I am not saying anything new here. From NaMo to Obama, everyone swears by the power of Google. And if you are smart enough to get a smart phone and save 22 days of time waste every year, you would also know the power of Google.
The last time, or an important time I used google to win something, was in Sept. 2008. I was part of a team activity set up by GE along the Seine river in Paris. We were teams in different boats who were sailing up and down and getting clues to a treasure hunt. The last and toughest was a question about when Peugeot Citroen closed their factory that we could see along the Seine, some time in 80's.
Nobody could find out that answer from their boats even though that derelict factory was staring at us from the bank. Well, I had an iPhone with 3G courtesy Telstra. I found the answer in about 10 sec. And our team won.
That is the trouble with google. You think you're an expert just because you could just google something and find out some factoid which you can throw at everyone.
I call you, if you are one such insufferable human, an Instant Expert Noodle. Named after the Top Ramen inventor who gave the tired factory-worker Japanese noodles that were hot, tasty and ready in a few minutes. Instant Nirvana.
But as you know, all haikus are not born equal, especially the google kind.
There is also a mystique about IEN's. They are going to replace gurus. So i call them googlus. In fact some of our new gurus are IEN's anyway.
Let me find out what place this is....
