Google never ceases to amaze. It always has a way of creating wows. It is not hard to imagine what a day in a Googler’s life sounds like. It must be real fun, I reckon. But anyway, that’s not the story.
Ever had the wish to relive your most memorable moments? That moment when you came into contact with a life - changing or heart - warming experience? Better still capture it on camera? One would agree that such moments are hard to come by, especially when you are living in the modern times. In these modern days, we seldom have time for other people, let alone ourselves or even family. Life is hectic everyday. The hassle and bustle of the city people is ridiculously strenuous and therefore any memorable moments that we experience, automatically become the highlight of our life at that time. We then keep these memories on our phones, tablets and computers but never get to tell the story.
But Google, probably the only search engine I interact with most in a day, seems to know just what’s right for me. I was part of a team selected to experience the Google+ Photos app on a Nexus 5 phone and Nexus 7 tablet powered by android. First, the sheer sleekness the nexus device elevated my spirit. I love little, classy black gadgets.Then the swiftness of the operating system and the clarity of display could only excite me more. I finally could relate with this device that I first heard about a couple years ago from a techie friend.
So, I set up the phone on wi-fi, log into my Gmail account and then I navigate to Google Play. Its a habit I have, downloading certain apps just before I begin to use a new phone. As I download, Dorothy Ooko, Google’s Communication and Public Affairs Manager for East and Francophone Africa walks to me and says, " you should also download field - trip too" (a navigation app from Google Play). The name sounded rather spatial, but I did not require to ask what it meant. We were all gearing up for a small trip across town to experience the nexus phone and the G+ Photos. Our intention was to interact with Kenya’s heritage through the Nexus lens. The weather was super and some convenient hospitality from our host added some caramel on the day’s flavor. It was going to be a beautiful day.Oh, and we had a tag - #heritageKE and #G+PhotosKE.
Shortly after 9.30am, we set off in the company of jolly good scribes - most of whom I have interacted with in my previous life. The thought of driving to David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, an elephant orphanage inside the Nairobi National park was all we needed on a Wednesday morning. The journey was exciting, chit chats, catch ups and subtly atrocious jokes painted the moments. We arrived at our destination half an hour later. This was our first stop in the interaction with a key component of Kenyan heritage - wildlife. David Sheldrick is heart-warming. Its the convergence of beauty, humanity and the wild. Beautiful people come to see beautiful animals. Beautiful people take care of orphaned elephants and beautiful people support the beautiful cause. Beautiful.
We entered the sanctuary alongside other visitors, most of them were foreign.we were then treated to a spectacular display of infant orphaned elephants being fed on milk. The site was breathtaking. We clicked away most of the moments and discovered our little faiths in fellow humans. I mean, we could see the beauty of humanity.
Soon, we were on the road to our second location. A location at the belly of the magnificent Nairobi City .The public viewpoint along Cathedral Road, in Community, gives you a perspective view of Nairobi. The view is amazing and with little effort, you can capture a wide angle shot of city. On the nexus device, you can capture a panoramic view and experience the reality of digital photography. Better still, you can capture an amazing view on a Google+ Photos application Photo sphere. Photos sphere creates for you a breathtaking spherical view of the skyline and enhances the display. The Nexus HD display perfects the clarity of the picture giving you a more vivid colour and ambience. With various shots of Nairobi’s skyline, my interaction with the Kenyan heritage had taken shape. Deep inside Uhuru Park, I could relate with the stories of Freedom and the fruits of independence. The Nyayo monument was a particular highlight of the day. It is symbolic of the Moi Presidency that lasted the whole of of my childhood.
Our last stop would be 3,000 feet above the city of Nairobi. KICC helipad is probably the best vantage point of the whole city. Here, you can experience the full functionality of the nexus device photography. Capturing both the panoramic view and photosphere, you can only but appreciate the the sheer magnificence of Nairobi’s skyline.
To sum up the interaction, I had the chance to re-look at the photos taken during the half day journey. The fun, the energy, the shots and the wholesome beauty of the photos is nothing less than memorable. And the icing on the cake had to be the Google+ Photos app. It had documented all the steps and backed up all the photos and was writing the story on my behalf. Dorothy explains to me that Google+ Photos helps you tell the story from your best moments so that you can share with your friends. It’s an amazing app that not only relates with you as a user, but also creates new sense of belonging. You own your cyberspace and write your memoirs in the cloud.
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