Flint for Dreams » google http://www.flintfordreams.com A Weblog of Reading, Traveling, and Starting New Businesses Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:24:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 I'm Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59 by Douglas Edwards http://www.flintfordreams.com/2011/12/17/im-feeling-lucky-the-confessions-of-google-employee-number-59-by-douglas-edwards/ http://www.flintfordreams.com/2011/12/17/im-feeling-lucky-the-confessions-of-google-employee-number-59-by-douglas-edwards/#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:51:37 +0000 Paul http://www.flintfordreams.com/?p=744 I'm Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59 by Douglas Edwards presents an insight into how google was run as a startup that differs from the monumental "Greatest Hits" Books that represent most of the other google books I have read. The book is still very inspiring and intimate. Facing a mid-life crises, it is great to watch how Doug turns from being a big company guy to a start-up guy, then leaving Google when it became a big company, though he had millions of dollars from stock options to help with a new journey.

Douglas is an English major and his writing is excellent. This is a great book. To get a feel for the content read this interview with him on Amazon.com.

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http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/finding-laws-that-govern-us.html

Scholarly. FTW.

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The techtalks have high profile people talking about high profile things and has the seminar "feel" that makes you think you are on a college campus, which is how Google's offices are usually described...anyway, they are great, just great. Kudos to Google, yet again.

Check out this video on if we currently have the computing power to understand the genetic code. Sergi Brin, one of the google founders has looked at his own genetic code and found he has a higher risk for Parkinson's!

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