Day: December 8, 2005

Quick post before I leave for home… Gmail now supports RSS feeds, aka “Web Clips”. It’s nice to see this addition. Read more about it here.

It’s the 21st century, and with it has come some new ways of doing business. Google is showing that big billion-dollar businesses do not have to be bureaucratic. Google’s setup a sort of mini-democracy, where every employee has a say in how things are done. They are more concerned about the well-being of their engineers, than they are about their bankers or money managers. The CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt, has put together a summary of the way things at Google are done.

1. Hire by Committee
2. Cater to their every need.
3. Pack them in.
4. Make coordination easy.
5. Eat your own dog food.
6. Encourage creativity.
7. Strive to reach consensus.
8. Don’t be evil.
9. Data drive decisions.
10. Communicate effectively.

Hat tip: ForeverGeek.com

Not sure how this slipped under the radar, but on 11/18, Microsoft released ActiveSync 4.1 for synchronizing Windows Mobile devices with PCs. You can snag it here.