http://blog.eightblack.com/2007/building-41/ Thoughts on sales, marketing and the internet. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:16:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://blog.eightblack.com/2007/building-41/comment-page-1/#comment-18367 School of Thinking » Blog Archive » A trip to the Googleplex with Simon Chen Sun, 03 Jun 2007 23:49:00 +0000 http://blog.eightblack.com/2007/building-41/#comment-18367 [...] As my host explained in a way I just couldn’t, the Googleplex is a social experiment. Yes, there were people riding around on electric scooters, there were people playing volleyball outside, some guy was swimming in a lap pool (with a lifeguard watching, I kid you not). And there was the food. And the kitchens. And the technology. There are a lot of reasons why Google is phenomenally successful. The Googleplex, and the attention to detail behind it, is clearly one of them. Take the tour with Simon …  [...] [...] As my host explained in a way I just couldn’t, the Googleplex is a social experiment. Yes, there were people riding around on electric scooters, there were people playing volleyball outside, some guy was swimming in a lap pool (with a lifeguard watching, I kid you not). And there was the food. And the kitchens. And the technology. There are a lot of reasons why Google is phenomenally successful. The Googleplex, and the attention to detail behind it, is clearly one of them. Take the tour with Simon …  [...]

]]> http://blog.eightblack.com/2007/building-41/comment-page-1/#comment-16343 Evan Walters Mon, 28 May 2007 10:58:39 +0000 http://blog.eightblack.com/2007/building-41/#comment-16343 Could you imagine the pressure? "What do I feel like for lunch today... mmmm, that Burger King offer I saw on TV last night looked real good... oh wait, I'm suppose to eat healthy, right, right... I'd better just get a salad"... or maybe rocket scientists just don't think like normal people. Could you imagine the pressure? “What do I feel like for lunch today… mmmm, that Burger King offer I saw on TV last night looked real good… oh wait, I’m suppose to eat healthy, right, right… I’d better just get a salad”… or maybe rocket scientists just don’t think like normal people.

]]> http://blog.eightblack.com/2007/building-41/comment-page-1/#comment-16246 Greg Marshall Sun, 27 May 2007 01:25:34 +0000 http://blog.eightblack.com/2007/building-41/#comment-16246 Wow. Not much more to say about your post. Wish I was there, and I am sure you learnt a lot to help your clients. Stuff others don't know. Wow. Not much more to say about your post. Wish I was there, and I am sure you learnt a lot to help your clients. Stuff others don’t know.

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