I created an iGoogle home page and suitably customised it with gadgets like map search and book search. I became carried away by adding the To do and sticky notes gadgets also. Everything was very easy, involving just a few clicks with the mouse button...
Enjoyable elements of personalising the site related to relocating the default inclusions, or closing them all together (e.g. latest YouTube videos). I deliberated over the theme for my page with such a vast array of options, for a length of time. Depending on one's mood, you might make a very different decision related to theme adoption. I think too that themes should be a reflection of your personality. So, I adopted differing themes for each of my interest area tabs. The theme I use for the main home tab is brightly coloured and stripy (as shown above).
When selecting areas of interest, the default inclusions are varied and relevant. I included business, sports, politics, film and books out of curiosity. Typically the headlines and other bits are from the US, or UK. However, some of my content is spanish. Fortunately my other half is proficient; and I have some grasp of the beautiful language.
Do you like iGoogle?
iGoogle is fun. I enjoy it for play, I'm not sure that I would access it on a daily basis as part of my recurrent online recreation, work, or continuous learning pursuits.
What improvements would you suggest to iGoogle?
I consider that the iGoogle function is designed to cleverly integrate and promote alternate Google products by way of customised, at-a-glance access. I don't like deliberate endeavors which aim to ensure exclusive use of the Google search engine, like prominently locating the search box at the front, top, centre of screen. I can't identify any specific improvements for iGoogle. My preference would be for a generic site that can be customised just as quickly and that I can adapt with a variety of non-Google products.
Would you like to work at Google?
This is a strange question indeed. I'm not sure what it has to do with Library 2.0, or 23 things... I have no desire to be located on the west coast of the USA, in Mountain View at the Googleplex Headquarters; or Silicon Valley, for that matter. We do have some friends (an English girl and an Irish guy) that live in a really pleasant gated estate golf course precinct outside of San Francisco. Leah is employed with Chevron Texaco, as a geologist. It's nice, but there is a constant risk of earthquakes. I'm more than happy to be gainfully employed in Australia!
Other themes I like include the following:
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