real-time with your friends using content from Lonely Planet's. Once Trippy is added to a wave, you and your friends can actively create an itinerary and vote or comment on places to go and things to see and do. By Lonely Planet.
And here is a reenactment of dialogue from Good Will Hunting using Google Wave demonstrating how fast communication with text, images and video is relevant to people online today. By Joe Sabia.