Laughing Squid photographer Scott Beale, shooting pictures at this week's Web 2.0 Expo, was rebuffed by marketers staffing the Google booth. Company policy, they said, forbade photography of the booth. Beale complained on Twitter, and word rapidly issued from the Googleplex: It was actually okay, they said, to publicize Google's attempt at gathering publicity. Can you suggest a better headline? Leave it in the comments. (Yesterday's drew no deserving suggestions.) (Photo by viss)
While now able to afford real women engineers, Google engineers are still embarrassed by their inflatable booth
4:00 PM on Fri Apr 25 2008
By Owen Thomas
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Google booth embraces the "bubble".
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While now able to afford real women engineers, Google is still embarrassed by it's inflatable booth.
Sorry, that's the best I've got on a Friday.
Funnier phrasing?
While now able to afford real women engineers, Google engineers are still embarrassed by their inflatable booth.
Google acquires Michelin.
Google PR full of hot air.
Do Not Photograph: Flash May Puncture Cushy Wall of Security
Introducing Google "Booth View". Navigate through a trade show from your browser.
Michelin Man's Decapitated Body Finds Reuse in Gruesome Google PR Effort
"Its not as stinky as you might think," says Google staffers.
Since when does company policy extend to places and people Google doesn't own?
Bored of doing dirty deeds in the ball pit, Googlers break out the bouncy castle for their expo naughtiness.
New "Google Air" -- same search, less results!
"...and here you can see - using our new Google InHome application - just what's up with your... I'm guessing that's your husband... and... that looks to be a pool boy... is that a meerkat?"
In the unlikely event of a water landing, Google has stowed a floatation device in your conference.
Google now marketing Michelin Man-themed sex toys.
Take whatever pics you want, just as long as you don't Photoshop the word 'Googirl' in later.
Enormous White Hand Grabs Google Staffer
Its Google. They have always lived in an alternate reality. They have their own food, buses, planes, etc...
Their job is not to integrate with society, but rather have society integrate with them (ie. Borgoogle)
Isn't it ironic that the company which is getting sued for driving a camera car up someone's driveway, photgraphing their private property and through whose efforts we've seen people crash their bikes or making possible drug deals have a policy against unauthorized, drive-by photos?
Google -- What's good for the goose, the gander can not do.
Go ogle elsewhere.
this is plain old arrogance
"Microsoft's new 'Boothview' Application Raises Privacy Concerns at Google"
@Magister: Actually goo-girl herself banned the cameras from her house (in SF I believe). Not ironic, just Google.
Caption contests still an epic fail. <3
Google: We can photograph your private driveway, and catch you coming out of a massage parlor, but please don't photograph us...err...anywhere.
@ExOverHoo:
Google: We can photograph your private driveway, and catch you coming out of a massage parlor, but please don't photograph us...err...anywhere.
You can read my mind! I just had the same thought.
@EricFrostHatesLife: I thought I properly appeased you.
At least I'm not the only one. I've been yelled at by Google employees at a variety of booths at conferences more than once. How annoying. Should've used Twitter.
Intertube 2.0
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