Sergey Brin's Home Page

Post by timr » Fri, Mar 21, 2014, 6:41 AM UTC

GuiA wrote: post #28

fidotron wrote: post #21

With time I'm beginning to think Sergey and Larry got incredibly lucky with respect to finding each other for the project that would eventually take off. Sergey always comes off as the enthused tech head, whereas Larry goes for big picture stuff, (a little like a variation on Woz and Jobs) but it seems like since that initial convergence they've been diverging more and more. I love the way it says "Currently I am at…

On one hand, they undeniably got lucky finding each other. On the other hand, they were both researchers in the same field, at one of the best CS universities of the world. Poisson's law and all; luck favors those who come prepared :)

Post by dredmorbius » Fri, Mar 21, 2014, 7:22 AM UTC

hyperbovine wrote: post #31

8ig8 wrote: post #23

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The mid-ninties: It was innocent and simple, but you felt so technologically advanced to be able to publish something online. It wasn't about making millions. No one was judging your code. You used Java Applets to make dynamic menus and that was the pinnacle achievement. No one turned on Javascript. You only worried about Netscape and eventually IE, but you really didn't worry that much about either. You didn't think…

More succinctly: you were 20 years younger. That will always be a better time. :)

Post by imdsm » Fri, Mar 21, 2014, 8:28 AM UTC

Post by hiphopyo » Fri, Mar 21, 2014, 8:58 AM UTC

trekky1700 wrote: post #6

stuartd wrote: post #5

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I like the melting effect on the photo. Old school.

Sometimes old school web design can be really charming and nostalgic.

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Mar 21, 2014, 11:09 AM UTC

8ig8 wrote: post #23

8ig8 wrote: post #22

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I'm so nostalgic for Geocities and Tripod and the rest. It was a good time.

The mid-ninties: It was innocent and simple, but you felt so technologically advanced to be able to publish something online. It wasn't about making millions. No one was judging your code. You used Java Applets to make dynamic menus and that was the pinnacle achievement. No one turned on Javascript. You only worried about Netscape and eventually IE, but you really didn't worry that much about either. You didn't think…