Comments on: Doodle: Rhymes with Google http://www.forevergeek.com/2006/04/doodle_rhymes_with_google/ Nerds are for Dorks Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:15:36 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: jangelo http://www.forevergeek.com/2006/04/doodle_rhymes_with_google/comment-page-1/#comment-26469 jangelo Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:26:00 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=2885#comment-26469 That's called leverage. And virtually all companies in the world do it (thought not always for free). Heheh. At any rate, Google does it with its own employees, too, with their 20% work scheme, where employees are allowed 20% of their paid time to work on personal projects. If they get good ideas, they get to launch these as mainstream Google services (of course, Google gets the gazillions, and the employee probably gets a bonus). I hear Gmail and AdSense were products of this system. That’s called leverage. And virtually all companies in the world do it (thought not always for free). Heheh.

At any rate, Google does it with its own employees, too, with their 20% work scheme, where employees are allowed 20% of their paid time to work on personal projects. If they get good ideas, they get to launch these as mainstream Google services (of course, Google gets the gazillions, and the employee probably gets a bonus). I hear Gmail and AdSense were products of this system.

]]> By: Matt Hoffman http://www.forevergeek.com/2006/04/doodle_rhymes_with_google/comment-page-1/#comment-26468 Matt Hoffman Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:21:32 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=2885#comment-26468 What a great idea? Where did you think of it? What a great idea? Where did you think of it?

]]> By: Jack http://www.forevergeek.com/2006/04/doodle_rhymes_with_google/comment-page-1/#comment-26467 Jack Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:48:30 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=2885#comment-26467 Why not give Google thousands of good ideas for free, sounds like an good idea, doesn't it? Why not give Google thousands of good ideas for free, sounds like an good idea, doesn’t it?

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