Mama Liz's Blog: Is it me or is Google more than a little freaky?

Is it me?

I am constantly trying to improve the way AgentOwned Realty stays connected.  Following trends and trying to determine their usefulness on a company wide scale seems overwhelming, or is it just me?

Then, I had an epiphany of sorts, and can't believe that it took me so long.

For the last 6 months, I have absorbed myself in the online world trying to catch up and get ahead of the curve. And although I am usually a fast study, much of the "Cloud" alluded me.

If it were not for Google, I would have continued to avoid technology thinking it was just too much for me, I didn't have time. But here I am, a short time later, on the verge of full fledged Geek-dom.   Google gives you baby steps into its universe and before you know it, you are orbiting the center at an increasing speed.

Yes, I am saying that Google may be the center of the universe and I am only half joking.  Or maybe it is the black hole in the middle?

But I digress, back to my revelation:

Google, by providing a platform for novices to control their computer experience, also sends millions in way over their heads.

Its not a knock, in fact the opposite.

I think it is brilliant.  Give someone just enough to keep them coming back for more. Thinking, "I have to be able to figure this out.  It is not beyond me, it is right there."

But it remains just slightly out of reach.

Like an addict, you try to recapture the "ah ha" euphoria of setting up your first gmail account.

By going against "old school" business rules and opening their knowledge base to the world, the masses are drawn in by possibilities, and just keep clicking. Keep searching for the correct combination to the power that is just on the horizon.

More clicks means more exposure for the advertisers, which means more revenue forGoogle.

But the ads aren't annoying, Google has placed them there just for you. By remembering your history, and mystically intuiting your future, Google seems to know what you want more than you.  Are we reaching a new level of consciousness?  A group awareness? 

Many would fear that possibility, so reminiscent of Orwell's world, but it is possible that this is the next step in our evolution. Collective information shared freely, easily, and to all, regardless of experience, is transforming our world, and all of us. 

But, again, after hours, days, frustration- the victory and the agony of defeat, I realize that the transformation has just begun and there is so much to learn.

I head back to Google and search again.

Revolving faster towards the great unknown. 

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