Reading #2-Google, not your friend?

I dont know, maybe its me, but I dont really see this as a big problem. Maybe its that I'm a trusting guy that I dont care if Google knows what I'm searching, and have that all saved somewhere, but mostly its this; Even if Google does know what I search and have that saved, what are they gonna do? Do you think the president of Google is sitting around in his multi-million dollar house, drinking a martini and thinking to himself, "What can I do today to screw Matt Ferris?" I doubt it, I just dont see that as a real problem. Why are people so worried about this? Who cares? What are you doing wrong that you cant have Google look at? The way I see it, I think that Google is very much my friend because it is one of the quickest search engines there is, and if Goolge cares that I just searched for some new hockey gear using their search engine, then so be it I guess.

Reading #1-Email Etiquette

This is a great reading, and it is very relevant to the way the world of business is run today. With big companies that everybody has heard of, this kind of thing is typically not too big of a problem, as they understand the importance of the problem. For other companies, it is a huge problem. Just last semester I wrote an email and a letter to one of my favorite sports teams growing up, the Seattle Thunderbirds, a local junior hockey team that I grew up watching. I wrote them an email complimenting them on being a good organization to go watch and follow, and then also complimenting them on the grand opening of their new arena, which opened January 3rd, 2009. I'm positive that I sent my email to the write email address, and after a day, a week, a month, and even until now, I have not received an email back, or a letter in the mail. Not a huge deal I guess, but not something I would be proud of if I were them either. I would assume that it is not that important to them as now they have a brand new arena and are financially thriving, but I thought it was interesting and went along with this reading well.