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Google is young, small and agile enough to create a unique culture of Web-use creativity that feeds its bottom line. I was impressed to learn that each Google employee is supposed to devote 10% of his or her time to exploring far-out ideas. I also like the company's emphasis on developing technology first and finding an economically viable business model second. Google could apply those values by entering the spam wars. If it develops an antispam tool that defeats e-mail evildoers, Google will continue growing while furthering its philosophy...
...soulmates, the quiz was entertaining enough in itself to be worth the effort. “It would be fun to meet whoever I end up with—not necessarily romantically, of course,” Xu wrote. But, he added, “The survey was so far-out that I think anyone who managed to get through it would be someone worth knowing.” Xu’s comments echo a view that the HCS student leaders seem to have grasped fully: Datamatch is not exactly serious business. HCS President Steven M. Melendez...
...enough creative work to go around. Google came up with a formula to help ensure this. Every employee is meant to divide his or her time in three parts: 70% devoted to Google's core businesses, search and advertising; 20% on pursuits related to the core; and 10% on far-out ideas. The San Francisco wi-fi initiative resulted from someone's 10% time; so did Google Talk, a free system for instant and voice messaging. If Google ever builds that space elevator, it will no doubt be during 10% time...
...finally gave up to make some money. In the beginning, business didn't work out any better than politics. His initial venture, in energy, failed in six weeks; his second one, in real estate, took six months to fold. But in the early 1980s, Warner saw possibility in the far-out idea of cellular telephones and organized investor groups to apply for the free licenses then available. In return he got a stake in the new companies, one of which was Nextel. His friends, Warner recalls, thought he was crazy. Now he jokes, "Anytime you're around me, please...
...Americans, regardless of political party, to demand that our government be accountable to us. The Administration should stop mischaracterizing the reporting of news as attacks on the Bush presidency. William Cinnamon III North Hollywood, California, U.S. Outside the Box "Science on the Fringe" was an entertaining story on the far-out ideas of the Society for Scientific Exploration, which pursues topics like ufos, reincarnation, astrology and parapsychology [May 30]. But the persistence of belief in tarot cards, esp and the horoscopes found in most daily newspapers in the U.S. is no joking matter. Widespread irrational belief does not bode well...