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"I'm very pragmatic and try to measure the impact I've had by multiplying the number of people I've done something for by the average impact on them." I think,
by gkoberger 16y ago
"I'm very pragmatic and try to measure the impact I've had by multiplying the number of people I've done something for by the average impact on them."
I think, deep down, this is why any of us get up and go to work every day. He's truly lucky to be able to help hundreds of millions of people- this is much more rewarding than any paycheck he gets from Google.
- ludwigvan 16y agoThis reminded me of the following comment from Steve Jobs: "You know, I've been thinking about it. How many people are going to be using the Macintosh? A million? No, more than that. In a few years, I bet five million people will be booting up their Macintoshes at least once a day." "Well, let's say you can shave 10 seconds off of the boot time. Multiply that by five million users and thats 50 million seconds, every single day. Over a year, that's probably dozens of lifetimes. So if you make it boot ten seconds faster, you've saved a dozen lives. That's really worth it, don't you think?" http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Saving_Lives.tx http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&s...:
- meric 16y agoFixed link: http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Saving_Lives.txt http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&s...
- zandorg 16y agoWhereas Facebook is trying to waste the time of the most people.
- patrickaljord 16y agoHow about all those games on the App Store?
- zandorg 16y agoThose games aren't a patch on Facebook's monthly user usage in minutes - which is apparently more than Google's now.
- dillydally 16y agoComputers are for spreadsheets, not for talking with friends!
- jacquesm 16y agoWhat about forums?
- dillydally 16y agoNot allowed! Computers are serious business.