Doodles are a sign from the Google that the people who work there are not just some nerds with geeky behavior but actually they are super nerds with a good sense of humor. Doodling is a art to remind people like me about certain persons(important one of course). Who did some good with their time on earth, on the other hand it also tells the world what is special about the day in particular. Frankly i check the homepage everyday once (normally more than once) so see if there is any occasion i missed.
Okay so how it all started and reached up to the way it is today ?
The Starting of Doodling...
On the august 30 of 1998 when Google was just a college project situated in the computer lab of Standford. The following pic was placed as the logo of the search engine.
It was supposed to show that the googlers (though this term wasn't even created at that time) left for the Burning Man Festival (and i don't know what that is), So there may be some server down type situation. At that time there was no "Master Plan for Doodles".
But after the very positive responses from the users they started doing it on several occasions like-
1. Google's first doodler, Dennis Hwang, gave the logo an Impressionist look for Claude Monet's birthday.
And also like
If You don't know who is that guy with weird hair then shut down your PC and start banging your head in the wall.
Some More examples are as-
But the interactivity was something that was lacking from all of them. So here comes the next generation of doodles.
Doodles 2.0...
Nowadays the doodles are more interactive and animated with an abstract look as compared to the previous versions.
Some Examples are-
1. The Pacman-
This was the first of the many doodles where people can actually play the game with all its 256 levels.
2. The Barcode-
If you scan this doodle then it will show the word Google on the machine.
3. The Bunsen Burner-
4. The Chaplin Doodle-
A complete short was filmed for this doodle.
And Finally Today- 9-6-11
At the 96th birthday of Les Paul, Google created another landmark a digitized playable doodle. Its is the most interesting doodle ever it became so popular that it has been extended for one day due to its popularity. There are hundreds of videos over youtube featuring the doodle to play any song (Most Common is Stairways to Heaven -Led Zeppelin).
At Last I am Leaving you guys to with some more doodles to enjoy.
See ya next time.
