If Google ran the world....

I love how Google makes all my favorite programs work together seamlessly. My RSS reader, my flickr, my blogspot, my google homepage all work together in a nice fluid manner. But apparently Google doesn't own the whole world quite yet.

I was out checking the websites for many of the local attractions looking for free and low cost events to take my kids to this summer. But after looking at at each individual website and picking the events I was most interested in I had to then manually enter each event one by one onto my Google calendar. See, if Google ran the world than I would have been able to merely click the event and say "add to calendar" and bam, I'd be done! So Google, if you are listening please add this feature to your next release of Google Calendar. And you can contact me via email (which is of course a gmail address) to get the address to send me my check for such a great suggestion. Or, on second thought just send cash, in 50's and 100's please.

And while we are on the subject of Google, have you ever Googled yourself?

Nicole Miller yields only stuff about that famous fashion designer, and who was the latest star to wear a dress she designed, or which department store is carrying her line now.

But I found 4 hits of my maiden name (Nicole McLean) that were actually me!

Here is when I won third place in a writing contest Will have to scroll down to the fiction section to find my name smiling back at you.

Here is the paper I wrote for an online journalism class

Here is when I won some awards from the Society for Professional Journalists while in college.

Here is when I graduated from college. You have to scroll down a ways to find my name, among the outstanding seniors.

Google makes it look like I had quite the promising career ahead of me.....but well, that's another post for another day.

So, now it's your turn! Just for fun Google yourself. You may have to put in a few other modifiers, like a school name or a location or such to narrow down the list and find any that are actually you. And then write a post on your blog with all hits. Then leave a comment below with a link to your post. Do it! It will be fun.

My husband is excused from the above challenge since I'm sure that a Google search of Michael Miller will results in hundreds of thousands, if not millions of hits no matter how many additional modifiers you include in your search. Just one of the occupational hazards of being you.