The death of Google Wave got me to thinking about what all Google is into these days. Here’s a list I threw together: Keep Reading

http://gizmodo.com/5446712/google-refuses-to-continue-censoring-results-in-china

Good Job Google. For those of us who were starting to wonder if you had lost your way a bit, this is a really great thing to read about. There is a case to be made for “doing whatever good you can in a bad situation.” From an outsider’s point of view though, this seems like the move most in keeping with #6 here: http://www.google.com/corporate/tenthings.html

How many people do you know who are impeccable dressers?

How many people do you know with amazing taste in art?

How many who are witty, and wise?

How many who are well read, and smart?

If you know lots of people who are like this, congratulations. I know a few, but the vast majority I can’t exactly categorize this way. Don’t call me smug, or arrogant, I find fantastic admirable things about nearly everyone I meet if given the time.

But when I read things like this article about how google makes meetings more effective by focusing on data and not politics, I have to think about the source of the data… Keep Reading