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Mrs. Beth Cueni
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Google? What does the word mean? It has been added to the dictionary as a verb and proper noun.
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Facts 13,000 employees at Mountain View –Where are their other locations? Founders wanted food within 100 feet of any workstation –Who are the founders? Employees have trouble balancing job and outside lives. Many type “A” personalities work for Google –What is a type A personality? Google server is in a secret location –What is the purpose of a server? The name Google comes from the word googol. –What does the word googol mean?
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Benefits Employees have an on-site Doctor and Dentist at the headquarters Employees can bring their dog to work The Google campus has a workout facility and pool
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Afterlife Insurance Your surviving spouse or domestic partner received 50% of your salary for 10 years If you have any children, each child receives $1,000 per month until they are 18 or until the age of 23 if they are full time college students No tenure requirement for the benefit so all 34,000 employees qualify
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More fun facts Heated toilet seats –Bidets in the bathrooms What is a bidet? Employees are encouraged to use the 20% rule –How could this apply to the classroom? Employees were VERY young! –What is the average age of a Google employee? The offices were named after Mr. Rogers characters –Henrietta Pussycat, King Friday, Bob Dog Employees had bouncy balls as chairs Lego's on tables to play with during meetings Pool tables and fosse ball tables
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Google Tricks “ “ Exact phrase “one small step for mankind” -Exclude words Bass – fishing ~ Similar Words ~ cell phone OR Multiple words vacation London OR Paris... Numerical Range Willie Mays 1950…1960
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Google Tricks Define:define: plethora Site:presidents site: gov Link:link:www.umich.edu 1+1brings up calculator Type search features for other tricks
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Google Tricks Type gogle.com instead of google.com – automatically directs you to the site and often quicker
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Results from the 20% rule Google docs Google scholar – scholar.google.com Google books – books.google.com Google self driving cars
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Self Driving cars People were asked to name the self driving cars that have logged more than 200,000 miles. Here are some of the names: –The Ford Siesta –HAL on wheels –Car2D2 –Robo Coupe –The Audimatic –Evolvo –Toyato Controlla –Bored Explorer
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Employees are trained to speak a certain way (Apple) That’s stupid or That wasn’t smart Do you have any questions? Unfortunately That’s not recommended What questions do you have? As it turns out...
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20% Rule One of Google’s project from the 20% rule. SO Cool!project Other Google projects, check them out!projects
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Display more search results Go to Preferences and change the default display to 100 results. Then, instead of clicking, scroll down Use book search books.google.com Save time – type gogle.com instead of google.com. Google automatically redirects you and saves you milliseconds
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I’m Feeling Lucky I’m feeling hungry I’m feeling artistic I’m feeling wonderful I’m feeling trendy I’m feeling doodley I’m feeling stellar I’m feeling playful
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Articles referring to Google Stocks to watch in 2013 http://abcnews.go.com/Business/stocks-watch- 2013/story?id=18038146 Coolest cafeterias http://abcnews.go.com/Business/top-coolest- company-cafeterias-food-perks- us/story?id=17813651 Top 15 best places to work http://abcnews.go.com/Business/2012-top-15- great-global-places-work/story?id=17708973
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