google wins for best april fool’s joke

Posted on April 1, 2011 by bobcargill (@xkv8r)

check out this game-changing new technology from google: gmail motion

there’s even a pdf of the commonly used gestures.

Gmail Motion Printable Guide

happy april fool’s day.

UPDATE: check out the google docs motion beta guide. i especially love the spreadsheet, drawing/flowchart, and uploading to the cloud.

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5 Responses

  1. bobcargill, on April 1, 2011 at 9:33 am said:

    and believe it or not, jim west has this same setup for blogging. so next time you read one of jim’s blogs, think of him going through the motions described below.

  2. Robert C. Kashow, on April 1, 2011 at 9:34 am said:

    I’m too spoiled by theonion.com — found this sub-par.

  3. bobcargill, on April 1, 2011 at 9:41 am said:

    i liked it because it started out looking legit, then turns onionesque.

  4. Jim, on April 1, 2011 at 9:50 am said:

    i actually do all those… to keep the blood flowing! it’s almost like they were spying on me….
    ;-)

  5. oneupsmanship alert: usc’s ict makes google’s april fool’s joke into reality « XKV8R: The Official Blog of Dr. Robert R. Cargill, on April 7, 2011 at 4:03 pm said:

    […] Institute for Creative Technologies has one-upped Google, and turned Google’s “Gmail Motion” April Fool’s joke into a reality. Using a Microsoft Kinect, they took all of Google’s mock body motions and […]

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