Dipping into the Blogpond

Via Phil at Squash I read that Google yesterday launched one of the first country specific “official” blogs – “The Official Google Australia Blog“.

They have two posts so far “We’re up and running”

We’re proud that Google Australia was one of the first international Google offices and is now a hub for the entire Asia Pacific region. Google Maps started here, but lots of Australians are keen for more information about Google in Australia: Who works here? What do we do all day? Can we bring snakes to the office? Do we use Pigeon Rank or Kookaburra Rank?

And a post entitled Express Yourself with iGoogle.

What’s iGoogle about? Funny that I should notice when I signed into my Google account today that the personalisation I did to the home page weeks (?) ago, were in place. I’d dismissed it out of my mind, but I’d chosen one of the themes…

Apparently iGoogle reflects “your own personalisation and ownership of your homepage”. I wonder where the “i” came from, and whether it’s a global prefix?

Google are also calling for suggestions for “Aussie-specific themes” (note to all you creative types – though they’re not asking for artwork).

Definitely one to add to the feed reader!