The prime reason the Google home page is so bare is due to the fact that the founders didn’t know HTML and just wanted a quick interface. Infact it was noted that the submit button was a long time coming and hitting the RETURN key was the only way to burst Google into life. —Alan Williamson, citing a Google employee. —An evening with Google[‘]s Marissa Mayer (Java / cfml / + others)
Several interesting Google factoids, including the claim that the founders thought they were properly spelling “googol”.
Is that really the blog’s name? That’s not exactly aesthetically pleasing.
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