4 posts tagged “map”

Everybody who follows this sort of thing knew click to call features were coming, but seeing Google's implementation as part of Google Maps was still very cool.

It's so simple -- you search for the business you're looking for, click the call button, punch in your phone number, and Google connects you. Free. Easy. Google will even remember your phone number, if you like.

The other interesting part about this is that Google doesn't make any money on this feature. It's disruptive technology, but it's not tied to an ad, a user toll or a listing charge for the business. I bet the same tech will show up in text ads later, but this feature doesn't appear to bring any direct revenue.

The Moleskine City Notebook. This would be a fun thing to carry around and jot notes in and really capture my personal notes about a city, particularly a city I call home (though I know it to be highly unlikely that a Phoenix edition will appear in this series soon).

And this! The Ambient Clock.

"the clock's actual display is based on data from Google Calendar, so that events become intuitively glanceable. for instance, the background color changes depending on pending appointments, while the black bars on the outside signify scheduled activities & the small dots show the according 'drive-times'."

Oh hecky yah. The clock is still under review, and the design team is soliciting feedback. You can test drive the clock with a widget on your personalized Google homepage. Very cool.

Yep, today. I'm gonna add to this post as I find cool election stuff.

• Photos at Flickr with the "ivoted" tag. (via Kottke)
  
• Interactive New York Times map of all the races that lets you play around and see what's up for grabs and run a bunch of what-if scenarios. Pretty cool.

Where I have been, inspired by Sugah.

My world travels are simple. A long trip through eastern Canada to find my roots, a short trip to Tijuana, Mexico to find party, a trip through London to Switzerland to buy a semiconductor capital equipment company, and a trip through China to Tibet to find out about the other side of the world.

I have traveled through most of the United States without ever spending time in the Great Lakes states or the norther portion of the Midwest. I've been in Georgia, but only the airport, so I don't count that. And I really want to get to Alaska and Hawaii, but haven't had a good occasion yet.

The tools are simple; mark your territory and make your own maps. Where have you been?