<![CDATA[Gawker: valleywag, google hq]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: valleywag, google hq]]> http://gawker.com/tag/valleywag/googlehq http://gawker.com/tag/valleywag/googlehq <![CDATA[Another damn Google HQ tour]]> Oh man, ABC is just TOO GOOD. Sorry to pull a week-old video out, but it's worth it, starting from frame one. Video on top, commentary after the jump.

You see that "Worst Job Ever" desktop search result? Yeah? That's the sign of unlimited hilarity to come. Click the jump link and share three minutes of crazy-go-nuts.

For those of you who haven't used Desktop Search, that multicolored swirl is its logo. Looks like someone at ABC is getting jealous of the Google employees. (Okay, it's probably just this video. Still.)

People getting fired:
Guys playing Space Invaders. This is a Q*Bert establishment and you are LOOSE CANNONS.
Woman playing piano. She just plays the first line of "Somewhere, Over the Rainbow" over, and over, and over, for her entire "20% time."
Volleyball player. Not for any clever reason. Just, dude, do a little work.

Larry says, "We thought it was really important, as Google grows in scope and influence on the world, to have a philanthropic part of the company." Does he mean that philanthropic part he stopped funding?

Hey, it's John Battelle! Anyone else think the author of The Search looks like a strong-jawed Andy Richter? Yeah? Totally.

Bob Woodruff is about to tell us something new and cool when BAM, the clip ends. Seeya next time.

Workin for Google [YouTube]
Earlier: Google's toys and free food amuse ABC [Valleywag]
And: Nerds on TV: Larry and Sergey talk to ABC News

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<![CDATA[Google's toys and free food amuse ABC]]> bob-woodruff-laughs-moronically.pngABC's Bob Woodruff tours Google HQ in an embarrassingly unedited video. "Does it up your productivity to have all this stuff?" he asks a developer with a "chaos tower" by his desk. "It looks like a mousetrap." We watched the whole seven-minute "hey look cute" trip, or we may have been watching Steve Carell in "The Office." We're not sure.

1:08 — "Now do you need some adult supervision when you work at a company like this?" Respectful, Bob! Way to build rapport with the subject. As the developer explains about workplace freedom, Bob giggles. Oh, what a silly place, thinks Bob. But the seed is planted. "Looks different than my office," says Bob.

2:45 — "Nothing," Bob notes at the Google search globe, "down in Africa. The people at Google say that's one of their greatest points of sadness." We actually saw the "oh shit I'm being insensitive" neurons firing in his brain. "Just not much happening in Africa...move on..." My god, that's too good to be unscripted.

3:20 — "Everything here is free. Free food, free medical care, free haircuts..." He nervously chuckles. "Makes 'em a lot happier."

4:38 — Bob points out the three jokes he can understand on the Google Master Plan.

4:46 — "Here's how they get around. Scooters!" Bob laughs. "I don't know how to ride one of those." Now he's going more for Gob Bluth than Steve Carell. "You expect the guy in the $3000 suit to ride a scooter? Come on!"

5:30 — Bob is hooked on this free food bit. "Why free food?" asks Bob. We mentally slap him upside the head, munch on our $10 sandwich, and keep watching.

6:28 — Bob talks about the porn subpoena.

6:41 — "It's really...quite a remarkable...place." Bob trails off. "I can totally get work here," he thinks. We agree and highly recommend that he quit work as an anchor. Good luck, Bob Woodruff, in your new career as Google cafeteria tray wiper.

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