On Thursday, Google co-founder Sergey Brin made a surprise visit to the Web 2.0 Summit and was interviewed on-stage by John Battelle for about 18 minutes. Our full notes from that day are here, but the video above gives a good sense of where Brin’s head is at right now. Also check out his what he’s wearing on his feet at the beginning. I’m not sure if those are shoes or rubber socks.
Brin touches on Twitter, Bing, Android, the growing network of Google alums heading up other companies, the book settlement, his surprising lack of baseball knowledge, and Chrome for Mac, among other subjects.
He points out that search ads were at the bottom of the barrel when Google started. They were considered the equivalent of remnant ads, but that Google’s success is due to seeing value where nobody else was looking. In the same way, he says, it is impossible to predict where the most value will be created on the Web in the future.
http://www.zomb...m_five_fingers/
Zombie Runner, Vibram. I think thats what he is wearing!
I’ve seen quite a few Googlers wearing the Vibram FiveFingers shoes. It wouldn’t surprise me if these were Vibrams.
Did they start wearing it they saw Sergey wearing it?
I am from Russia and I remember as one day all Russian government employees (”chinovniks”) started wearing watches on the right hand instead of the left hand after they saw on TV Mr. Putin wearing watches on the right hand.
why does he remind me of the guy from scrubs…zack braff?
He reminds me of Jerry Seinfeld
Yes. Those are Vibram Five Finger’s (VFF) KSO’s…
1. I want those shocks (shoes – socks)
2. How many people in the world can you ask about buying Twitter and expect a serious answer?
2. None. No one seriously wants it.
1. u can get em here: http://www.vibr...ivefingers.com/
actually he reminds you of ray romano!
He even has the Ray Romano voice, only that his jokes don’t have to be good for people to laugh. He’s a billionaire, after all.
That is the first time I have heard him speak, and I was thinking exactly the same thing, sounds just like Ray Romano.
You can get them at the source:
http://www.vibr...fivefingers.com
They’re amazing to run in!
I think that is a strategy of Google and very hard to understand them. However, I do love Google now as they have just invited me to join Google Wave and offer other 20 invites to share with friends. They are really generous
Look out amazon. YOUR NEXT.
About those shoes:
Crunchgear:
http://www.crun...ingers-classic/
Tim Ferriss:
http://www.four...-fingers-shoes/
Excellent blog:
http://birthdayshoes.com
first time I heard him talk, his voice sounds exactly like Ray Romano
Sergey Brin is a real genius!
Read more about Sergey Brins Interview and more video here
http://thetechn...ch-the-video-2/
Sergey’s talk w/ John Battelle reminds me that for some success is not solely due to right place/time. Very well spoken, highly intelligent and still playing ultimate frisbee.
Found his comment on Ev Williams as a 2x success as an entrepreneur interesting. With Sergey’s success with Google, he’ll likely never get to scratch that itch with a true/fresh second startup. Not that he needs or wants to, but it sounded like there was some “longing” or “curiousity” in his voice when he made that comment. just reading the tea leaves.
Who is this guy?
Aside from the comment about Ev Williams, the rest of the interview is un-inspiring. I am being kind here.
It’s Ray from Everybody loves Sergey.. LOL.. he does sound exactly like Ray Romano
He talks exactly like Ray Romano
@ Samir:
Thanks for the links. I read all.
Eric, have you met many Russians? It’s normal for a Russian to lack baseball knowledge
Same applies to American football 
“impossible to predict where the most value will be created on the Web in the future.” yeah right.
the future of web is “mobile, user services and location.”
Take Sergey away from Google (god forbid of course)
Place him in a closed room with nothing but a computer, 2 engineers and $1000 and he will emerge with another revolutionary thingamajig.
We must all be but so borderless.
Looks like ray romano’s voice.
Knowledgeable, unassuming, with an ability to listen and to recognise good work in others. If Mr Brin is representative of Google’s leadership, the firm’s prospects should be bright….
Henri
How can someone living in the US not know what a 350 batting average is? That was the most suprising thing to me. This guy’s mind is totally inside the Hive.
haha not everyone loves baseball, the guy probably has no time to even think about it little alone learn about it. He’s not a native american and obviously didn’t grow up with baseball as a priority
He’s interesting, but doesn’t seem as involved in the company as I thought he would be. Then again, he may not want you to know how involved he is.
Pretty cool.
Since he likes the five fingers and the feeling of natural movement, he should visit Erwan @ http://www.movnat.com to learn more about why he injured his ankle in the first place and why those shoes are helping him recover
See, with all that money and you wear Vibrams you can still look like a cock
Does Sergey really want to see Yahoo continue to innovate around search or was that a load of bs?!
It also makes me wonder if Google will acquire hardware companies in the future since he’s so interested in the speed of innovation.
I think Sergey in not too many words said that Twitter should of happened at Google but we failed to retain the talent.