Tricked you, it's just for those already at Google

Nov 21, 2007 08:57 GMT  ·  By

How would you like to attend the Google University? Among the upcoming courses, there are "The Bicycle Wheel" with D. Pardo and Piaw Na, "Open Source: A Comprehensive History, With Gossip" with Chris DiBona, "Theory and Practice of Cryptography" with Stephen Weis and "You and Your Voice" with Alexander Newman.

Sounds appealing? I thought so? it's not like it's your every day opportunity to attend such an university that's only for those already pretty close to the top of the food chain, and I say that because of the long list of millionaires that Google has been producing ever since it appeared in 1999.

Imagine some of the other courses that might come next: "How to become a millionaire while in college" for those who are interested in teaching their kids how to strike rich, "How to create an Internet empire" for those who might be interested, in the off-shot that this might be the case for anyone, "How to push Yahoo! out of your way and muscle your way into the market" - a possible course for those who might want to follow Google's originally designed plan into other areas where Yahoo! still has an important word to say, like that of the Consortium it has created.

Some more ideas? Ok, here they come: "How to become one of the most important stops in the Presidential campaign" - I'm sure this would have the biggest impact in the White South, and I'm just being prejudiced-headed when I say that, "How to combine the colors into a logo that will grow to be liked and loved" - this is especially for the business oriented children at kindergarten, so it's not really an idea for a course at the university.

What else? I don't know, Google is just way too big and stretched at the moment to be able to incorporate every little thing into one single course to teach others. But if there were someone or something to be able to do it, Google would.