While reading the chapters for today, I was struck by the whole 9/11 debacle. I understand the longer they leave the ribbon up, the more awkward it would be when they took it down, but this was a HUGE event that affected everyone. Google is a page most people use regularly and people want to be reminded that the world still cares about what happened. By seeing the page up longer, it shows that people still care.
I personally think this was blown up so much because Edwards worries too much. He mentioned this earlier in the book, but now I see what he means. Google is more of a laid back company, few rules and a relaxed atmosphere. They have a massage therapist there for goodness sake. It really interests me to see how Edwards deals with this with the rest of his time there. It sounds like he is trying to keep his head above water, it's going to be interesting to see how he survived.
Another example of Edwards worrying too much is the Google Doodles. He thought it was an awful idea, but now it is extremely successful. I think Edwards is too afraid to stray away from the norm. That is a huge issue with Google, because Google likes to be creative.
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