Three new killer apps April 26, 2004
Posted by Andy Roberts in : learning , trackbackI’ve been looking at a few new net applications very recently, and although each could easily merit an entry on its own, I thought I’d review them together in order to try and draw some general conclusions.
First a9.com which is a new search facility from Amazon. Second is gMail - the new browser-based email service from Google. Third is a combined blog, wiki and forums application called Bloki.
First up, a9.com which is a new search facility from Amazon. As with many alternative searches, the underlying engine is just good old google again, but Amazon have added two things. One thing is Search within books, which is something I was awed to discover on the amazon site recently - you can look up quotes from stuff you know you
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How do you get a gMail account if you’re not a blogger account holder? Know someone who is. I just noticed i’ve been given the chance to invite two people to sign up to gMail beta.
Andy, have read your blog with interest & have spent the afternoon adding those “killer apps” - now I have a wealth of tools at my disposal its a case of finding out which is the most efficient! Anyway, I would like to give gmail a go. I’ve posted a blog at blogger.com - http://edubloguk.blogspot.com/ How do I get my self an account?
I’ve been in regular contact with Peter Ford & there is a lot of great work being discovered out there at the moment. I wish i could post more regularly but I’m waiting for the green light on a blogging project at my school - http://www.bcpsweblogs.org/
Keep up the good work
Neil
Neil, thank for your comments. I don’t think setting up a new blogdrive gets you a gmail invite and I’ve used up my two invites on my sons. I don’t think it will be too long though, before gMail is available to the world at large,
I wonder, if pupils and staff set up independent blogs about the school, and these are more lively than the locked down official school site, there’s not a lot the authorities can do about it is there?
That’s sedition!
http://www.weblogs4schools.co.uk/mrjones/
I would like to try gmail, but nobody I know can send me an invitation. Can you spare me one?
My email: windyswonderland[at]yahoo.com
Thanks a lot.