{"id":1802,"date":"2014-02-10T00:04:50","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T05:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/?p=1802"},"modified":"2014-02-10T00:11:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-10T05:11:00","slug":"i-google-this-and-i-google-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/?p=1802","title":{"rendered":"I Google this and I Google that…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google just surpassed Exxon-Mobil<\/a> to become the second most valuable company in the world. Only Apple is worth more.<\/p>\n

I hadn\u2019t given it much thought. But it is a significant day. It is the shift from the former owners of the global economy (energy and big oil) to the new ones (information). It\u2019s not the final shift, but a big one.\"IMG_3042\"<\/p>\n

The fourth biggest is Microsoft and the fifth GE.<\/p>\n

I use Google every day, hours a day.<\/p>\n

Google email<\/strong><\/p>\n

Google maps<\/strong><\/p>\n

Google restaurant guide \u2026(Zagat!)<\/strong><\/p>\n

I Google this and I Google that\u2026<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Google has a roadmap to the \u201con-line life pattern\u201d for most everyone. They know everywhere you have been and store it on some cloud out there – forever. All searchable.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why they are so valuable.<\/p>\n

I like to read business histories. But have not read a lot on Google. Then I was stumbling through some old hardcover books, looking to see what to give to the library. I came across two books on Google.<\/p>\n