Category Archives: Google
SANE 2004
After a weekend spent showing Geoff around Amsterdam, we’re at SANE 2004 for the next 5 days. We’re currently in the Black Hats tutorial, which rather amusingly started with a number of examples of how you can use Google to … Continue reading
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Sold!
So, the expiry of the 15 day lock-up period finally occurred and we were able to sell 5% of our Google shares today. It was quite a relief to finally be able to take a bite out of the carrot … Continue reading
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It’s another media feeding frenzy today. As I left work to go to lunch around noon today, I noticed the van of a news team parked on the verge of Amphitheatre Parkway. They were setting up cameras and erecting a … Continue reading
Financial Advice
I was lucky enough to be able to attend a talk today by Burton Malkiel, esteemed author of The Random Walk Guide To Investing and A Random Walk Down Wall Street. With an IPO on the horizon, my employer has … Continue reading
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Life’s a Beach
Google held its third annual party for its Engineering wing employees today. It was in the usual place, namely The Beach Boardwalk, down in Santa Cruz. I wasn’t really in the mood for it this year, truth be told. Intellectually, … Continue reading
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