Philipp Lenssen and Tony Ruscoe of the excellent Google Blogoscoped blog have put together a very fun collection of screenshots and information about the Google Intranet and related pages. The post discusses the intranet homepage, called Moma - Inside Google, the experimental intranet search called Moma Next, projects like Google Dogfood (as in use new versions of our apps and eat your own dogfood) and more. Below is a leaked screenshot of Moma, with specific information politely grayed out by the Blogoscoped team.
We can only imagine what kind of information about genetic cataloging, brain implants and the search for sustainable energy sources in outer space are displayed on these pages. I kid, it's probably fairly mundane. I'm sure Larry and Sergey have an entirely different interface for all the really creepy stuff, like the most damning images captured by the Google Street View car.
In order to get into character further, your pretending to be a Google employee may be even more informed by a read through of Nick Carr's widely discussed article this week titled The Google Enigma.
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I wish I was one of their employees when they first came on the scene over 10 years ago. They surely have put together a great team that have made them the leaders in the internet world and they only seems to be growing daily by leaps and bounds Google is everywere.
Posted by: paradise5000 | November 28, 2007 11:34 PM
The grayed out section is really adsense
Posted by: Pete | November 29, 2007 2:24 AM
Working in Google must be the best job ever!
Posted by: CCNA Exploration | November 29, 2007 3:35 AM
Only if "the best job ever" is working for someone else.
Posted by: fotoflo | November 29, 2007 4:23 AM
Working for a company that is evil and main purpose is to capture and mine information ready for the US Gov to send them a court order, is not fun.
Store your data with google... if want to reduce your privacy.
Posted by: Not Page | November 29, 2007 5:58 AM
What's an intranet again?
I remember those, that unified place that promised to bring us together so we could work together but then became the homebrewed creative outlet from IT departments that gave us read-only access to things like HR forms, right?
Probably time to nuke that approach. Lots of executives are wondering how they got sold that bill of goods. 1990s said what?
Posted by: Sam Lawrence | November 29, 2007 7:33 AM
I rather work for myself.
Posted by: VW | November 29, 2007 7:33 AM
Why is this interesting?
Posted by: Scott | November 29, 2007 7:42 AM
Must be that Windows Live ad right underneath the article.
Posted by: Cellulose | November 29, 2007 8:51 AM
seriously... those screenshots dont look like anything google have produced, i dont believe they are real.
Google stuff looks neat and in place. Lots of that stuff looks messy, and out of place :)
You think...
Posted by: Attie | November 29, 2007 8:55 AM
wow, this is good
Posted by: Anglictina | November 29, 2007 9:55 AM
Here is intresting people… Lets talk!
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