In the never ending effort to centralize my information but still have it available to me anywhere I go,  I have been tinkering with iGoogle.  A user can log in and get a "home page" where they can have a variety of widgets, links (my favorite) and rss feeds.  I also have a page devoted to real estate rss feeds and the like to do my best to keep on top of what is new. 

That's were I learned Trulia got $15 M in capital recently and now I am focusing my efforts on getting my team's listings represented.  The Debbie Reed Team is located in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware which is a resort town visited by the 4 metro areas surrounding it of Washington DC, Baltimore MD, Philadelphia, PA and New York, New York.  So we market to those areas - we get alot of second home and retirement home business.

Another part of Google is Google Docs which are online spreadsheet, word processing and presentation software.  This is not a new idea.  It was been discussed by techies in the late 90's and even I said "Oh, no, I will never do that!

But now it seems like it could be a good idea.  Of course, it is not nearly robust enough to handle business - I have not figured out how to merge yet.

I am using it alot for my personal stuff and for my internet research.  I am forever reading articles and postings and I want to remember them or sections.  Being able to copy and paste into a format that I can access from any computer and my web enabled phone is great.  Waiting for someone or something, why just pull out the phone and do some more reading.

I know it is a matter of time - especially with cell phones turning more into little laptops more and more - I'll get that merge capability!

 
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5 Comments on Do You iGoogle?

JUL
19
2008

I don't use it but I've glanced at iGoogle because I have several gmail accounts and I also use google docs and notebook.  Lately I have been using PageFlakes and it's widgets, so I can get an update on everything on one page.  But I am going to take a closer look at iGoogle.
4:05pm • #1
JUL
27
2008
209,647 Points 1 Featured Post Outside Blog

Yes I use iGoogle and I love it.  I like having my reader right on the home page along with other items that you can customize.  It is very handy.
9:53pm • #2
JUL
28
2008

Linda, I have not used the reader yet but I am going to have to.
7:51am • #3
183,371 Points 13 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog

They definitely plugged this at Real Estate Connect last week and for good reason!  It's a great place to consolidate information in a uder-friendly platform and it's FREE!

Tina in Virginia
9:16am • #4

Hmm.. I have be using google calendars a lot because I can access it anywhere.  This sounds good too.
9:42am • #5


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