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November 16, 2004
How Larry Page Changed My Life in 15 Minutes
I’ll admit it: I’m a Google fanatic. I love their products, I love their culture, I love that they search my desktop better than Microsoft can. I can say, without reservation, that I want to work there when I graduate at the end of this year. So you can imagine my rapture when the co-founder of Google, Larry Page, approved of my work. Let me back up. On the weekend of Nov. 5, BJ participated in Accelerating Change, a conference hosted at Stanford. He saw the conference as a great opportunity to present BuddyBuzz, the project that another student and I worked on over the summer. If you haven’t heard about BuddyBuzz, go check it out! Now, we think this is a pretty cool application, and we want to share it with the world. So, during Accelerating Change’s demo night, a group of us from the lab set up a booth, donned matching yellow shirts, and showed off BuddyBuzz to a crowd of technology enthusiasts, industry professionals, and all-around smart people. My highlight of the night came when Larry came up to the table, asking about BuddyBuzz. I spent 15 minutes talking to him about our technology, commiserating about programming for mobile phones, and installing BuddyBuzz onto his phone. He was one of the most interested listeners of the night, commenting on how Google was headed in similar directions (for example, with their new SMS service). He even mentioned that I should consider going to work for Google! It was very rewarding to hear praise from someone who understands technology as well as Larry Page. In those 15 minutes, all of my hard work during the summer paid off, and I got to show off BuddyBuzz to someone whose personal interests lie perfectly in line with the goal of BuddyBuzz: changing the way people get information. So, Larry, if you’re out there: Thank you for your interest, and maybe I'll see you when I graduate. And keep Buzzing!Posted by at November 16, 2004 02:03 AM
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