Musings of an Internet Junkie

I finally consolidated my browser tabs after Google’s Reader was finally updated a few days ago. Gone is the idea of using Bloglines, hello Google Reader! With its Blogline-like presentation of feeds and its integration of Gmail so Gmail subscribers can quickly email feed articles to others without opening additional email clients, this is an Internet Junkie’s dream.

My current tabs have now been updated and my initial browser window only contains Gmail, Greader, Gcalendar, Google Spreadsheet and Writely (also owned by Google). Does anyone else see a pattern here? I can now perform all of the basic functions of the desktop online through Google’s applications. Has the browser OS (operating system) finally appeared?