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Innovation Agenda | Barack Obama | Talks at Google

Talks at Google · 898.3K views · 2007-11-15 · 1:04:32

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Barack Obama, then a presidential candidate, presents his innovation agenda at Google and takes questions from Eric Schmidt and employees in November 2007.

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Referenced for his answers on technology policy and the famous bubble sort question, and for comparing politics then and later.

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r00fus · 2016-04 · Reference

Does anyone not remember the candidates' interviews at Google? [VIDEO] The Barack Obama one was likely the most viewed, as he was relatively unknown then. Interesting the answers he gave and the state of politics and regulation 8+ years afterwards.

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wallflower · 2008-11 · Reference

Skimmed the YouTube video of his google talk to find when he answered the bubble sort question - it's at @23:16 ( [VIDEO] ) Did we expect him to answer like a prospective google hire? A modified quick sort thats guarded not to recurse too many levels deep to avoid any stack overflow errors? I'm impressed that he made an effort to connect at the techie-level. I think the intent of the tech-savvy staffers who briefed him was like when a comedian makes a reference to the Yankees while performing in NYC

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tlrobinson · 2008-08 · Joke / meme

Let me guess, you want to recreate the infamous Steve Balmer "Developers" music video with Obama? I'd say your best bet (though I haven't looked) is the his Google visit: [VIDEO]

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