1. Luisa Rossitto + Simon Hart
Information
managing your research with iGoogle
Space
Cowboy

2. Sorry
…but if you don’t like Google
you might be in the wrong place…

4. Integrates
google.com
with your
choice of
content to
create a
personalised
homepage

5. Comments

6. Huh?
iGoogle allows you to assemble small
bites of information into an online
“launchpad”

7. Online
Information is available from
anywhere, cannot break or be
misplaced

8. Information
Information that you generate and
information that you are gathering

9. You need: an account
Note: a gmail account is a google account

10. You get:
A blank canvas that you populate with
various gadgets
My igoogle page
Gadget 1
Gadget 1
Gadget 3
Gadget 4
Gadget 2

11. You also need: an idea about what
information interests you

13. my (secret) igoogle page

14. my (secret) igoogle page

15. my (secret) igoogle page

16. my (secret) igoogle page

17. my (secret) igoogle page

18. my (secret) igoogle page

19. my (secret) igoogle page

20. my (secret) igoogle page

21. my demo igoogle page

22. is for demo!

23. Project Management: Go go gadget...
• Time management
Calendars, countdown timers, “days since” timers,...
• Task management
To do lists, notepads, reminders...
• Documentation
Google docs, pdf creators, activity trackers...
• News + alerts
RSS managers, individual newspaper headlines, google news, search boxes...
• Networking
Twitter, Facebook, delicious...
You make

24. • Time management
Calendars, countdown timers, “days since” timers,...
• Task management
To do lists, notepads, reminders...
• Documentation
Google docs, pdf creators, activity trackers...
• News + alerts
RSS managers, individual newspaper headlines, google news, search boxes...
• Networking
Twitter, Facebook, delicious...
You gather
Project Management: Go go gadget...

25. Best gadgets: Information you make

26. Best gadgets: Information you gather

27. Best gadgets: Specialist health tools

28. Best gadgets: Life essentials

29. is for demo!

30. DIY health gadgets…

31. Tabs: great for

32. As a collaborative tool? Create a google
account for your workgroup…

33. Or “share” tabs or individual gadgets

34. is for one last demo!

35. Trustworthiness?
Pretty much like the rest of the internet…

36. Social element: Author profiles + user stats

37. Social element: Ratings + feedback

38. Housekeeping
May need cleaning up,
deleting or replacing.
Remember you can give
feedback!

39. A blank canvas...
• What websites do you visit in a day
• What paper based organisers do you use: what’s on your desk?
• Use the tabs (work/life, unique projects)
• Try to limit to what you will use, and not get carried away with cosmetics!

40. Gadget development…

41. Theme development…

42. A la carte… via URL
http://www.google.com/ig/sharetab?source=stb&stid=114824926056962625758d67ae71300ae797ca55534789c3eaca1

43. Thanks!
Luisa
luisa.rossitto@otago.ac.nz