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Time：第 364會，2016年9月 24 日（週六）下午2:30~5:30
Place：
viewtopic.php?t=15

Agenda
14:30~15:30 Session One
15:30~15:50 Speech Session
15:50~16:00 Change Group and then Break Time
16:00~17:15 Session Two
17:15~17:30 Happy Time

Host: Kevin
Assistant Host:

Topic:
How Google Works
Source:
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/inter ... google.htm

Please Note:
Venue:台中市南屯區 大業路182號 Mos Burger二樓
Thanks a lot for your attention.

Questions:

1. Whenever you use the Google search engine, you input a lot of information that is stored on remote servers. Through big data algorithm, Google will know your preference. The next time you log into YouTube (provided by Google), you will be bombarded with ads related to your input on Google search. Therefore, some said “Google knows more about you than your mother.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Do pop-up video ads on YouTube work for you? Why or why not?

2. Due to personal information leakage or privacy breaches, online scams and frauds have risen over the past few years. Are you afraid of privacy issues caused by using Google products? Have you ever been aimed by online scams or frauds? If yes, please tell us your experience.

3. What are the most useful Google products? What are the most creative and innovative Google ideas you have heard of?

4. Google passed Apple as the world’s most valuable brand. What makes Google the most valuable and innovative company? Why is it not easy for eastern countries to have a company like Google?


例會須知
時間地點須知：
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15
協會章程：
http://www.happyforum.org/Association_Principle.htm
各分會章程：
http://www.happyforum.org/Club_Principle.htm
協會會員會費及各分會會員會費及入場費：
http://www.happyforum.org/15.htm
參與例會，請自行列印當週的討論文章，並帶至現場
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewforum.php?f=33
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http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1766
週六晚餐(Saturday Dinner)
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewforum.php?f=76
戶外活動(Club Outing)
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewforum.php?f=72
所有行程(All Schedule)
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewtopic.php?t=883

Dear Taichung Happiers,

Q: How are you getting on with the Internet?
A: Surf far, so good.

What is the most fascinating field of the Internet to you? Why? Google former CEO Larry Page fancied “We should be building great things that don't exist.” Well, you know? Kid President wasn’t always the Kid President—his first dream is to be a great inventor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75okexRzWMk For this weekend, our host (also the former President of Taichung Branch) Kevin will lead our discussion about the great inventor, Google.

A great corporation can be, and will be, always remembered for performing the story of our present moment. Steve Wozniak, Co-Founder of Apple Inc., gave us a reassuring smile. “You can make something big when young that will carry you through life. Look at all the big startups like Microsoft, Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc. They were all started by very young people who stumbled on something of unseen value. You'll know it when you hit a home run.” Then, we wonder, how to apply our critical thinking skills to create value from the silent surfaces? When “Qualify the problem, breakthrough opportunities, qualitative evaluation…..” look big and “Believe in yourself” sounds like a cliché, the instructor at Harvard i-Lab strongly suggested our future stories be put inside out—the most important thing is you have the passion and you believe in yourself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYJeGYboPnw

Has Google ever put limit on anything they do? See? Google Allo has been launched—whether you will download it or not, the big lesson from Google is creativity. According to the “Creativity Paradox” from Michael Michalko, a highly acclaimed creativity expert, “To create, a person must have knowledge but forget the knowledge, must see unexpected connections in things but not have a mental disorder, must work hard but spend time doing nothing as information incubates, must create many ideas yet most of them are useless, must look at the same thing as everyone else, yet see something different……." So, how would you paint the sky? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noNTx4YdgMY Now, let’s take a quick peek inside the recipes of Google’s innovation. http://innovationexcellence.com/blog/2016/09/19/learn-from-the-best-googles-nine-principles-of-innovation/ Meanwhile, we can’t afford to forget that a perfect storm is a gift, even for a genius, to acknowledge the authenticity of creativity. The aftertaste of this film Noma has been lingering in my mind. The story is true yet the lesson is not teachable—you have to earn it by yourself—the absolute award for creativity is the happiness of persistent pursuit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-OBEJTBzOg

Do technology and humanities always conflict? What kind of personalities do you think technology might possess? When we google, what personalities of Google do we look for? We are what we google? http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-19/google-s-top-search-terms-of-2015-reveal-asia-s-differing-web-tastes Having conducted empirical researches about human-technology interaction for decades, Professor Sherry Turkle called for more talks rather than googlings. The research results reveal the phenomenon that empathic behaviors are rapidly diminishing in this Information Age due to the deprivation of face-to-face communication caused by social media distractions. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/27/opinion/sunday/stop-googling-lets-talk.html?_r=0 Ohhh….., what a beautiful oops! Where is the magic booth of lost-and-found?

“Something Missing” (by Shel Silverstein)

I remember I put on my socks,
I remember I put on my shoes.
I remember I put on my tie
That was printed
In beautiful purples and blues.
I remember I put on my coat,
To look perfectly grand at the dance,
Yet I feel there is something
I may have forgot—
What is it? What is it?...

More positive transformation is a question of fundamental importance proposed by Google former CEO Larry Page. “I think as technologists we should have some safe places where we can try out new things and figure out the effect on society. What’s the effect on people, without having to deploy it to the whole world?” Google has got that one thing which makes your heart race. So, what developments in Google (health, education, travel, art, etc.) would you like to see? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1xs_xPb46M Come join us to share it out loud. Thanks.





With Gratitude,
Jasmine