Google kind of fell through. We had
trouble getting in touch with our contact at Google. At first we spoke with the
Google greeters in the visitor’s lobby. We were unable to get badges, so we
roamed around campus. A few of the group members rode on the Google bikes which
was pretty funny. A few of us got away with it but Google Security stopped a
few of us on the bike. We eventually got surrounded by Security and we left
campus. The experience was fun and it was still very interesting to see the
Google campus.
We went back to the Computer History
Museum for lunch, but I don’t think anybody went inside, I got lunch with Tex
and Tom.
At Boxfish, Owen (spelled phonetically) spoke
about how his company essentially indexes the words/closed captioning of
television and streaming services (e.g., Netflix, Hulu), and combined then with
social media buzz, provides content for targeted advertising.
Amber Rice, the Curry alumni, hosted us
at Criteo. Criteo (“Crit”-“ee”-“oh”?). Criteo recommends sites/social media
sites on where to best advertise for customers based on the clickthroughs. Amber
is an Administrative Assistant (but more like a VP). Later that night we met
Amber, Shawn Edge (another Curry alumn), and Tom’s father, Dominic. The dinner
was a lot of fun and it was nice getting to know the Curry alumni's and Tom’s
father.
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