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Project Insomnia

Project Insomnia is many things, but in this context it is simply a "braindump" of whatever I happen to be thinking/reading/watching/doing at the moment. Parental guidance suggested.

Thursday, April 29, 2004

You finally, really did it – you maniacs!

My Mountain View neighbor Google has put an end to the waiting and speculation by, this morning, filing for an IPO. Coverage:
SFGate/AP
c|net News.com
Slashdot
Google News ;)
I drive past the newly-expanded GooglePlex on my way to and from work every day. For the past couple of days, they've had security manning the parking lot entrances – no doubt to keep out gawkers.
I've actually been trying to think of another single company that has as much impact in my life as Google does right now. A few years ago I could have said Disney, but not so much since we moved north. I run or administer four Blogger sites (owned by Google), use the Deskbar and Toolbar, have it configured as the default search in Opera, and am more likely to use it to find a company site than guessing at the domain name.
It will be interesting to see how this news changes things here in Silicon Valley.

Edit: The home of PigeonRank, the G.C.H.E.E.S.E., holiday logos and numerous other geeky in-jokes has perpetrated another on the investment community. Google's Form S-1 shows the "Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price" as $2,718,281,828. This happens to be e times 10 to the ninth power. Clever.
|| Andrew, 1:17 PM || ||

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