What I’m Reading 14 (and Liu’s Reviews)

The Lonely American Just Got a Bit Lonlier
AOL Said, ‘If You Leave Me I’ll Do Something Crazy’ [NYTimes article (needs subscription)]
Mother duck makes annual traffic-stopping trip
Google’s Secret Weapon
Foreign Accent Syndrome
Word.
Columbine
YouOS (still in beta)

Reviews

Sanitarium (4/5)
Google Earth (4/5): Good at what it does, needs to do more
Drama in the Ph.D. (4/5)
Blue Like Jazz (4.5/5)
Lord of the Rings (3.5/5)
Life of Pi (I forget, it was good)

Comments

  1. Tim says:

    Google’s corporate motto is “Don’t Be Evil”. Microsoft’s is only slightly different: “Be Evil”.

    Yeah, that’s not biased at all

  2. Chris says:

    Gas: Haha, you homed right in on that.

    Everyone: Just to let everyone else know, Gas is just being sensitive as usual, and probably joking; it’s pretty clear that MS bashing has nothing to do with the article…”Google’s Secret Weapon” was written by an Amazonian who said this:

    Amazon’s motto along these lines is somewhere in the middle, something like: “Do Stuff.”

    I think, even if the statement were completely untrue, the point he was making is that the public impression gives MS and Google obvious roles in the recruiting field, while Amazon has to struggle to present a similarly clear public image.

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