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Google's Slideshow of Interesting Things

Posted by Soulskill on from the concentrated-brain-candy dept.

Kilrah_il writes "Google's Creative Labs came out with a slideshow of interesting things on the web. In the slideshow you will find 'a lot of interesting HTML5 apps, iPhone apps, visualization tools, 3D projections, art projects, creative YouTube videos, crowdsourcing services and many other interesting things.' It's basically a collection of fascinating little projects people have made and then distributed to the internet at large. Guaranteed to ruin your productivity for today. You can view it with Google Docs."

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  1. Slideshow? by bjartur · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Whats wrong with a list?

    1. Re:Slideshow? by Kilrah_il · · Score: 2, Funny

      What's wrong with a CLI? Why have a GUI? I think the presentation is more engaging and accessible than if it were just a simple list.

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    2. Re:Slideshow? by tsa · · Score: 3, Informative

      With a list you can immediately pick out the things that seem interesting. I don't want to have to click to 120 pages to find 5 that interest me.

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      -- Cheers!

    3. Re:Slideshow? by sakdoctor · · Score: 4, Funny

      Too long; Didn't slide

    4. Re:Slideshow? by Kilrah_il · · Score: 2, Insightful

      That's good for you, but most people prefer a visual representation of the objects. A list of ~120 interesting projects/sites is daunting and boring. Most people don't have the patience to read the description of each subject. In a presentation, OTOH, things are shown to you and are thus easier (i.e. more interesting) to browse through.
      Thinks Cover View vs. a list of all the albums you have.

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    5. Re:Slideshow? by IBBoard · · Score: 4, Funny

      Quick, where's the "-1, Someone let a Manager loose on Slashdot" modding option? :D

      All I can say is "Death by PowerPoint". That and "You can do good quality presentations in HTML or PDF, if you wanted - less is often more".

    6. Re:Slideshow? by owlnation · · Score: 4, Funny

      "That's good for you, but most people prefer a visual representation of the objects."

      You've not worked in a corporation and sat through powerpoint presentations, you haven't, have you?

  2. You can view it with Google Docs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    No, I can't view it with Google Docs. Apparently it requires some plugin or a cutting edge browser (but not too far off the beaten path). What the hell is wrong with people? This is content which would work perfectly fine with completely static web pages. Massive FAIL, Google.

  3. slashdotted? by martin · · Score: 3, Informative

    Oh dear we seem to have broke Google, ah well back to work then ;-)

    1. Re:slashdotted? by eulernet · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Hey, I'm quite proud now ;-)
      I got:

      The bad news is that Google Docs has just encountered an error.
      The good news is that you've helped us find a bug, which we are now looking into.

      We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused you.
      In the meantime, if you'd like updates on this and other issues, try visiting our Google Docs Help Group: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Docs

      Sorry, and thanks for your help!
      - The Google Docs Team
      RPC layer error [DEADLINE_EXCEEDED]: /CosmoStorage.Query to 10.237.134.79:8182 [DEADLINE_EXCEEDED]

    2. Re:slashdotted? by adolf · · Score: 3, Informative

      It worked fine for me right after Slashdot posted it.

      Now when I try, Firefox wants me to download some sort of zero-byte file named "view" instead of show me a web page.

      Which is cool: I didn't think it'd be possible to slashdot Google, but it seems to have happened.

      Good job, folks! Keep up the good work.

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  4. could have done both by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    they started with a list first

  5. Slashdotted - remember this moment by maweki · · Score: 5, Funny

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    That clicked with us upon Slashdot's day.

    1. Re:Slashdotted - remember this moment by east+coast · · Score: 2

      Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more,
      or close the wall up with our nerdy dead!

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  6. Google has great taste.. by greyworld · · Score: 2, Funny

    I for one am particularly impressed by the artists featured on page 44.

    Such vision, such beautiful artworks

    :D
    Andrew

  7. Re:My computer already is bootless by drcheap · · Score: 2, Funny

    Let me help you find the comment page you thought you were on.