Big Ideas

Wow. I might start watching SNL just because of this

This video gets better the more I watch it: Break.com - Funny Pics, Hot Chicks, and Cool Flicks

Double True.

Pretty much the coolest video ever..

Ok, so maybe not to all of you, but I found this hilarious: IFILM - Viral Videos: Bill Gates Goes to College -. 

I have a very tiny (read: huge) Napoleon Dynamite obsession.

It's flipping sweet!

Is there an equation for managing your time?

Google seems to think that there is: Business 2.0 :: Magazine Article :: Features :: The 70 Percent Solution. While I don't know exactly how a math formula could prove that this is the right way to split your time (which is how I've heard this formula discussed before - that Sergey Brin proved that this is the right way to focus time), it is an interesting concept. Despite the fact that my company competes heavily with these guys and I certainly have some critiques of the way that they do business, I'm always impressed by leadership with discipline and process. It would seem that on this concept at least, there's quite a bit of thought and effort behind making sure the company's time is spent wisely. I am, however, unsure how this 70/20/10 math works correctly if 20% of every engineer's time is supposed to be spent on personal projects. Is it a guesstimate that most of these projects have to do do with new or related businesses? Hmmm 

One other thing: I must say that I always find myself impressed by Eric Schmidt. He's a lot more college professor than hard core CEO it seems to me. I like his communication style (well aside from that whole CNET thing, but who knows if that was his call or someone getting a little over eager in the PR dept..).

Finally!!

From the Motley Fool:  Much Ado About Google [Fool.com: Commentary] December 6, 2005. This isn't the only recent article to actually start discussing valuation and criticize the "Google is unstoppable" fawning that has been going on. All that I can say is that it's about damn time. I have been mulling over a post for several months at this point (see my post re: Liberal Arts is bad for blogging..ugh) about the risks to GOOG's business and why it's valuation is silly. I'm glad to see though, that others in the "mainstream" press and financial community are finally getting it. Apparently though, it takes a $400+ price point for them to start thinking that way :)