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Authors@Google: Matthew Emerzian & Kelly Bozza

2008-07-26T02:39:42Z

Authors Matthew Emerzian & Kelly Bozza visit Google's Irvine, CA office to discuss his book "Every Monday Matters: 52 Ways to Make a Difference." This event took place on July 15, 2008 as a part of the Authors@Google series.

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Innovators@Google: Timothy Childs

2008-07-26T02:39:43Z

Founder and Chief Chocolate Officer of TCHO Chocolate, Timothy Childs, visits the Google office in San Francisco, CA. This event took place July 16, 2008, as part of the Innovators@Google series.

For more info about TCHO, visit tcho.com

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Policy Talks@Google: Professor Michael Geist

2008-07-26T02:39:43Z

Professor Michael Geist visits Google in London, UK, to discuss Digital Advocacy in developed and developing countries. This event took place on June 2, 2008, as part of the Affairs of Interest@ / Policy Talks@Google series.

For more information about Prof. Geist, please visit www.michaelgeist.ca

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Authors@Google: Richard Brookhiser

2008-07-26T02:39:44Z

Richard Brookhiser visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book "George Washington on Leadership." This event took place on July 14, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.

With his trademark wit and precision, Brookhiser expertly examines the details of Washington's life that fullscale biographies sweep over, to instruct us in true leadership. George Washington on Leadership is a textbook look at Washington's three spectacularly successful careers as an executive: general, president, and tycoon. Brookhiser explains how Washington maximized his strengths and overcame his flaws, and inspires us to do likewise. It shows how one man's struggles and successes 200 years ago can be a model for leaders today.

Richard Brookhiser is the author of What Would the Founders Do?, Founding Father, Alexander Hamilton, American, and America's First Dynasty: The Adamses, 1735-1918. He wrote and hosted the critically acclaimed PBS documentary Rediscovering George Washington, is a columnist for TIME magazine, and is a senior editor of National Review. He has written for The New Yorker and the New York Times. He lives in New York City.

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Authors@Google: Marie Brenner

2008-07-26T02:39:44Z

Marie Brenner visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss her book "Apples and Oranges: My Brother and Me, Lost and Found." This event took place on June 26, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.

Marie Brenner's brother, Carl--yin to her yang, red state to her blue state--lived in Texas and in the apple country of Washington state, cultivating his orchards, polishing his guns, and attending church, while Marie, a world-class journalist and bestselling author, led a sophisticated life among the "New York libs" her brother loathed.

After many years apart, a medical crisis pushed them back into each other's lives. Marie temporarily abandoned her job at Vanity Fair magazine, her friends, and her husband to try to help her brother. Except that Carl fought her every step of the way. "I told you to stay away from the apple country," he barked when she showed up. And, "Don't tell anyone out here you're from New York City. They'll get the wrong idea."

Marie Brenner is Writer at Large for Vanity Fair. Her exposé of the tobacco industry, "The Man Who Knew Too Much," was the basis for the 1999 movie The Insider. She is also the author of the bestselling House of Dreams: The Bingham Family of Louisville.

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Authors@Google: Jim Moriarty

2008-07-26T02:39:44Z

CEO Jim Moriarty visits Google's Mountain View, CA campus to discuss his work with the Surfrider Foundation. This event took place on July 10, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.

Jim Moriarty, CEO, is an avid surfer, entrepreneur and innovator. Moriarty has more than 15 years management experience in corporate start-ups, specializing in e-learning, e-commerce, infrastructure software, and business-to-business ventures. He lives with his wife and two children in Solana Beach, CA, where he is also active leading and mentoring high school students on surfing and home-building trips to the Baja Peninsula. He brings to the position a wealth of international, fundraising and team-building experience that translate to leading the Surfrider Foundation. Jim holds a B.S. in Information Systems from The Ohio State University, and has had speaking engagements in the US, Europe, Australia and Latin America. His home break is Cardiff Reef.

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Authors@Google: Michael Chorost

2008-07-26T02:39:44Z

Author Michael Chorost visits Google's headquarters in Mountain View, CA, to discuss his book "Rebuilt: How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human". This event took place on June 30, 2008, as a part of of the Authors@google series.

Michael Chorost became a cyborg on October 1, 2001, the day his new ear was booted up. Born hard of hearing in 1964, he went completely deaf in his thirties. Rather than live in silence, he chose to have a computer surgically embedded in his skull to artificially restore his hearing. This is the story of Chorost's journey -- from deafness to hearing, from human to cyborg -- and how it transformed him. The melding of silicon and flesh has long been the stuff of science fiction. But as Chorost reveals in this witty, poignant, and illuminating memoir, fantasy is now giving way to reality. For more information about Michael Chorost and Rebuilt, visit www.rebuilt-thebook.com

Michael Chorost has a B.A. from Brown University and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. He lives in San Francisco, where he writes, teaches, and consults.

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VIACOM DEMANDS ALL USER INFORMATION FOR EVERY YOUTUBE USER

2008-07-26T02:41:40Z

Viacom demands by court order to view every single upload and every single deletion that every single you tube account has ever made. Talk about invasion of privacy. I hope VIACOM sees this! YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A NEW WORLD ORDER FACIST COMPANY. I HOPE EVERYONE BOYCOTTS YOU!

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Authors@Google: Willliam Poy Lee

2008-07-26T02:39:44Z

William Poy Lee visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book "The Eighth Promise: An American Son's Tribute to His Toisanese Mother." This event took place on July 1, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.

The award winning memoir of local author William Poy Lee and his Toisanese mother, Poy Jen Lee, The Eighth Promise, sweeps through history, from the brutal 1930s Japanese invasion of the mother's childhood village to the 1960s San Francisco of the author's own coming-of-age: face-to-face with Jimi Hendrix and the counterculture at the Summer Solstice Festival, dodging tear gas bombs and police clubs protesting the Vietnam War, co-organizing the first Chinatown civil rights march along Grant Avenue, and finally, leading the charge for justice to correct his younger brother's wrongful conviction during the so-called Chinatown "Gang Wars" of the 1970s.

William Poy Lee worked in Silicon Valley when he began writing, including a stint with Frank Quattrone who then headed the investment banking group, Deutche Morgan Grenfell Technology Group. He is also an attorney, presenter, and contributor to California Magazine and AARP Media. For more information on his book, please visit: www.TheEighthPromise.com.

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Authors@Google: Brian Copeland

2008-07-26T02:39:44Z

Comedian Brian Copeland visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his books "Not a Genuine Black Man: Or, How I Claimed My Piece of Ground in the Lily-White Suburbs." This event took place on June 23, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.

Based on the longest-running one-man show in San Francisco history, Not a Genuine Black Man is a hilarious, poignant, and disarming memoir of growing up black in an all-white suburb. In 1972, when Brian Copeland was eight, his family moved from Oakland to San Leandro, California, hoping for a better life. At the time, San Leandro was 99.4 percent white, known nationwide as a racist enclave. This reputation was confirmed almost immediately: Brian got his first look at the inside of a cop car, for being a black kid walking to the park with a baseball bat. Brian grew up to be a successful comedian and radio talk show host, but racism reemerged as an issue -- only in reverse -- when he received an anonymous letter: "As an African American, I am disgusted every time I hear your voice because YOU are not a genuine Black man!" That letter inspired Copeland to revisit his difficult childhood, resulting in a hit one-man show that has now inspired a book.

Brian Copeland (www.briancopeland.com is a comedian whose KGO radio program is the most popular in its time slot. Not a Genuine Black Man is currently in development as an HBO series. Copeland lives in San Leandro, California.

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Dixville Notch, New Hampshire Historic First Vote cast in 20

2008-07-26T02:41:11Z

Obama Wins Dixville Notch, New Hampshire Historic Mid-Night Tally, First Vote in the County that Leads the Nation, Shuts-Out Hillary

Obama leads the polls with 70% in the Historic Dixville Notch, New Hampshire Mid-Night Vote. No surprise here with the Obama factor leading in New Hampshire with 70% of the early polls reporting. John Edward follows coming in Second place with 20% of the Vote and Richardson with 10% of the Vote in a Standing Third Place from this Historic Polling Tally that is First in New Hampshire to report official primary polls with the polls closed in Dixville Notch and the Votes officially reported. However, no surprise here with Hillary Clinton being simply Shut-out with a Balloon Sized 0% of the votes in this historical event.

On the Republican side John McCain leads with 57%, and Romney with 28% also Rudy Giuliani with 15% of the early Votes reported in the precinct in Dixville Notch, NH.

Dixville Notch is well known for the Historic Mid-night vote and the First Vote in New Hampshire since 1960.

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Authors@Google: Rich Stevens and Meredith Gran

2008-07-26T02:39:45Z

Unable to choose between comics & computers, Richard Stevens was lucky enough to be born at the right time to make webcomics. His strip Diesel Sweeties (http://dieselsweeties.com) has been on the web since 2000 and was syndicated into newspapers in 2007. He makes lots and lots of t-shirts and drinks far too much coffee.

Meredith Gran was born in 1984, and has been to a lot of diners. She has a degree in animation from the School of Visual Arts in New York, and her webcomic Octopus Pie (http://octopuspie.com) has been online since 2007.

This event took place on June 20, 2008 in Mountain View, CA as part of the Authors@Google series.

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Authors@Google: Eric Etheridge

2008-07-26T02:39:45Z

Eric Etheridge visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book "Breach of Peace: Portraits of the 1961 Mississippi Freedom Riders." This event took place on June 24, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.

Breach of Peace celebrates the Freedom Riders, featuring rare-seen mug shots alongside stunning contemporary portraits. In the spring and summer of 1961, several hundred Americans—blacks and whites, men and women—converged on Jackson, Mississippi, to challenge state segregation laws. The Freedom Riders, as they came to be known, were determined to open up the South to civil rights: it was illegal for bus and train stations to discriminate, but most did and were not interested in change. Over 300 people were arrested and convicted of the charge "breach of the peace." Collected here in a richly illustrated, large-format book featuring over seventy contemporary photographs, alongside the original mug shots, and exclusive interviews with former Freedom Riders, is that testament: a moving archive of a chapter in U.S. history that hasn't yet closed.

A journalist and photographer, Eric Etheridge grew up in Carthage, Mississippi. He is a former editor at Rolling Stone, The New York Observer and Harper's. In 1995, he co-founded the magazine George with John F. Kennedy, Jr.

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Authors@Google: Gustavo Arellano

2008-07-26T02:39:45Z

Author Gustavo Arellano visits Google's Santa Monica, CA office to discuss his book "Ask a Mexican." This event took place on June 17, 2008, as a part of the Authors@Google series.

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Leading@Google: Emmanuel Gobillot

2008-07-26T02:39:45Z

Emmanuel Gobillot visits Google's headquarters in Mountain View, CA, to discuss his book "The Connected Leader". This event took place June 20, 2008, as a part of the Leading@google series. For more information about Emmanuel, please visit www.emmanuelgobillot.com

"The Connected Leader" is described by one reviewer as the first leadership book for the MySpace generation. Prior to setting up his own consultancy, Emmanuel was Director of Leadership Services at Global consultancy Hay Group where he also led the consumer sector practice. For the last 10 years he has worked globally with clients ranging from Fortune 500 executives to United Nation's leaders helping them develop their impact.

In the first decade of this new millennium, business is no longer hierarchical (as it still remains in many organizations today) nor personal (as we were keen to suggest in the 90s). In this googled world of networks, business is now social. In this world of mass collaboration, business is now communal. Leadership is no longer attached to a role; therefore it becomes everyone's responsibility. In an economy in which no one has to follow you, what makes anyone want to do so? In this fast paced, engaging and participative talk Emmanuel will help you answer the two critical questions of 21st century leadership: 'Am I worth following?' and 'Am I easy to follow?'. When the answer to both of these questions becomes yes, anything becomes possible.

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Authors@Google: Ed Park

2008-07-26T02:39:46Z

Ed Park visits Google's San Francisco, CA office to discuss his book "Personal Days." This event took place on June 18, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.

In an unnamed New York-based company, the employees are getting restless as everything around them unravels. There's Pru, the former grad student turned spreadsheet drone; Laars, the hysteric whose work anxiety stalks him in his tooth-grinding dreams; and Jack II, who distributes unwanted backrubs--aka "jackrubs"--to his co-workers.
On a Sunday, one of them is called at home. And the Firings begin. Rich with Orwellian doublespeak, filled with sabotage and romance, this astonishing literary debut is at once a comic delight and a narrative tour de force. It's a novel for anyone who has ever worked in an office and wondered: "Where does the time go? Where does the life go? And whose banana is in the fridge?"

Ed Park is a founding editor of The Believer and a former editor of the Voice Literary Supplement. His writing has appeared in The New York Times Book Review and many other publications. He lives in Manhattan, where he publishes The New-York Ghost. Visit www.ed-park.com.

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Authors@google: Sam Gosling

2008-07-26T02:39:46Z

Author Sam Gosling visits Google's headquarters in Mountain View, CA, to discuss his book "Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You". This event took place June 17, 2008, as part of the authors@google series.

Does what's on your desk reveal what's on your mind? Do those pictures on your walls tell true tales about you? And is your favorite outfit about to give you away? For the last ten years psychologist Sam Gosling has been studying how people project (and protect) their inner selves. By exploring our private worlds (desks, bedrooms, even our clothes and our cars), he shows not only how we showcase our personalities in unexpected-and unplanned-ways, but also how we create personality in the first place, communicate it others, and interpret the world around us. Gosling, one of the field's most innovative researchers, dispatches teams of scientific snoops to poke around dorm rooms and offices, to see what can be learned about people simply from looking at their stuff.

Sam Gosling is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. He has spent the last decade conducting research on how personality is expressed and perceived in everyday contexts. He has been profiled by the New York Times, Psychology Today, and other publications, and he is featured in Malcolm Gladwell's Blink. This is his first book. He lives in Austin, Texas.

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Authors@Google: Dale Chihuly

2008-07-26T02:39:46Z

Glass artist Dale Chihuly visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his Gardens of Glass. This event took place on June 19, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.

Dale Chihuly is most frequently lauded for revolutionizing the Studio Glass movement by expanding its original premise of the solitary artist working in a studio environment to encompass the notion of collaborative teams and a division of labor within the creative process. However, Chihuly's contribution extends well beyond the boundaries both of this movement and even the field of glass: his achievements have influenced contemporary art in general. Chihuly's practice of using teams has led to the development of complex, multipart sculptures of dramatic beauty that place him in the leadership role of moving blown glass out of the confines of the small, precious object and into the realm of large-scale contemporary sculpture. In fact, Chihuly deserves credit for establishing the blown glass form as an accepted vehicle for installation and environmental art beginning in the late twentieth century and continuing today.

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Re: Gmail: A Behind the Scenes Video

2008-06-20T01:38:01Z

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Re: Announcing a Presidential Forum in New Orleans

2008-06-20T01:36:40Z

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2008-06-20T01:36:28Z

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Authors@Google: Neal Rosenthal

2008-07-26T02:39:46Z

Neal Rosenthal visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book "Reflections of a Wine Merchant." This event took place on June 13, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.

In the late 1970s, Neal I. Rosenthal set out to learn everything he could about wine. Today, he is one of the most successful importers of traditionally made wines produced by small family-owned estates in France and Italy. Rosenthal has immersed himself in the culture of Old World wine production, working closely with his growers for two and sometimes three generations. He is one of the leading exponents of the concept of "terroir"—the notion that a particular vineyard site imparts distinct qualities of bouquet, flavor, and color to a wine. In Reflections of a Wine Merchant, Rosenthal brings us into the cellars, vineyards, and homes of these vignerons, and his delightful stories about his encounters, relationships, and explorations—and what he has learned along the way—give us an unequaled perspective on winemaking tradition and what threatens it today.

Neal I. Rosenthal was born in New York City in 1945 and was educated at Rutgers, Columbia, and New York University. He lives on a fifty-seven-acre farmstead in Pine Plains, New York, which produces organic eggs, buckwheat honey, fruit, and vegetables.

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Authors@Google: Matt Ruff

2008-07-26T02:39:46Z

Author Matt Ruff visits Google's headquarters in Mountain View, CA, to discuss his book "Bad Monkeys". This event took place on September 19, 2007, as a part of the Authors@Google series. For more information about Matt Ruff please visit www.bymattruff.com

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Authors@Google: Ori & Rom Brafman

2008-07-26T02:39:46Z

Ori Brafman and his brother Rom Brafman visit Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss Ori's book "Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior." This event took place on June 13, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.

Why is it so difficult to sell a plummeting stock or end a doomed relationship? Why do we listen to advice just because it came from someone "important"? Why are we more likely to fall in love when there's danger involved? In Sway, renowned organizational thinker Ori Brafman and his brother, psychologist Rom Brafman, answer all these questions and more.
Drawing on cutting-edge research from the fields of social psychology, behavioral economics, and organizational behavior, Sway reveals dynamic forces that influence every aspect of our personal and business lives, including loss aversion (our tendency to go to great lengths to avoid perceived losses), the diagnosis bias (our inability to reevaluate our initial diagnosis of a person or situation), and the "chameleon effect" (our tendency to take on characteristics that have been arbitrarily assigned to us).

Ori Brafman is coauthor of The Starfish and the Spider and is a renowned organizational expert who regularly speaks before Fortune 500, governmental, and military audiences. A graduate of Stanford Business School, he lives in San Francisco.

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Authors@Google: Matt Richtel

2008-07-26T02:39:46Z

Matt Richtel visits Google's San Francisco, CA office to discuss his book "Hooked: A Thriller About Love and Other Addictions." This event took place on June 16, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.

Matt Richtel has covered technology and telecommunications in the New York Time's San Francisco bureau since 2000. Under the pen name "Theron Heir," he writes the syndicated daily comic strip, Rudy Park, which is published in newspapers around the country. Dubbed by Newsweek as "a contender for comic strip of the decade," Rudy Park revolves around the lives and employees and regulars of an Internet café.

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