Topic: GOOGLE - on May 10, 2004 at 5:48:00 PM CEST
The essence of Googlism
In the fifth grade, was I ever cool, enlightening my hopelessly square parents about the ways of the world. Or so I thought.
After reading through the introduction of Google's public stock filing, I now see that juvenile pomposity did not go out of style with the passing of the Nehru jacket. Sergey Brin and Larry Page have turned it into an art form. Too much has already been made of the company's upcoming IPO--and this just in the first week after filing--but the so-called owner's manual they co-authored opens a remarkable window into the essence of Googlism. So let's take a closer look.
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