google reader replacement

just my luck...the google reader replacement that i chose is shutting down...it looks like they couldn't scale fast enough to handle the additional users and their servers crashed last week...

http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/29/4569836/the-old-reader-closes-registration-after-months-of-hell

now i have to find another one that does not require signing in with a google account

googleplex

article about some of the services and benefits that google employees get...most people know about the free food and laundry at google, but i didn't know you could even get a free haircut...that's pretty convenient...

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/googleplex.htm

google data centers

google is starting to be more open about their data centers...maybe they were influenced by what facebook was doing...very interesting stuff, and it'll give a good idea of the amount of resources needed to run a company like google...

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2411076,00.asp

http://googlegreenblog.blogspot.com/

http://www.google.com/about/datacenters/gallery/#/

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/10/ff-inside-google-data-center/

google

interesting article about google's associate product manager program

http://www.wired.com/business/2012/07/marissas-secret-weapon-for-recruiting-new-yahoo-talent/

only if i knew some people who worked there to see what's it's really like

google internet

give me google...

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57481108-93/google-shows-isps-how-to-build-a-superfast-network/

1gbps for 70 bucks a month...pretty nice...