Google has acquired @Last Software which makes the ultra-cool and Tablet-friendly program called SketchUp. It’s a must see. Wonderfully creative engineering going on here.
Although SketchUp wasn’t designed to be a Tablet PC app (it runs on Windows and a Mac, for instance), it does run well on one. In Tablet circles it’s well known. In fact, Google’s acquisition of @Last Software may be the first–eh, or should I say closest thing to a–Tablet acquisition by GMY in recent years. Will there be more to come?
Think about it: Doesn’t Google need whiteboarding in GoogleTalk? And I don’t mean a wimpy rehash of whiteboarding. I mean something drop-dead clever, inspiring, and useful. Something that would be useful to students brainstorming over a class project or planning the next dance, or to a three-year-old sharing refrigerator-ready drawings with their grandparents, or to a Red Cross team planning its next relief effort. How about AOL? Same thing. There are lots of areas like this where we need thinking that breaks away from the QWERTY mold.