Lunch at Google
Palo Alto
Nov. 2, 2007
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Why didn't I shoot a pic of Mitch, my old friend
who invited me for lunch at Google? We grabbed some Indian
food at one of the campus' 23 free restaurants and caught
up in the sunny plaza. Then Mitch took me on a tour of
some of the clever things around campus, including the hydroponic garden
that supplies food to the restaurants, the model of the X-1 private space
craft, and the free endless lap pools with full-time lifeguards -- "the easiest
job at Google, since all you would have to do is stand up in the 4-foot deep
pools." Every so often, I'd ask Mitch a question -- What did your dad speak
about when he visited from Lawrence Livermore? What types of servers do you
use now? What is your 20-percent project about? -- and he would get a little-kid
smile on his face and say, "I can't tell you that. I wish I could."
Maybe that's why I never shot a pic of Mitch: I was worried I would
somehow expose his secrets, break my NDA. So you'll have to take my word
for it: my old friend Mitch, a self-described nerd, is in nerd paradise, on top of the world,
and happy as a kid on Christmas morning.
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