Comments on: A Dutchman at Google

A Dutchman at Google

iffley — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 17:25:53 -0800

A Dutchman at Google. His blog has some gems: a glimpse into life as an Google engineer, and a brief history of searching (going a short way into the future). Some of his projects are neat: Google talks, Google tells you the best time to visit any place. And he has a little Google joke: type "bush's foreign friends" into Google and click [I'm Feeling Lucky]

By: amberglow

amberglow — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 18:47:47 -0800

that's good....one of the perks of being inside? (and did he make out like a bandit in the IPO?)

By: fishbulb

fishbulb — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 19:17:54 -0800

Cool, thanks for the link iffley. I wish I had known about this blog sooner being that I too work at Google, though not as an engineer. Those crazy characters. And it's probably obvious, but he'd be in big, big trouble if he discussed anything regarding the IPO on his blog. Quiet period, and such.

By: Salmonberry

Salmonberry — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 20:33:35 -0800

This is nifty.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 21:26:55 -0800

Won't Google index this page soon, and therefore break the joke?

By: NGnerd

NGnerd — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 21:41:54 -0800

for some reason it said between "may and october" as the best time to visit the bathroom...man, i fear for how bad i'll have to go starting in november. As for the engineering comments i have to say he's pretty right on, and i'm not even comp sci.

By: lupus_yonderboy

lupus_yonderboy — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 23:34:12 -0800

so how many googlers ARE there here, anyway? there are at least three!

By: Jase_B

Jase_B — Sat, 21 Aug 2004 03:20:05 -0800

I don't mean to sound like a killjoy, but isn't his little trick about "Bush's foreign friends" a little bit of an abuse of power? Considering how many people rely on Google.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Sat, 21 Aug 2004 05:01:24 -0800

Killjoy.