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A very interesting read, worth the time to see what Google's founders envision for their company and its products. Nobody can argue that Google is bringing a very different approach to computing, I love their products but it can be scary how much data they have in their hands.

I keep trying to decide if that is good or not. It is certainly convenient to have virtually all your data in one place, in the cloud, but is it smart?

Currently, I think so. At present, I am using many of Google's services:
  • Google Search
  • GMail (w/Tasks)
  • Google Reader
  • Google Docs
  • Google Calendar
  • Picasa and Picasa Web Albums
  • Blogger
  • Buzz
  • Google Voice
  • Google Wave
There are certainly replacements available for all of these but none are as convenient or cost effective. I just have to decide how much data I want in one place.
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