Happy Saturday morning. I’ve just got a couple of interesting links to share.
Google Blogscoped has an interesting post with screenshots describing Google’s intranet. It’s interesting to see what the employees experience from inside the firewall.
Over at BigBlueBall, Fanatic posted statistics from an interesting study that shows 20% of all instant messages are never sent. Maybe it should be called instant hesitation?
And because it’s Saturday morning, I thought something completely different was in order. I previously posted the link to Banksy on my del.icio.us bookmarks, but he warrants more attention. And if you live near an Urban Outfitters store, they have an excellent Banksy coffee table book for sale.
Interesting to see a glimpse behind the scenes at Google. Even more interesting were some of the comments posted, apparently by Google employees. Some of them really took offense at the article and screenshots, as if it was an act of betrayal on the part of the employee who shared the images or allowed them to be taken. It’s kinda hilarious since there wasn’t really anything that provided an obvious competitive advantage exposed.
“Oh shock! Google has a way to search for employees!” I sure as hell hope they would! I think what was more interesting was how the various internal websites seemed to lack cohesion. They were clearly developed and maintained by seperate groups–it showed. That makes sense for an engineering-centric company, but at this point in their corporate life, I would’ve expected someone to step in and bring a little more consistency and cohesiveness to the system.
Interesting to see a glimpse behind the scenes at Google. Even more interesting were some of the comments posted, apparently by Google employees. Some of them really took offense at the article and screenshots, as if it was an act of betrayal on the part of the employee who shared the images or allowed them to be taken. It’s kinda hilarious since there wasn’t really anything that provided an obvious competitive advantage exposed.
“Oh shock! Google has a way to search for employees!” I sure as hell hope they would! I think what was more interesting was how the various internal websites seemed to lack cohesion. They were clearly developed and maintained by seperate groups–it showed. That makes sense for an engineering-centric company, but at this point in their corporate life, I would’ve expected someone to step in and bring a little more consistency and cohesiveness to the system.