Google and More Google

Had a look over the last few days at Google Maps (spent a whole night doing different routes and dragging the little street level man around familiar places...and unfamiliar!) Google Docs is also a mine of possibilities and I cruised through the various templates and took a sneak preview of iGoogle....I could literally live on this machine and just get up for toilet and snack breaks! There is SO much and I am astonished at the extent and variety of what is available; the labyrinthian nature of everything you go into is mind boggling.
The glorious autumn weather has meant that I've tried not to stay inside, and we had a joint Easter birthday celebration on Sunday "al fresco". A bit of a squeeze in the back garden but the roast dinner just spread round 14 people and it went OK. Loaded some pics up on Flickr if you are interested and can check out below
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ittybit/

Facebook Info Prevents Tragedy...

Saw this today and thought it was a pretty amazing story

http://www.theage.com.au/world/facebook-pal-saves-uk-teen-suicide-20090406-9tk5.html

Hopefully this young person will now get help

Networks

I was just thinking that we are all playing about in one huge network and recent developments in particular, like Twitter, have taken the concept of "sharing" further still.
Yes. Sharing has become the thing. A few observations of the week: I think Facebook, the new look, is a tad busy or cluttered and Myspace is even moreso. However, interesting to check out and I can see the advantages of having an interactive information vehicle for organisations. I do have a Facebook page and occasionally get emails and comments posted by friends. The exciting part is the possibility of finding someone you have lost touch with ...or being found!
I keep going back to those image generators as I didn't have a lot of playtime originally. They are so cool and a lot of time could be spent fiddling.
Hoping to go to the Melbourne Garden Show tomorrow (haven't been to it yet) so may find some interesting things to add to our little patch out the back.