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Entertaining Read About the Lack of an Em Dash Key

Mar 14, 2010 9:00am

Entertaining Read About the Lack of an Em Dash Key is a post from: Shanghai Tech Writer Entertaining Read About the Lack of an Em Dash Key is a post from: Shanghai Tech Writer Here’s an entertaining read about the lack of an em dash key on the keyboard. Excerpt: Why care? The em-dash...

Video: Walking from Beijing to Urumqi!

Mar 9, 2010 8:00am

Video: Walking from Beijing to Urumqi! is a post from: Shanghai Tech Writer Video: Walking from Beijing to Urumqi! is a post from: Shanghai Tech Writer Below is an awesome time lapse video of a man who walked from Beijing to Urumqi over the course of a year, taking photos of him...

The Bored Security Guard Outside Our Office

Mar 5, 2010 8:00am

The Bored Security Guard Outside Our Office is a post from: Shanghai Tech Writer The Bored Security Guard Outside Our Office is a post from: Shanghai Tech Writer Recent few weeks, security has tightened around the Shanghai office in light of all the news/media coverage regarding Google and China. There’s a security...

Dogfooding the Motorola XT800 Android Phone

Mar 1, 2010 8:00am

Dogfooding the Motorola XT800 Android Phone is a post from: Shanghai Tech Writer Dogfooding the Motorola XT800 Android Phone is a post from: Shanghai Tech Writer Around Christmas time last year, all the Google employees in the U.S. and several other countries received a Nexus One Android phone to dogfood prior to...

The New Guanglan Road Subway Station Opens

Feb 25, 2010 8:00am

The New Guanglan Road Subway Station Opens is a post from: Shanghai Tech Writer The New Guanglan Road Subway Station Opens is a post from: Shanghai Tech Writer After almost two weeks of construction, the new Guanglan subway station (Line 2) finally opened! The area around Guanglan station is still a big...

A Day in the Life of a Construction Worker in China

Feb 23, 2010 8:00am

A Day in the Life of a Construction Worker in China is a post from: Shanghai Tech Writer A Day in the Life of a Construction Worker in China is a post from: Shanghai Tech Writer Just read a translated article from ChinaHush about the life of a migrant construction worker in...

Being a Woman in a Male-Dominated Workplace

Feb 20, 2010 8:00am

Being a Woman in a Male-Dominated Workplace is a post from: Shanghai Tech Writer Being a Woman in a Male-Dominated Workplace is a post from: Shanghai Tech Writer Here at the Google Shanghai office, the majority of engineers are men. I can count the number of female engineers with one hand! At...

Take a Nap inside a Google Pod to Boost Productivity

Feb 17, 2010 8:00am

Take a Nap inside a Google Pod to Boost Productivity is a post from: Shanghai Tech Writer Take a Nap inside a Google Pod to Boost Productivity is a post from: Shanghai Tech Writer When I was working at GooglePlex in Mountain View a few months ago, I saw these futuristic-looking pods...

Extension of Line 2 Subway from Zhang Jiang to Guang Lan

Feb 10, 2010 8:00am

Extension of Line 2 Subway from Zhang Jiang to Guang Lan is a post from: Shanghai Tech Writer Extension of Line 2 Subway from Zhang Jiang to Guang Lan is a post from: Shanghai Tech Writer Zhangjiang Hi-Tech subway station will be closed from 2/14 to 2/23 in preparation for the Line...

Collaboration Across the Globe

Feb 7, 2010 8:00am

Collaboration Across the Globe is a post from: Shanghai Tech Writer Collaboration Across the Globe is a post from: Shanghai Tech Writer One really cool thing about working at Google is the amount of collaboration that takes place between different offices. I can’t speak for all the products and services, but the...