yes - ever since Google made the decision to acquire Writely (along with beloved Jen!) - Google has been my world =)

Context

Google is a leader in search - I've been experimenting with using Google Mail in conjunction with Google Docs as a knowledge-driven coordinator.

I've had many successes finding information I needed but in some instances, I just could not find needles in the haystack esp with gmail. This is no fault of gmail as its intention is to be a communication system and this is an experiment in search at best. gmail has the fascinating ability to be a database of the future - completely distinct from the relational model we are at home with today.

I continue to experiment with storing knowledge in gmail, gdocs, this wiki, my blog, my iPhone, paper and digital mindmaps, paper notebooks & journals, and it's been on my agenda to reengage with the Personal Brain again. I am focused on using this wiki as my primary indexing tool. I have not created the time to experiment with Google Sites yet. If you have experience to bring to the table, I'd love to hear from you!

being of service

I am interested in getting a position at Google. My dream is to be placed in Tokyo and be with Mayumi

1. manage requirements at Google Docs
2. integrate Google Docs as alternative "faces" on Jot and/or related technology (note: need to eval Google Sites)
3. experiment with dance as a team-building exercise
4. support open-source efforts
5. liaison for Apple - focus on iPhone
6. assist Google community on online forums
7. organize tech talks with industry leaders
8. launch a team collaboration offering of YouTube that speaks to independent film makers
9. be an advocate for "Green IT" (see Cutter Journal, Vol 21, No.2 Feb 2008) - green data centers.
10. capture market share in Japan. provide an understanding of the mindset and philosophy behind the Internet.
11. help Enterprises understand how Google Apps help cut costs and/or restore integrity for those organizations who don't have proper licensing.
12. assist not-for-profit organizations organize (via Google Calendar) put their social efforts in existence quickly, efficiently, and globally!
13. burn on! :P

Google Mail

after being paid hotmail and y! subscribers for their premium services, it really took something for me to make the jump to gmail - the transition is done!

see more here

Japan

In case you don't know Tokyo blossoms are in the air... ^_^

• Google Revamps Japan Site
  • "Japan is one of a handful of markets where Google doesn't dominate the search market."
    • "Yahoo sites attracted a combined audience of 43 million Internet users in January versus 33 million for Google sites"
• Google Wins Japan's Mobile Net Battle
  • "John Lagerling joined the company more than a year ago as manager for strategic partner development."
  • "Government data show that Japanese are as likely to go online from a mobile handset as they are from a desktop PC"
    • do I hear iPhone?
  • "For Lagerling and his team, it was a constant struggle bridging the cultural gap. Google was lucky to have him. A graduate of the Stockholm School of Economics and the University of Tokyo, Lagerling joined DoCoMo in 2001. Five years later, he quit to go to Google. Lagerling, who is fluent in Japanese, English, and Swedish, says from Day One it was his personal crusade to work with DoCoMo."
    • this parallels my effort to want to work/partner with Apple!!
  • "In the long run, their interests diverge more dramatically. The carriers want to channel subscribers through a proprietary Net gateway using proprietary browser software on mobile phones so they can charge subscribers for services, not just airtime. That's at odds with Google's mission: to give everyone Net access and make the online experience on a mobile device virtually indistinguishable from that on a PC."