Google

An inside look at Google

Monday, September 3rd, 2007
by William

Isn’t this the company where everyone wants to work at?

Inbox Zero Talk

Sunday, September 2nd, 2007
by William

I learned a lot of productivity tips from Merlin Mann at 43folders.com. Just weeks before, he went to Google and gave a presentation on Email productivity. Turns out that he’s a great speaker, and here is the video.

Gmail collaborative video

Thursday, August 30th, 2007
by William

Initially, Google asked Gmail fans to grab their cameras and a Gmail M-velope gmail to get creative. The clips from this video was submitted from Gmail users all over the world, and Google put it together in a video. The featured shots are posted on http://mail.google.com/mvideo.

Google search privacy: Plain and simple

Thursday, August 9th, 2007
by William

So you don’t want to read their privacy page and you want to know what Google’s been collecting from you, then watch this video.

Eric Schmidt Defines Web 3.0

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
by William

Watch as Google CEO Eric Schmidt defines Web 3.0 at Seoul Digital Forum.

Digg on the MAP!

Friday, August 3rd, 2007
by William

So what’s next?

digg on the map

Google Map link

Get an email when Google visits

Friday, July 6th, 2007
by William

Simply stick this piece of code into your website or include file in php and get an email when Google visits that page! Of course, change the [email protected] before you put this into your website.
PHP:

<?php
//Change the following to your email address
$email = “[email protected]”;
if(eregi(“googlebot”,$_SERVER[’HTTP_USER_AGENT’]))
{
mail($email, “Googlebot detected”,
“Google has crawled : “.$_SERVER[’REQUEST_URI’]);
}
?>

Perl:

# give path of sendmail
$mailprog = ‘/usr/sbin/sendmail’;
#Change the following to your email address
$email = [email protected];
$browser = $ENV{’HTTP_USER_AGENT’};
if ($browser =~ m/googlebot/i) {
open (MAIL, “|$mailprog -t”) || die “ERROR: Problem Opening – $mailprog!\n”;
print MAIL “From: $email\n”;
print MAIL “To: $email\n”;
print MAIL “Subject: Googlebot detected\n\n”;
print MAIL “Google has crawled : “.$ENV{’REQUEST_URI’};
close (MAIL);
}

So use at your own risk, and prepare to get spamed.

Google Has 2,000 Job Openings Worldwide

Saturday, June 23rd, 2007
by William

Yes, that many job openings. It’s unbelievable right? 2000 jobs worldwide, however, they are subject to change at any moment. By region, here are the numbers:

United States: 1,233 Jobs

Canada, Caribbean, South America: 67 Jobs

Asia: 269 Jobs

Europe, Middle East, and Africa: 388 Jobs

Google Solar Panel Project

Thursday, June 21st, 2007
by William

So there is the Google recharged car, well, now they got the panels ready!

Google Solar Panel Project

Here’s a picture of Google plex, now roofed with solar panels!

“In October 2006, Google announced a commitment to solar energy production and launched the largest solar panel installation to date on a corporate campus in the United States. Google has installed over 90% of the 9,212 solar panels that comprise the 1,600 kilowatt project. Panels cover the rooftops of eight buildings and two newly constructed solar carports at the Googleplex (check out this fly-over video).”