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Sergey Brin Research Paper

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Sergey Brin’s Contributions and its Importance

Sergey Brin is the co-founder of Google. He is now the President of Technology at Google. Google is the most frequently used search engine. Sergey Brin is very good in mathematics and computer. His father was a professor in Mathematics in the University of Maryland. His parents engaged him in math and made sure he kept his Russian-language skills. Sergey Brin went to the same university where his father taught. He studied computer science and mathematics. He graduated with honors. He continued his graduate computer science in Stanford University.

He met Larry Page, who is also a co-founder of Google and now the chief executive officer of Google, during the orientation in Stanford University. They first disagreed on a lot of thing, but later on they both had the idea of Google Search engine.

Google was founded on September 1998. It was publicize on August 2004. Google’s mission statement is "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful." Google’s growth was very rapid. It initiated partnerships to many business people who found Google very successful. Google is not only a search engine it also included online productivity software like Gmail and social networking like Google +. It also has applications like Picasa (where you can edit photos), web browser like Google chrome, and Google Talk Instant Messaging. Google also created the Android operating system that is used to many different kinds of phones like Motorola Droid and Samsung Galaxy. It also includes Google images, Google Maps (which is very useful in looking for directions, Google Earth (which lets you fly all over the world virtually and let’s you zoom in to see what the place actually looks like), Google translate, and iGoogle (which let’s you customize your Google page where you can add gadgets like the weather and games).

Now why are these contributions of Sergey Brin important? Everyone knows what Google is and everyone that has a computer who has access to an Internet have used Google. Google has the answers to most of the questions people ask. Just think about life without Google. If someone wants to know the answer to something as quickly and efficiently as possible there is no other place to go than Google.

Google Search Engine has helped a lot of people in many ways. Not only on researching for work or school, but also in earning a profit. Google is sometimes considered as a money making engine of people to pay for their living. Google search engine is used all over the world. “They process billions of search requests and they cover almost equal numbers of websites.” Google is an invention that is very useful for everyone. This reason alone makes the invention of Google by Sergey Brin and Larry Page important. 

Works Cited for "Sergey Brin's Contributions and its Importance"

Work Cited

http://123-seo.com/blog/2010/09/information-google-importance-common-people/

http://www.google.com/about/corporate/company/execs.html#sergey

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Brin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google

Notes for Research Paper

Websites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Brin
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionares-2010_Sergey-Brin_D664.html

Online articles:
http://momentmag.com/Exclusive/2007/02/200702-BrinFeature.html

Magazine:
www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1158956,00.html

Book: Sergey Brin and Larry Page: The Founders of Google
           A Google Story

Learning Reflection

I have already learned a lot of things in English 111. Some of the things that I’ve learned are how to be a good writer, how to communicate with others, and to improve something using Kaizen.

In the beginning of the school year we talked about Rhetoric, the art or craft of effective communication. I learned about the rhetoric triangle. In this triangle there’s an author with goals and ideas that crafts a message to satisfy its audience that has expectations, goals, and desires. I’ve also learned that good writing is writing that helps to ensure that the author’s objectives and agendas are met for a given audience. When we were given an assignment to write a review, reading “How to Write a Review” in Writing Today helped me finish the assignment. We also talked a lot about the Writing Process, a process that one applies to be more successful. I learned that the Writing Process has six steps: Prewriting, Drafting, Revision, Proofreading/Editing, Publishing/Delivery, and Review. Following these steps will make one a successful writer. We also learned about the appeals triangle which includes: logos (logical) which deals with logics, facts, subjective and word; pathos (emotional) which deals with persuading by using one’s emotions; and ethos (credibility) which deals with ethics, ethnic, one’s reputation, trust and identification. Lastly we learned about Kaizen, the way of managing big problems so you can focus on problems that you can do something about. We’ve been working on using Kaizen in our blogs. We use Kaizen for something that we want to improve. 

Update on Kaizen

This week I can say that my studying habits are improving. I put time for my reading and homework. And I have a page limit on my books so I know when I can do something else. Also, the distractions, like watching television, lessened. Last Tuesday, instead of staying home and watching a movie, I decided to go with my mom at Barnes and Noble and study. Also the technique of making a plan for my whole day worked quite well. After lunch I go straight to reading my schoolbooks and surprisingly after doing all that I still have time to relax and do fun things.  I would try to continue on doing this to improve my studying habits.