John Paczkowski

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QOTD: Robert X. Cringely on Google

Nobody works every minute they are at work, which means the Google Geeks are constantly talking with each other, team building, bonding and goofing off. And for 20% of that goofing-off time, I’ll guarantee you that many of these people are discussing their pet projects, 99.75% of which have been REJECTED by the company.

Robert X. Cringely suggests that the company that will supplant Google is already an idea in the head of one of its employees.


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The best and brightest are usually put to work on optimisation. … They will then go forward and solve the inefficiencies, and that’s where 99% of most energy is spent on. But, at some point you run out of room to improve things, and that’s when you have to step aside and ask, can we make it different?

— Horace Dediu, in a podcast interview with William Channer

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