book: Inside view of Google

In the Plex: How Google thinks, works, and shapes our lives

Steven Levy

2011, Simon & Schuster

count: 69 pages (as of May 2: finished Part 1, 69 out of 432)

I've heard a steady stream of rumor and conjecture during the last decade about Sergey Brin and Larry Page and how they came to start Google.

And the day Google announced Google Drive, I happened to be in my public library and ran across this book.

It may be every doc student's dream to ditch the academics and go make a billion. And apparently, they helped a good number of other doc students do just that, by coming to work for Google.

This is an interesting read (and listen) because Levy was actually allowed access to many of the behind-the-scenes stories and events for this notoriously secretive corporation. 

As I'm reading through it, I keep coming across some nugget that I think I have to post on this blog.  But now I'm seeing just too many such gems to actually be able to share all.  Google truly does "shape our lives," and Levy makes his point that Brin and Page have indeed "changed the world."

So I'll keep reading -- sharing as relevant, and being amazed at this historically unique and prodigious event known as Google.  Wow.