Ten insights from / cool things about / reasons for / delightful surprises from almost a year of working at Google:

# 10: The amazingly fantastic food and impressive digs.
# 9: “Micro Efficiencies”.
# 8: A company that truly cares.
# 7: Brain expansion opportunities.
# 6: The sheer amount of brilliant Google employees.
# 5: Empowerment (The big small company).
# 4: The scale of your impact.
# 3: Doing Good: Green & .org
# 2: It’s a happening place. The energy, the vibe, the passion.
# 1: The brand.

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TV Talk

So what’s the latest with you favorite TV show after the writers’ strike?

TVGuide.com has a nice little write-up.

Here are a few notables:

24
Season 7 postponed until January ’09.

30 Rock
Expected to shoot 5 new episodes to begin airing on April 10.

Chuck
No new episodes until fall.

CSI
Expected to shoot 6 new episodes to begin airing on April 3.

Desperate Housewives
Expected to shoot 7 new episodes to air in April/May.

Friday Night Lights
No new episodes expected for this season. Future TBD.

Heroes
No new episodes expected until fall.

Pushing Daisies
No new episodes until fall.

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BON YouTube Thoughts

For a little over a year I’ve uploaded a total of 23 videos to YouTube.  Today I thought I would take a look at my Most Viewed page and examine the numbers a bit.  I know there are others of you out there that have YouTube pages and your numbers blow me out of the water (Barry has a video he uploaded four months ago with over 131,000 views), but I just wanted to check my numbers out.

The most watched video I’ve uploaded is the U2 Praise and Worship: 40 Streets Prayer Breakfast video.

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It was uploaded exactly one year ago today, and has been viewed 80,761 times as of this post.  When you do the math, you find out it has been viewed a little more than 221 times a day.  Amazing.  It’s also interesting to read the comments which range from all over the spectrum.  I think there are several hundred comments total.

My second highest viewed YouTube video is the WifeGeeding Removes Her Glass Eye video with 28,022 views and a total of about five comments. 

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My third highest viewed YouTube video is the one where Ted Haggard asks his congregation about their sex life [Link].  It’s been viewed over 22,160 times, and it of course has all sorts of crazy comments.

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Stanford drops tuition for some students

In a radical change to its financial aid program, Stanford University will announce today that it will no longer charge tuition to students whose families earn less than $100,000 a year.In addition, the university will waive room and board fees for students whose families earn less than $60,000 a year.

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