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So far Google Now is pretty impressive. I love that it will post a reminder in my notifications before an event telling me when I have to leave to make it there

So far Google Now is pretty impressive. I love that it will post a reminder in my notifications before an event telling me when I have to leave to make it there on time based on current traffic conditions.

nickknw 14y ago
This just happened to me yesterday. I was surprised and delighted. ...Then a little creeped out. Overall I think it's great though.
necubi 14y ago
This can have some amusing results when the input isn't as Google expects. For example, in my office the conference rooms are named after streets, some of which are also cities. So when I have a 2pm meeting in Folsom, I get a notification a couple of hours before telling me I should leave soon so I can make it to Folsom, CA in time.
- jrockway 14y ago
  This also happens to me. The conference rooms on the floor I work on are named after landmarks in Manhattan. Meeting invites often say something like "2PM in Battery Park". So at about 1:30, my phone vibrates and says it's going to take 25 minutes to take the subway there. Heh.
  - shasta 14y ago
    My horse is named Friday.
    - jrockway 14y ago
      Who's on first?
- troymc 14y ago
  That's cute. Is there a way to tell Google that you mean a different "Folsom"? Google's Knowledge Graph does have a concept of name ambiguity (as does Wikipedia; it has disambiguation pages). For example, if I do a Google search for "Taj Mahal", the right sidebar shows details about the landmark in India, but below that it also offers to give me more information about the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort, or Taj Mahal the musician.
  - abraham 14y ago
    If Google new there was a conference room in a persons current building named the location of an event I would bet it would be smart enough to use that instead. Maybe as more places start using Google indoor mapping this particular problem will be fixed. Most of the errors will likely just be a lack of context provided to Google or a lack of information available in a format Google can access.
  - finnw 14y ago
    If you lived in Great Britain and typed in "Taj Mahal", it would find 100 restaurants within one mile.

nickknw 14y ago

This just happened to me yesterday. I was surprised and delighted. ...Then a little creeped out. Overall I think it's great though.

necubi 14y ago

This can have some amusing results when the input isn't as Google expects. For example, in my office the conference rooms are named after streets, some of which are also cities. So when I have a 2pm meeting in Folsom, I get a notification a couple of hours before telling me I should leave soon so I can make it to Folsom, CA in time.

jrockway 14y ago
This also happens to me. The conference rooms on the floor I work on are named after landmarks in Manhattan. Meeting invites often say something like "2PM in Battery Park". So at about 1:30, my phone vibrates and says it's going to take 25 minutes to take the subway there. Heh.
- shasta 14y ago
  My horse is named Friday.
  - jrockway 14y ago
    Who's on first?
troymc 14y ago
That's cute. Is there a way to tell Google that you mean a different "Folsom"? Google's Knowledge Graph does have a concept of name ambiguity (as does Wikipedia; it has disambiguation pages). For example, if I do a Google search for "Taj Mahal", the right sidebar shows details about the landmark in India, but below that it also offers to give me more information about the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort, or Taj Mahal the musician.
- abraham 14y ago
  If Google new there was a conference room in a persons current building named the location of an event I would bet it would be smart enough to use that instead. Maybe as more places start using Google indoor mapping this particular problem will be fixed. Most of the errors will likely just be a lack of context provided to Google or a lack of information available in a format Google can access.
- finnw 14y ago
  If you lived in Great Britain and typed in "Taj Mahal", it would find 100 restaurants within one mile.