By far, the most frustrating thing about working at Google is not being able to talk much about the technology we use internally – especially the scale of some of the things we do. I’m really glad to see that Jeff Dean gave an interesting talk at the I/O conference and that, among other things, [...]

I’ve been in California for the past week and a half; things are mostly the same as last time I’ve been here, but it’s nice to meet my american coworkers in person again. Haven’t done much yet besides work and a tour at Fry’s (mandatory for every Valley visit).
I spent most of my free time [...]

This is how Google search really works
Update: well, it looks like the video got taken down for some reason. It was funny while it lasted, though.

This is a first for me. Here’s the transcript of a chat I just had with an old business contact. Edited to remove the irrelevant bits, and to protect the clueless:
XXX: you probably don’t know this, but google is a big part of the govt plan to monitor people, and google’s in the world’s best [...]

This guy reports of a funny incident that involved him and Larry Page in the Google cafeteria. It was probably spooky for him given that he’s not an employee and obviously didn’t know how Larry looked.
It’s even more interesting when you eat there every day. You see all kinds of famous people around, and you’re [...]

One of the really nice things about Google is that we have a lof of internal “tech talks” — either by our engineers or by various guests (you can see most of the non-confidential ones on Google Video – just search for “google engedu“).
So anyway, yesterday we had some nice folks from the US Copyright [...]

I got to move into my shiny apartment this monday, at Park Place Apartments (in Mountain View). It’s really nice, big, and with all the stuff needed for self-sufficient life. Having no way around it, I even got to use the washing machine — something very new for me (yeah, call me spoiled). The place [...]

Arrived safely, but with one missing bag (which seems to still be in London). They promised they will deliver it tomorrow. I will probably ritually burn that bag (it’s the second time I travel with it to the US, and the second time it gets lost).
Staying at the Residence Inn for the next 2 days. [...]

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 [...]

… 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 [...]