0 commentsRegarding Google's S1 IPO registration statement... I've printed pages 6 - 20 and 75-90 and marked them as required reading. In the mean time, BoingBoing has pointed me to John Battelle's reaction, with summary at bottom.
Key points: Google is different. Google is long-term. Google is auctioning their stock to the public, and even the founders are selling some.
When our Arts Business class went to NYC, Williamsburg made for a day field-trip. Ethan Dougherty, Alison Delaney and your's truly brainstormed a Brooklyn version of hipster bingo on our walk off the subway.
- vintage tshirt - big glasses - converse or puma shoes - neon anything - bohemian strap bags - brooklyn band playing - superfluous scarves - mongrel barking dogs - jaded comments
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This Forbes articleFriendster frenzy has analysts puzzled quotes,
Adrian Scott, founder and chief executive of business networking site Ryze, said his 3-year-old company started turning a profit last year -- without venture backing.I wonder, do recent college graduates actively network amongst eachother? Is there room for a social networking service targeting college students who have recently graduated, or are about to graduate?
Ryze charges $9.95 a month for a gold membership that gives users advanced search capabilities and allows them to set up groups that are focused on industries or geographic areas.
This is amazing. I like Edo and Tokyo, but there are about fifteen other styles I haven't seen yet. per feedster's daily
'What is exciting about CXO Systems is the sheer size of the opportunity to arm the Global 5000 with a better way to build and deliver Dashboard Solutions,' said Busa. 'To date, CXO has built a tremendous product with patent-pending distributed intelligence capabilities, added over 1,000 users of its system, and has a very strong senior management team made up of industry executives and visionaries. I am excited to join the team and build upon the solid foundation of the past 18 months.'
Who hires lots of really, really talented coders each year?
This morning, I spoke with a Senior Recruiter for Microsoft Corporation. It was pleasantly informative (We're not hiring for any sales positions until September) and we decided that I might not have enough technical experience to fit into the Program Manager position I had applied for. My new friend Derek, of PhotoSleeve fame, was talented enough to secure himself a PM position in Redmond next year. Congrats!
I met Derek through my friend Dave Lutz. Dave Lutz spent last summer doing biological field work in the mountains of Peru. Here are some pictures that he e-mailed while on location.
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It occurred to me that my marketing professor, Dr. Sherri Bridges, might be a vision of Torri Spelling, 20 years in the future.
United States Patent #6,658,423
This is Google's patent for cleaning out their search engine database.. per comments on Slashdot
Shreepati ArcadeThis building has a residence restriction that all residents must be vegetarian. This kind of practice is not considered unusual in India.
I'll be missing a few crucial days of Beach Week in order to travel with my dad for some of his company business. The time with friends will be missed, but I don't really think I deserve a week's worth of vacation! Neither does my dad (cut to him not laughing).
Last summer, on June 27th, I chatted on my blog about Thaicom's iPSTAR Broadband Satellite System. It was my first peek into this extra-terrestrial data network, largely supplanted by Howstuffworks "How Satellites Work"Not so long ago, satellites were exotic, top-secret devices. They were used primarily in a military capacity, for activities such as navigation and espionage. Now they are an essential part of our daily lives. page. The iPSTAR satellite is important because this press release from late 2003 states:
The largest satellite ever built, iPSTAR-1 has an aggregate capacity of 40 gigabits per second (Gbps) as compared with a conventional satellite's capacity of 2-3 Gbps. It is due to be launched in early 2004.
Anyhow. Satellites and airplanes and Rhode Island are on my mind tonight.
NTT DoCoMo: VISION 2010
This is a neat vision of the future, but it's probably more like 20 to 30 years away instead of six. per Ricky
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Instead of getting a few fast computers and running them to the max, Mayer explained at a recruiting event at MIT, founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page had to make do with hand-me-downs from Stanford’s computer science department. They would go to the loading dock to see who was getting new computers, then ask if they could have the old, obsolete machines that the new ones were replacing. Thus, from the very beginning, Brin and Page were forced to develop distributed algorithms that ran on a network of not-very-reliable machines.
For no good reason I signed up to get an Indian marriage profile. "Your No. 1 Matrimonial Service Provider" has over 1.5 Million members. One question they asked stumped me: Are you a Manglik?.
Mangliks are people with Mars in their horoscope. They have to marry other Mangliks, or else they will die. Since the web survey required that I answer that question, along with whether or not I have any handicaps (and if I did, ) I guess this is a very popular belief in India! More insight from Yahoo India - Astrology.
Nick Gray WFU: have you ever used
Oddpost?
Nick Gray WFU: I think
Gmail is a lot like a very early version of
what Oddpost must have been like.
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christinaWFU: at that Malay restaurant by
the Lowes, they have Malaysian bread called Rote Canai (Roti chanai)
christinaWFU: the old man laughs at me b/c i
go there so much and order it
I told xxxxx my thoughts on possible client inclusion. So dreamy!
"It's a feature-set!"
xxxxx laughs. "Reminds me of the early xxxxxxx client. These little
boutique software companies would either- and this happened almost every
day- we'd include the feature, drop it to press, and their business was
crushed. Doomed. What are you going to do? Or we'd leave it out and
they'd do great."
How big do you think at your big company? email me, dinosaur.
I wonder what kind of.....
Oooh! CXO for MySQL. Who's in?
e-mail me.
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What if individual Amazon Associates went to GreatLengths to promote their favorite products?
The creative marketing agency moves....
outoftheTVandintoyourhandsKA-SPLAT!!
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Why must you leave us with such Treo envy?
Answer our pleas, beloved!
Geeks Everywhere
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"I hate IM because no smiley face, no matter with or without a wink, could ever represent true laughter. No frowny face, no matter if it's one, two, or three, could ever represent heartfelt sadness."
Nick Gray
Sophomore
nick gray wfu: hi
ZSR search bot: enter TITLE, SUBJECT, AUTHOR, or MORE
nick gray wfu: title A Great Good Place
ZSR search bot: 1. by Ray Oldenburg
ZSR search bot: 2. A Great Good Horse, by Dmitrius Moundew
ZSR search bot: 3. ETC
nick gray wfu: 1
ZSR search bot: call# HC321.76 J45
nick gray wfu: more
ZSR search bot: finish your lunch first
nick gray wfu: ok
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Clay Shirky ... retold the old story about Thomas J. Watson, founder of the modern IBM. "I see no reason for more than five of these machines in the world," Watson is reputed to have said. "We now know that he was wrong," Clay went on. The audience laughed knowingly, thinking of the hundreds of millions, if not billions, of computers deployed worldwide. But then Clay delivered his punch line: "We now know that he overstated the number by four."
Thought For Today
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I find in many areas that choices are made carefully. The concept of "winging it" just doesn't exist much here. What is there to wing? This is an island without resources. In the US, if worse came to worse, at least the thought could be entertained, of going it alone without trade with other nations. Not so here. It's import / export or die.
Stephen NewbernOne word: AWESOME
MCP, OEM Pre-installation Specialist
Out of college I went to work for EDS as a systems engineer developing C/C++ applications on UNIX platforms. I helped to create and maintain a public safety 911 call center application. In 1995 I came to work for Microsoft as a systems engineer (Technology Specialist).
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My hobbies include flying, singing, computers, cooking, international travel, and community service. Nothing lasts longer than seeing the smile of a child who has just learned what FrontPage® server extensions can really do!
It's early! All of the windows in my dormitory face east, so you're not going to miss sunrise. Between the dorm and the globe is our campus practice soccer field. Tonight (this morning) I'm still awake, but the soccer players are just getting started. Hopping and bopping to wake themselves up. A truck just honked - I wonder, for them?
From my car driving back I can see the players energy. It doesn't seem like such a bad idea.... In fact, I want to get out there with them! To do what? Wake up!
Live and Die by the Schedule. How great would it be?