Someone who works for Microsoft has posted an internal memo detailing what the Google work environment is like. It’s apparently an interview with an ex-Googlebot and is the only entry on the blog, which is entitled Just Say “No” To Google. That said the memo is an interesting read.
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The jobs for which money is no adequate reward
Testing whale faeces is only tenth on Popular Science’s list of the ten worst jobs in science.
Charity meme
Gavin tagged me, so:
- MS Society Ireland
- Irish Red Cross
- Samaritans
- Cancer.ie – Irish Cancer Society
- Irish Hospice Foundation – Hospice and palliative care in Ireland
- Barnardos – Ireland’s leading children’s charity
- The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity – Polish Charity
- CPR For Schools Across Poland – CPRTraining
- Program of Insulin Pumps in Diabetic Children Therapy – Insulin Pumps For Children
- Non-invasive Neonatal Breathing Support – Infant Flow
- Program of Universal Neonatal Hearing Screenings – Neonatal Hearing
- American Red Cross – disaster relief
- Raleigh Rescue Mission – homeless raleigh
- Samaritan’s Purse – emergency relief programs
- St. Jude Children’s Hospital – cancer research
- Medecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors Without Borders – Humanitarian Relief
- American Red Cross – Emergency Preparedness
- AMREF – African Medical & Research Foundation – African Health Development
- DOROT – Programs for Elderly
- Feed the Children – Protect Children
- Service International – Disaster Relief
- Pujols Family Foundation – Children with Down Syndrome
- National Alliance to End Homelessness – Homelessness
- The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research – Parkinson’s Research
- Ronald McDonald Care Mobile Program – Child Healthcare
- Aids Research Alliance – Aids Research
- Wildlife Conservation Society – Wildlife Protection
- Cancer Research Institute – Cancer Research
- Second Harvest – End Hunger
- AARP Foundation – Helping Senior Citizens
- Bubblegum Club – Children In Crisis
- Autism NI – Autism Northern Ireland
- Adoption Ireland – Irish Adoption Charity
- Ireland Funds – Peace and Reconciliation In Ireland
- Dublin Simon Community – Combating Homelessness in Dublin
- Aware
- To Russia with Love
And so I tag:
Take that, Apple
A wry look at Microsoft’s Surface thingamajig, courtesy of SarcasticGamer.com:
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=CZrr7AZ9nCY[/youtube]
International Analyst
Kiss and make up
EBay has resumed running advertising through Google.
The online auctioneer pulled the ads after Google planned a party on June 14 to steal the limelight from eBay’s annual user celebration in Boston.
Of course, eBay says it was an experiment about finding effective ways of generating site traffic. The firm’s executives say this was in the pipeline for months.
Uh-huh.