I gained a great deal of information from this article. Some of those things are the 2 jobs of a router, what is protocol and Internet protocol, top level domains and the fact that www is the host name. The following quote seems to sum up: "The entire Internet is a gigantic, sprawling agreement between companies to interact freely".
Dismantling Integrated Library Systems
Interesting to know the Integrated Library System (ILS) was only a trusty for 25 years. I would have thought it around longer. Patrick Somers, CEO of Sirsi Corporation says, " If we can be competitive with our ILS offerings and then truly differentiate ourselves through excellent customer service, new products, and a powerful vision, we win." Isn't that exactly what so many companies are trying to do? the difficulty lies in staying on the cutting edge of new products and differentiation.
Google books Library Project
I agree that "the successful transfer of knowledge is the task that lies before us". I believe there is a big pre- and post- Internet digital divide. It is important to move forward but to also not lose sight of the past. Just because something is new and cutting edge, does not always make it better.
Sergy Brin and Larry Page
Very amusing and informative at the same time. What a cool presentation. I love seeing the language labeled by color and the wide variety of languages. There was an incredible amount of activity all over most of the world with the exception of Australia and Africa.
Other interesting things I learned:
- 1,000 queries per second
- where there is power, there is the Internet
- AdSense > making advertising useful
- producing good content makes $$$
- intelligent related searches
- make $ largely through advertising
- everyone in world has access to search no matter how they advertise
- they never accept $ for services, just for advertising
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