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A proposal for Shared Dictionary Compression over HTTP
September 9 at 11:08 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
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Very glad to see this published. - DeWitt Clinton
The link to the paper: http://sdch.googlegroups.com/w... - DeWitt Clinton
the ppt says 40% compared to gzip, which is really great. - Christian Sonntag
I like this. I'm kind of confused by the domain/path part though. I was about to complain that they were copying the problematic Set-Cookie header, but then none of the examples actually include any kind of path or domain info. It would also be nice to require the content hash in the dictionary url to eliminate any update or caching questions there (new dict requires new url). - Paul Buchheit
I would also like a variant where the client simply says "always sdhc" and the server simply picks the best dict and includes the url of the dict in a response header. This would occasionally increase latency a bit (if you didn't have the dict), but it would be easier for the client to implement because you would cache the dict the same as any other resource and not have to think about keeping a list of candidate dicts. - Paul Buchheit
Also, why not allow differential vs a previous etag? It seems like a straightforward extension, and of course servers would be free to ignore it. - Paul Buchheit
Paul, as written the client sends a hash of each dict, so if the server send a get-dictionary, that means the client's dictionary is stale - Casey Muller
Yes, when everything works, but if you have several servers and they get out of sync, or maybe there's a dumb cache in between, it will cause problems. In general, life is much simpler if new content gets a new url. - Paul Buchheit
Yeah, definitely. It also doesn't help that Example 4 in the doc is wrong, since it still has a get-dictionary in the server's response - Casey Muller
How many servers actually use gzip? - Brian Sullivan
Yes, gzip is inexcusably unused by many sites, but many of us do use it and it makes our sites faster :) - Paul Buchheit
Paul -- any statistics on use that you know of? - Brian Sullivan
I guess what I'm really looking for is to have the protocol simply say "this page is a delta of X", and X could be a previous version of the page, or it could be the URL of a site-specific dictionary. That would make it very nice for feeds or feed oriented pages obviously :) (and that includes a large fraction of the non-search content, such as news) - Paul Buchheit
HTTP rsync encoding? http://rproxy.samba.org/doc/pr... - Mark Trapp
yeah, "delta" or "patch" on the client side would make a real impact. - MikeAmundsen
It depends how you measure it Brian. I don't know what fraction of sites, but I think most major sites support it (Google, CNN, Facebook, and FriendFeed, for example), so a large fraction of pageviews are compressed I expect. - Paul Buchheit
On ground this looks so simple, that I am amazed that nobody thought of that before. - Varun Mahajan
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The GOOG->MSFT Exodus: Working at Google vs. Working at Microsoft
June 29 at 8:57 am - Link
I commented on Dare's blog on this: http://www.25hoursaday.com/web.... Between the blog, Reddit and FF, I'm not sure where to put a comment. Welcome to Web 2.0. - Joe Beda
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What's cool (IMHO) is how passionate employees are about defending their respective companies. I have no doubt that the resulting conversation and its impact are among the healthiest ways to grow as a company. - Dimitri Glazkov
I'm still seeing a ton of brain drain out of Microsoft. Had some more smart people I used to know when I worked there telling me they have had enough and are going to leave soon. - Robert Scoble
Robert, anecdotes (like statistics) can be used to justify any argument. :) - Dare Obasanjo
Well -- anecdotes are all we have here. Outside of the various HR departments (and they aren't talking) there is no real hard data here. "Recently I’ve been bumping into more and more people..." All I can talk about is my experiences as I've worked at both companies. - Joe Beda
Dare blames terminal "startup-itis" for the devaluation of experience and process at Google. But it looks like an over-attention to consumer products may also play a part. Helps explain their slow progress with enterprise penetration. - Sprague D
Sprague: oh, please. Enterprises just don't change directions very fast. Heck, go look at a counter at Hertz Rental Car. They are still using a DOS app. Microsoft's #1 problem isn't Google: it's getting Enterprises to adopt its new stuff. - Robert Scoble
Dare: well, I wish you'd focus on making my wife's blog faster. She's always complaining about how slow it is, and just now it forced me to enter a Passport password just to get in and see her blog. Damn, I wish she'd change to Wordpress. - Robert Scoble
Robert, I work in an enterprise (a big one) and Microsoft has little problem getting the ear of IT and Ops managers to pitch new solutions. They have a track record. On the other hand, we met last week with an account manager from Google to discuss their solutions to some of our challenges and their solution to every problem was... search (the enterprise search appliance). Not credible. - Sprague D
Sprague: yeah, that would get me to kick that guy from Google out of my office too. Amazingly lame. - Robert Scoble
Robert, I'm sure there are people working on improving the performance of Spaces in their next major release. SinceI don't work on our Web properties I can't help you there. However I'll be sure to mention that Robert Scoble keeps nagging me about Spaces perf everytime he encounters me in comments across the internet to the Spaces devs when I'm in the office on Monday. I'm sure this will push it to the top of their priority lists. ;) - Dare Obasanjo
Funny. this seems to be a frequent topic these days. I had similar conversations with folks last night at the @garyvee drinkup. Still deep divide between Orange and Blue badges at MSFT. My bro in-law works in the Office group. Horror stories. Political BS, people being forced out of orgs. That was reason I left back in 1999. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg via NoiseRiver
Dare: Wrt you not working on web properties -- I think this is the source of some of the disconnect. Developing services is *very* different from developing client apps and platforms. Those difference permeate every part of the company and imply various strengths and weaknesses. (Enterprise is a great example) When working on web properties, thinking in terms of "next big release" is very rare. Most often, the changes are much more incremental. - Joe Beda
Joe, I haven't worked on client apps or platforms in three years. I work on Web platforms that support Web and client apps. So my perspective is primarily from a Web perspective. I have no idea what goes on in Office, Windows, DevDiv, etc these days. - Dare Obasanjo
I liked Dion's polite reply post about getting back to tech discussions. For example, earlier this week Google rolled out OAuth support for all of its Google Data APIs, which is a good thing for OAuth and for people that want to make mashups in a secure way. - Matt Cutts
Dare, are you working on internal platforms or stuff that needs to be installed on customer's machines? That is probably the biggest difference. When you are talking about code for an internally hosted service vs. code that is shipped and supported. My mistake: client apps/platforms is probably too narrow. I think that many people underestimate the difference in software and process between running a service and shipping code. - Joe Beda
Joe, I don't work on customer facing stuff. I work on Web-based platform services which are used by Web apps (like Spaces and Hotmail) and client apps (like Messenger). - Dare Obasanjo
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wow... - Arjun
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Ammonite Washbasin | Bath | Home
Ammonite Washbasin | Bath | Home
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Coolness factor +1000 - Ross Miller
So, you wash your hands under the spigot (which is annoyingly set back), and then a trail of dirty soapy suds slowly winds its way down the spiral, so you have to run a gallon of water when you're done just to wash it all away...? And if you, say, spit into the sink after brushing your teeth, you'll probably splash places the spiral-trail of water never actually reaches at all, and then you'll have to take a washcloth and clean your sink basin. - ⓞnor
ⓞnor has a point... - Voyagerfan5761
woooha! - ※Fu※
I have a feeling kids of all ages would be dropping coins, balls, etc in there to see them roll down. - Christopher Sacca
this is art, not function. - Russellreno
If it's art, why pretend it's a sink? Why not just make it a pretty fountain somewhere, and not bother with things like a faucet handle? (Similarly, I never understood why so much ornamental pottery is trying to be a bowl or a cup or a vase. Nobody's ever going to eat out of it or put flowers into it, why limit yourself with the false pretense of functionality?) - ⓞnor
If you're going to have a sink in a guest-accessible bathroom, it might as well be something that looks nice. Yes, it's not terribly practical, but so what. Yes it's going to need some extra attention when cleaning, but so what. Someone who has an awesome sink like that is likely to have a housekeeper. @ⓞnor: It's not that it's EITHER a sink OR it's art. It's BOTH. - Cyrus Lendvay
In my view there's a balance between form and function. People are often willing to compromise on functionality in exchange for aesthetic enjoyment. This is true everywhere. 'Getting it done' and 'Feeling good about it' are always goals and in some objects those goals compete. I wouldn't want every sink to have such a focus on aesthetics, but if it was a sink in an environment where the aesthetic experience was more important then it may be a valid tradeoff. - Kevin Fox
(off-topic-friendfeed-gush): man, i love that ff can spark a heated debate with a picture of a sink! - Trent Olson
I love what you can do with concrete, although I prefer the hard lines of a ramp sink like we're doing in our downstairs bathroom: http://www.concretenetwork.com... You can embed stuff into concrete also, but I haven't thought of anything cool yet. - Chris White
I love this sink. Our ordinary sinks look pretty nasty if you don't wash them with a sponge pretty frequently, and I seriously doubt we're washing our hands or brushing our teeth in an unusual way. - Jason Wehmhoener
why can't i be rich so i can get all these cool things? - Chris Harris
@Chris Harris: Build one. Concrete isn't very expensive. We built our vanity out of a console table from Pier1 and a home made bowl from Ebay. It looks like we paid $2000 for the whole thing, but our cost was <$250. - Cyrus Lendvay
Kevin: Fair enough; mostly I was responding to Russellreno, who seemed to be saying that it wasn't legitimate to complain about functional deficits. I think it's legitimate to point those out, and also perfectly legitimate to say "yeah, yeah, but it's *so pretty*!". - ⓞnor
That's probably no fun to clean... ;-) - Justin Santamaria
I do think it would be great to have this one in the guest bathroom. Great conversation starter. - Russellreno
Chris, your concrete sinks seem pretty and functional. I like the way embedded leaves look on pottery, but on a sink it would be hard to burn them out and they probably don't match the theme you are going for. Mirrors are always handy in a bathroom, but easy to make a space go from classy to tacky. - Clare Dibble
Don't care if it's hard to clean. I have a thing for spirals. And for cool stuff. And for art. DO WANT. - Lindsay Donaghe
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Full text: An epic Bill Gates e-mail rant
Full text: An epic Bill Gates e-mail rant
June 24 at 7:58 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
"I am quite disappointed at how Windows Usability has been going backwards and the program management groups don't drive usability issues. Let me give you my experience from yesterday. I decided to download (Moviemaker) and buy the Digital Plus pack ... so I went to Microsoft.com. They have a download place so I went there. The first 5 times I used the site it timed out while trying to bring up the download page. Then after an 8 second delay I got it to come up. This site is so slow it is unusable. It wasn't in the top 5 so I expanded the other 45..." - Paul Buchheit via Bookmarklet
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This email nails it. So I wonder, if Bill Gates knew and experience the flaws of his own product in 2003, why no action has been taken to improve it? The Microsoft website is still a mess and Windows is still Windows. - fbrunel
"I reboot every night," Priceless... - Christian Sonntag
Christian, I noticed that, too. But it's strange. I never reboot XP, just put it to sleep at night and it works perfectly. - Sprague D
This is real? I can't believe this is real. This is like every user experience with Windows ever: if the Chairman of the company who makes the software has the problems (and is pissed off about it), and most of the issues he's talking about haven't been fixed after five years, 1) how much power did Gates really wield, and 2) what the hell? - Mark Trapp
http://www.betterdesktop.org/ - If Bill Gates actually sent mail like that every day, there is no way Windows would work the way it does now. Want some cool insight on usability - check the link out. - Tim Hoeck
Pwned! - Ashwin Bharambe
Here's another article about Microsoft executives and their troubles with WIndows: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03... - Gary Burd
I'm sure it's real, this is classic BillG. But getting flamed by the CEO is one thing, actually making a giant complicated mess of an organization and a giant complicated mess of an operating system work in a nice simple way is hard. - ⓞnor
If he truely sends emails like this every they, then I think they are falling on deaf ears. - Ryan McCutchen via twhirl
And Gates should be praised for actually USING his products. Some executives don't. - Ontario Emperor via fftogo
I respect Bill Gates a lot more for reading this. Now all they have to do is do something about it. - Stuart Woodward
@stuart: They did fix some. Try going to microsoft.com and downloading movie maker via downloads. My main annoyance was two pop-ups, one for silverlight and another for a survey. The e-mail is from 5 years ago. - nadim
You see I wouldn't call that a 'rant' or even as Gates titles it, a 'flame'. It is simply honest, constructive criticism echoing the valid concerns of thousands of end users. More power to Gates. What concerns me is that Microsoft have senior people in place who are unable to discern that. This quote is just brilliant 'So they told me that using the download page to download something was not something they anticipated.' You simply could not make it up. - Andy C
I wonder what he thinks of Windows usability in general. I feel it's getting worse. - Philipp Lenssen
@Stuart Woodward I completely agree with you. I'm a Microsoft solutions architect and my respect for MS has just leapt ten-fold - Jonathan Nguyen
it is good to know that Gates has similar issues as me... to bad for him he can't ditch MS for Linux or Mac like I did. - nick carrasco
I'm not entirely sure this email is genuine - but even if it is almost every issue raised has been dealt with... if it was even true in 2003. As someone who uses and supports Linux, OSX and Windows Vista systems both personally and for clients the simple reality is that Vista is a good desktop OS and Server 2008 is a SUPERB server OS. - Soulhuntre
I am not sure how Linux and OSX have better usability than windows.. not the case for me and a lot of people I know.. - Adriano Gonçalves
@Soulhuntre - It's real. What people don't understand is that it's his *job* (okay it _was_ his job) to send emails like that all day. - Jordan Hofker
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Google Code Blog: Google I/O recorded sessions now posted
June 12 at 11:18 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
It's up -- all of the Google I/O sessions. Which were your favorites? - DeWitt Clinton
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Bruce's "Surprisingly Rockin' JavaScript and DOM Programming in GWT" session was one of mine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... - DeWitt Clinton
And a link to the whole playlist on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/view_pl... - DeWitt Clinton
And a great take on Ajax and the open web from Alex Russell: http://sites.google.com/site/i... - DeWitt Clinton
Even Faster Websites with Steve Souders was a good one. - Frankie Warren
Great resources! - Kevin Cearns
Pageview_Limit_Exceeded once you click through. Oops! - Tony Ruscoe
At the end of Marissa's speech she says Google needs to do a better job of listening to/working with developers. It will be interesting to see what they do with that, IMO they could learn a thing or two from FF. - nadim
@tony - Apparently you all liked it, you really really liked it. Getting that fixed as we speak! - DeWitt Clinton
@nadim - I agree, we'll always have tons to learn from developers! Start a thread in the Google Code room (http://friendfeed.com/rooms/go...) with some of your favorite suggestions? - DeWitt Clinton
@dewitt - will do, after giving some thought to what my favorite suggestions are. - nadim
Pageview_Limit_Fixed_Now - Scott Johnston
When I click through, it takes me to a login page telling me why I should sign up for Google Sites… - Amit Patel
Meh. That's been happening when users aren't signed in, though it is set as world readable. Let me see if I can stop the login page from popping up. - DeWitt Clinton
Just watched Effective Java by Josh Bloch. Sweet. - Elias Torres
@eliast - Have you picked up the 2nd edition of the book yet? - DeWitt Clinton
Not yet, but I was waiting for it to be out and this video told me is out. - Elias Torres
Best Practices for Spreading Your App without Ruining the User Experience is a win. :) I love this quote: "If you behave like a disease, people develop an immune system" Someone needs to tell that to the app devs on facebook. - Erica Baker
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reads like it came straight out of Catch 22. - Thomas Hawk
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"San Francisco is filled with distractions. There are always crews tearing up the street, trains that are delayed, buses that have broken down, homeless people begging, friends having parties, and so on." - Jeremy Zawodny
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Bye. - Jay Tannenbaum
Doesn't that complaint apply to any city worth living in? - Adam Kazwell
I'm going to Washington DC next week. Should be fun to get out of "superficial" San Francisco. - Robert Scoble
Well Kendall Square is the reason why Cambridge is the only city I'd consider outside of my west coast preferred troika of Seattle, SF and San Diego (in that order of preference). That said, I found Aaron's reasons puzzling, but different people are different people. - Deepak
The thoughts are obviously very personal preferences expressed publicly. I feel the same way about big cities in general - great to visit, but I have no interest in living there. I enjoy smaller city and even rural living, likely due to my upbringing in a small town. Big cities have no appeal to me. - Jeremy Hall
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Patterns for Designing a Reputation System » Yahoo! User Interface Blog
Patterns for Designing a Reputation System » Yahoo! User Interface Blog
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I read through this the other day - fantastic deck. Lots to learn from here. - Brian Glick
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Inspirational Jesus Sports Statues - Geekologie
Inspirational Jesus Sports Statues - Geekologie
June 3 at 11:13 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
"Hrrm...interesting. Well I know exactly what you're thinking, and you're right, they forgot to make a "Jesus and little boy playing Halo online" model. Hopefully that's one they're working on. Now you know how much I hate to get all religious, so I'll just say this -- Jesus was on my swim team in grade school and I think he may have cheated. For one, all he ever did was run on water -- which is not technically swimming. And secondly, it was the 10-12 age bracket and he was like 30 and had a beard." - Bret Taylor
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JC helps with all ... these are kewl! - romerotron3000
Now the kid tackling Jesus... Does he go to hell? - Chris Reed
If I were to play ball with Jesus, would he let me win all the time? - Thomas Brox Røst
he is not exactly dressed to play baseball.... :-) - Baard Overgaard Hansen
that is frightening. - Sean Hanna via twhirl
Tacky - RAPatton
I can't figure if this is serious or a joke. The latter I hope. - Brian Sullivan
Unfortunately, there is a huge "Christian" branding effort out there. It's disgusting to me, and I'm a Christian. Look hard enough, and you'll probably find Jesus underwear. Might even find Jesus condoms. It's the same as green-washing to me. Unethical businesspeople found marketing buzzwords and gimmicks that sell, and they're exploiting them. - Raoul Pop
weird - Michael VanDervort via Alert Thingy
Yikes. I'd love to find some of these to photograph. My Jesus Christ set on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/t... - Thomas Hawk
@Brian After viewing the source site, I'm afraid it's actually serious. - Daniel Shaw
I like this. Jesus is pretty cool and I don't think he minds - Elliott Ng
Jesus is way cool. - Thomas Hawk
Ironically, I suspect many people would have a real problem if someone that looked and dressed like this was coaching their kids. - Andy Roth
Andy Roth: :) - edythe
As much as it pains me to say it, but I think Jesus is trying to "round third base," as they say, in that golf miniature. - Mark Trapp
@Raoul I hear ya - Shey
Jesus is just all right with me (but he's got as much a hand in helping you swing anything as I do) - Michael W. May
On further reflection: Jesus needs to choke up more on that bat. And is that girl seriously trying to tackle Jesus? Doesn't she know He went all-conference last year? - Mark Trapp
Incredibly strange but also rather entertaining! How many yards does Jesus usually rush for? - Nicholas Kreidberg
That robe would get in the way, but he would be awsome on a flooded field. - Russellreno
omg, I've had the hockey one for years at work. Lauren got it as a gag gift for ray, who hates gag gifts, so I ended up with it. - Misha
Believe it or not, I actually have one of these on my mantle right now. It is of Jesus tearing up the slopes on skis: http://flickr.com/photos/sacca... - Christopher Sacca
That rocks Sacca! - Hutch Carpenter
why is it I'm not offended, and yet I think this isn't funny either? kind of ignorant and already done. Buddy Jesus... already done - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ
where do you even get one of these? - Sean Hanna via twhirl
This belongs on gadgets for god at ship of fools: http://www.ship-of-fools.com/g... - Jeff Quinton
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This shows how to build counter in a way that makes sense with BigTable.. AKA "what no count()?" - Dion Almaer
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“If you could drop just one thing down to a tribe that has never been touched by civilization, what would you send?”
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My answer: A solar-powered Chumby with satellite uplink. - Kevin Fox
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absolutely nothing - Bwana McCall
Textiles they've never seen - Todd Jordan
A solar powered DVD player with one DVD: http://www.amazon.com/The-Gods... - Ranjit Mathoda
myself - Jaimini
toothpaste. ever seen some of those national geographic specials? wow. - Jeremy Toeman
I think the fact of a giant metal bird flying over would have traumatised them enough already. Civilisation has a pretty good abiility to destroy native cultures, even when it's not trying to. The whole area should, in my opinion be turned into a no-fly zone. - Slippy Lane
Robert Scoble - Mike Doeff
The best answer is "Nothing", but I still might drop chocolate. - Cyrus Lendvay
Satellite Radio - Jigar Mehta
No wait, I got a better answer than chocolate. A wireless microphone... with a hell of a range... and somehow solar powered. - Cyrus Lendvay
@Mike FTW. - Kevin Fox
a huge monolith - Alexander Falk
Not a bottle. I saw the movie. - Seth "Seth" Gottlieb
Hugo? - Rick Powell
A time machine. - Jason Wehmhoener
I would let them be. - Chris Rossini
Coca Cola! - Mack D. Male
Picture of New York City - Hutch Carpenter
Jeff Probst? - Kevin Fox
A warning. - Akiva Moskovitz
toilet paper... - Pokai
A yacht. - Mo J.
A blanket with small pox. (Wait... Has that been done?) - Louis Gray
Ryan Seacrest .... or Chaptstick. - Erin
porn - Tyler Gillies
Nothing, anything that might have any meaning to us, would be meaningless to them at best, and damaging/deadly at worse. - Grant Bierman
brian boitano - Kingsley Joseph via twhirl
New Mexico Pinon Coffee - Chuck Boyce via twhirl
Peeps - Jason Kaneshiro
or rather, what would brian boitano do? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B... - Kingsley Joseph via twhirl
I would give them a mirror, that orange paint seriously! How can they think that helps them when they are out hunting. It would be like Barney the dinosaur hiding in snow! - Joe Dawson
A nuclear bomb? - Akiva Moskovitz
Dean Kamen's water purification device - Ranjit Mathoda
a white flag. - Greg Vassallo
A note: "The cake is a lie." - Ryan Kaisoglus
an OLPC 2.0 - arsalan arif via twhirl
west texas barbequed brisket from j&m barbeque. - Jeff Day via fftogo
hillary. - Greg Vassallo
20 yr archive of Penthouse - peter
Rick Astley. - Jeremy Toeman
handcuffed Chuck Norris - Arif Siddiquee
a musicbox - Christian Sonntag
Oh come on, Arif. Everyone knows you can't handcuff Chuck Norris. Chuck Norris eats handcuffs! ;-) - Slippy Lane
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This is HUGE! Google is overriding HIPAA, taking care of that stuff for you, and allowing you to use a real way to request medical records, query if payments have been made, etc. This was my headache, and everything I did at UnitedHealth Group. Google is taking the power away from the big Healthcare companies. - Jesse Stay
Wow, I didn't know Google published an API for Google Health yet...that was fast - Susan Beebe
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Where does Google go next? - May. 12, 2008
Where does Google go next? - May. 12, 2008
Where does Google go next? - May. 12, 2008
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"Paul Buchheit, the former Google engineer who is on to his second startup now, recalls what he loved about Google's early days. "I was always so excited at Google, because I didn't know what would happen next," he says. "Then I knew what would happen next." Predictability is a virtue in the world of big business. It's just not particularly Googley." - Paul Buchheit
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"When Schmidt is asked how he as CEO balances the need for process with the less quantifiable demands of experimentation and innovation, he responds by relating the thoughts of Page and Brin. "Let me give you the argument that Larry and Sergey have made, which is, I think, surprising," Schmidt says. "They are concerned that the company is becoming too conservative. They say to me, 'We took huge risks when we had no cash. Now we have all of this cash and we take few risks.'"" - Paul Buchheit
"We've been hiring on the order of 100 people a week," he (Eric) says. "So in one week we hire more people than the people you just named." - Sanjeev Singh
are the needs of big business and the spirit of us against them mutually exclusive? - Morgan via twhirl
Let's see how many of these start-ups will be bought back by Google later on :) - Philipp Lenssen
Eric's quote is frustrating both because it presumes that more people equates to more execution, and that people are fungible, so losing 100 people is immaterial because you just hired 100. Of course Eric realizes the importance of experience and institutional knowledge. It's just sad to see him try to spin it. - Kevin Fox
I agree Kevin, though I think too often people seem to focus on the absolute number of people leaving Google, which is silly when you consider that any organization of 17,000 people will have a significant number of people leaving all the time, and there's nothing wrong that that (on it's own). - Paul Buchheit
How come nobody comments on the people who leave other companies to join Google? - John Mueller
John: I think a year or two ago everybody did just that -- when massive numbers of people left other companies to join Google. - Ole Begemann
As I suggested on Phillip Lenssen's recent blogpost (and certainly not blaming him here), I really really really wish that everything in blogosphere and MSM wasn't so win/lose, black/white. ZOMG... Google is God! Google is conquering the world! ZOMG... Google is falling apart. ALL their great engineers are leaving! Bah - Adam Lasnik
I agree Adam. Unfortunately I think it may be the case that such articles simply don't get as much attention, and therefore in order to be successful you have to tell a more win/lose story. - Paul Buchheit
Google themselves posed in very black and white terms in their beginnings, and in a way, they are still judged by their own words (e.g. I'm counting 9 occurrences of "unusual/ not conventional/ unconvential" in the IPO founder's letter). The CNN article was actually quite balanced I think, though yes, it does suggest some kind of trend it seems, and it's hard to tell from the outside if this is really a trend or just noise... - Philipp Lenssen
Paul, very true. Philipp, agree with you on the first point to some extent (plus we've certainly played up our food :D), but I don't sense an internal "way less cool" trend... certainly nothing to match the outside rhetoric. - Adam Lasnik
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I am drawn to Google profiles like a bee to honey, it is kinda crazy how I get excited about reading them. Anyone else feel the urge to read any profile about the company> - Caleb Elston
Caleb: Yup, mentioning Google is like sprinkling fairy dust on it. To me it makes it magical and wondrous. - Vince DeGeorge
Keep in mind though that when Google hires/hired 100 people a week, it wasn't all Eng and Product. Google is actually severely understaffed in certain departments (you just don't really hear much about them...) that may actually hinder the company from scaling and moving faster. - Jennie Lin
I hardly think Schmidt is spinning. Sure, holding on to a good person you have is even better than hiring a new good person. Hell, say it's twice as good. The problem with the story told in this article is that it is: "Google hired 1000s of people last year. But wait, 6 people left. Whoa! Trouble." To their credit, we can assume a bunch more people left, but it's hard to see this as surprising or anything. - j1m
I highlighted the comment not because of spin, but because it doesn't make existing employees feel valued. It's like saying, "go ahead and leave, I'll have a replacement tomorrow". - Sanjeev Singh
you can tell they still value employees, sometimes they even threaten to TP peoples houses... :P - bob
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everything repeats and repeats and repeats - read http://www.jwz.org/gruntle/nom... - silpol
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