Google Doodles
Playful. Informative. Refreshing. Brand power. That’s how I would describe the doodles that appear on Google’s home page. The varied illustrations have honoured countries, individuals, special days and moments in history. Early doodles, which date back to 1998, merely spelled the name Google with a sprinkling of decorative details. Now, doodles range from works of art to multimedia celebrations (e.g., the Les Paul guitar you can strum with your cursor). One of the most wildly popular doodles appeared on May 21, 2010, when Google commemorated PAC-MAN’s 30 th anniversary with an interactive doodle encouraging people to play the retro video game. Last week, I was pleased to see that Google launched an official archive for its doodles: http://www.google.com/doodles/finder . Now if only Google would let me embed selected doodles for your viewing pleasure. Instead, the best I can do is provide you with links to my favourite doodles of 2011: February 8 : Jules Verne’s...