joelgibby.net » Google http://joelgibby.net I know people from the future. Ask me anything. Tell me what you know. Wed, 23 Mar 2011 02:33:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Google Patent Search http://joelgibby.net/2006/12/19/google-patent-search-2/ http://joelgibby.net/2006/12/19/google-patent-search-2/#comments Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:03:04 +0000 joelgibby http://joelgibby.net/2006/12/19/google-patent-search-2/ Google has just released (and included in the quick links) a patent search engine: http://www.google.com/ptshp

Screenshots (just in case it goes away):

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]]> http://joelgibby.net/2006/12/19/google-patent-search-2/feed/ 0 Google Spreadsheets invites using chat feature http://joelgibby.net/2006/06/09/invite-users-to-google-spreadsheets-with-chat-feature/ http://joelgibby.net/2006/06/09/invite-users-to-google-spreadsheets-with-chat-feature/#comments Fri, 09 Jun 2006 15:41:20 +0000 joelgibby http://joelgibby.net/2006/06/09/invite-users-to-google-spreadsheets-with-chat-feature/ I signed up for an invitation to the new Google Spreadsheets beta, and it only took about a day for the invite to arrive. I played around with it, saw some cool features, but wanted to show my friend what it was like. I couldn’t see any “Invite” button or functionality in the application, but I did see a “Share this Spreadsheet” link at the top-right.

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Clicking the link opens an invitation sidebar that allows you to invite others to read or edit the document:

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You can only invite users who have Google Accounts, but hey: who doesn’t have one by now? As soon as the invited user opens the spreadsheet, the sharing section changes:

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Clicking “Chat with …” displays a sidebar allowing the spreadsheet’s users to chat while editing the spreadsheet, all in real-time.

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Keep up the suprises, Google :-)

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