Monthly Archives January 2006

google.cn

The thing has been talked over and over again and I really don’t have anything new to add. I pretty much agree with the official statement and that’s not because I work for them, but because it actually makes sense.
I can tell you, everybody I’ve met here (including Eric) takes the “do no evil” thing [...]

Just to make it clear…

… now that I’m at Google I’m bound by a (fairly standard) non-disclosure clause of my contract, so don’t come here expecting inside details about the next great thing or anything. I’m probably going to err on the side of caution and not even talk about things that I am allowed to talk to, just [...]

Hello, Dublin

Arrived yesterday but didn’t manage to get online until now. Sunny but fairly cold weather.
For some crazy reason that I can’t understand, everybody drives on the left side of the road. This leads to strong feelings of insecurity when attempting to cross the street.
Went out last night with other freshly-arrived Googlers. One striking difference from [...]

Move status, continued

Lots of stuff handled today. Mostly done, except for minor things (like, packing up my bags). Leaving from Brasov tomorrow morning at 6:30 am.
Saying goodbye to friends sucks.

Move status

Work visa was approved today. Still lots of stuff to handle tomorrow.

Hello world!

Welcome to my new blog. I’ve had blogs from time to time before, but they all died because of boredom and lack of content.
The main reason for starting a new one is moving to Dublin to work for Google. I’ll be providing info about that here, instead of spamming the interested people with emails .