A Different Drummer

An ongoing fascination of mine on this and previous blogs has been the phenomenal growth and general awesomeness of google. They seem to have everything right - incredibly wonderful core product (what is more dominantly superior in its industry, google search or the Gilette Mach 3 razor?), brilliant organisational culture that seems to innovate at the speed of sound, and a huge metric shit-ton of cash to spend on growing.

However, all those previous "wow" posts may have been superficial hand clapping over minor details compared to what might be coming:

"Google is working on a project to create its own global internet protocol (IP) network, a private alternative to the internet controlled by the search giant, according to sources who are in commercial negotiation with the company.

Last month, Google placed job advertisements in America and the British national press for "Strategic Negotiator candidates with experience in...identification, selection, and negotiation of dark fibre contracts both in metropolitan areas and over long distances as part of development of a global backbone network".....

Read the whole thing, it just gets way too James Bond - including 40 foot shipping containers crammed with processing power, ready to be played anywhere on earth to work as mobile data centres. It must be wonderful to be sitting in on some strategy meetings at Mountain View these days.....