At Play With Google

Thanks to Internet marketing guru Larry Chase for pointing me to labs.google.com--what Google calls its technology playground. Prototypes currently appearing are Google Glossary, Google Sets, Voice Search, and my favorite, Keyboard Shortcuts, for speeding up your navigation around Google.

As Google puts it, "Google labs showcases a few of our favorite ideas that aren't quite ready for prime time. Your feedback can help us improve them. Please play with these prototypes and send your comments directly to the Googlers who developed them."

Is Google a great company or what? Not only do they lap the field in technology, their rapport with their customers and their bottom-up marketing savvy is as good as their tech.