I am not sure how many times I'm going key use Google spreadsheets in the way that this video from John Thomas shows but regardless of that I'm impressed. What the video really shows is that Google tools go deep: they search, they connect, they interact.
I've been trying to model the application shown but had forgotten how to make the column reference sticky with a $ thanks for that too John.
Might also say I don't think Google are done here I look forward to the day where I can use with in a spread sheet searches for relationships. The first few searches that come into my mind are:
- Wars, countries involved, civilian casualties, primary issues
- Inventions, year patent registers, major impact, formal training of inventor
- Sports, number of players in world, calories burned per hour by athletes, size of playing field
- Race, average life expectancy, infant mortality, most common religion
While these didn’t quite work out for me YET it was fun trying and not only that it made me think.
Sometimes I feel that thinking is better than having the right answer. Thinking brings us a relationship with our information.
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