this has to be the coolest thing that google has done yet. yah sure, they support the chinese government in suppressing democracy, but they support open source technology! they must not be evil!

okay enough sarcasm. this really is the coolest project that i have read about in a long time. thank you google. i mean it. we’re all going to see the benefits of this, and not only that, it’s going to give a lot of students jobs. most people work on projects like these for free, and they devote their entire lives to it. i was talking about this the other day with erin, about how it’s so weird that we can now apply for jobs like online marketing, blogging, and online community management. these used to be jobs that no one would pay for, and everyone just did out of their love for the internet, for the excitement of working together with a community of virtual strangers from all over the world. it amazes me that things that we do for fun (editing images, blogging, checking website stats, posting on message boards, etc.) we can actually get paid for.

so yes, thanks google, thank you for paying us to do what we love.