"That's really exciting. It would be very good for consumers to actually start using some of the server farms that many of the big internet companies have been building to store their data more reliably. It allows you to free yourself up. You're not married to a computer, you can access your data from anywhere. How you use the cloud is completely dependent on you. You can decide to put all of your data in the cloud or you can decide to put very little of your data in the cloud – it's your choice."
For example, you might want to store your own medical records at Google Health and access them from anywhere there's internet access. Mayer is nearing her own 10th anniversary at Google but for the time being has no intention of leaving. "I'm a geek and Google is a great place for geeks," she says. "I really love my job because I get to work on new problems and have new challenges each day. I'm currently working on our Geo products, Google Book Search and Google Health. They're all things I'm excited to be part of."
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First published in .net Magazine, Issue 184
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applenotmsorgoog
January 5th
6. Interesting read! I am a firm believer that the "creative class" that makes up 39% of the work force of our economy is begining to see through the tech shroud that google has been hiding behind since its rise to power. There is not enough creativity in google to sustain it's position in the new "creative age". The tech savey age of creative software is being pushed away by simplicity. Google was a leader in this arena but is falling short now due to egghead marketing. Get back to KISS Google. Hire creative people now to cater to the emerging class. Egghead marketing only appeals to eggheads. IBM fell this way, MS is as well. The only truely creative innovators left are Apple. From what I see, they stand to be the ones left standing as we reign in the new class.
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charbax
January 4th
5. Google is the best, though they need to be much better. Why, that is cause they should have a responsibility to improve the world as being the best. You can't just rely on competition to improve all things and fix all problems. That's why I think Obama should seriously ask for a collaboration with Google on fixing many of the social problems around the world. Computers and Internet technology is our only hope, bureaucracy and disconnected democracies have not worked so far.
Google Project Ideas needs to promise that outside users who contribute ideas for new Google products, who contribute ideas for code on Google App Engine and ideas for applications on Android, those users who contribute original ideas need a promise that Google logs date and time of idea submittions, and eventually may reward the user if that idea development contribution results in the next billion dollar plans for Google.
Someone needs to improve Google Moderator as a full time job. Not keeping Google Moderator as some kind of 20% time small simple project. Google Moderator needs more features so that Google can logically crowd-source for more and better features.
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worldtvpc
January 4th
4. Interesting, but I think you missed out on the fact that according to ValleyWag reports - she has an inflated ego - they had some quotes coming from ex-Google staffers - and the run ins with her seem to show her with a more cynical and sardonic personality.
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kenny
January 4th
3. Yes - agree on user control and localization.
Met with Google in OZ -suggested there will be a backlash if there is no local control - particularly
on grids ( or the grid of clouds ).
Regards
Kenny
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damien1989
January 4th
2. She's photographs fairly well but she's pretty awkward when it comes to speaking. i've seen her on Google: Behind the screen Documentary. She's a bit of a Dits, a Cute, Very msart Dits!
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goinglikesixty
January 3rd
1. Fascinating stuff. Good job. Whew! What a responsbility she has. Amazing.
I love that she uses her Mom as touchstone.
I would guess her Mom is a boomer? We are just so cool! :)
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