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Google spreadsheet redux part 2 December 4, 2006

Posted by James Webster in : google , 3 comments

As expected by most observers, Google announced the availability of a GData API for Google Spreadsheets.

Now, if only my financial service providers would let my data out of their roach motels in a scriptable, schedule-able and machine-readable format, I could do something interesting with it, possibly akin to Dimewise or Wesabe.

I recently learnt (via More News) that Google Spreadsheets also has some functions for integrating with Google Finance… I wonder what sort of a Rube Goldberg-esque machine for pricing options could be built between Google Spreadsheets, GData and Amazon EC2?

Will someone give Robert X. Cringely a cigar… October 18, 2006

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…for predicting (or perhaps inspiring?) the datacenter-in-a-box (well, actually it is a shipping container). Ok, he did say it would be Google that would develop it rather than Sun but its prescient nonetheless.

Anyone care to take bets on Sun being the next company acquired by Google?

(Via Too-biased)

Spreadsheets redux June 8, 2006

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I’ve now had the opportunity to play with Google Spreadsheets a bit more and I have to say… wow.

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