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A Google Story

After spending a week talking about Google in class, my fascination with the company was confirmed. This is a company that truly cares about its employees, and in turn, furnishes great products. It begins at the top and the operating atmosphere manages to filter its way down to even the lowest level employees. Meals are free, that’s a rule. Common services are provided including dry cleaning, massage therapy, outdoor athletics, etc. All available to Google employees for free. And they get util...

Choices

“A Man is a success if he gets up in the morning and does what he wants to do.” – Bob Dylan Life is a complex organism, comprised of existence, of enjoyment, of pain, and most importantly, of failure. It is a prized possession that we all live through – but it is something that we live through only once. It is unfortunate that so many live a life not of their own choosing, but of the wishes and choices of others. So often you hear of people discussing their livelihoods in a negative connota...

Life without the Internet

Spring Can Only Mean One Thing…

"It's time for Dodger Baseball!" - Vin Scully Or whatever team you follow really...

Family Became Corporate

It was only 11 years ago that family became corporate in Los Angeles. The O'Malley family, who had long-stood as the owners of the Dodgers baseball organization, both in Brooklyn and in Los Angeles, had sold the team to Rupert Murdoch and the media moguls at Fox News Corp. Family became corporate. The attitude of doing it right was lost for doing it for dollars. And the first move Murdoch and Co. made while at the helm - trading Mike Piazza towards the end of his contract to the Florida Marlin...

Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish

Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish. This phrase, published on the back of the final publication of The Whole Earth Catalog, and repeated by Steve Jobs to the Stanford Graduating Class of 2005, speaks of adventure, of failure, and ultimately, of success. Whether this success is measured in terms of personal, monetary, of professional success, can vary, and much of this measure of success is left to the determination of one entity - you. In Jobs' commencement speech, he spoke of life and death, of love...