on meeting jerry

Posted by admin on Aug 20, 2008 in life | 0 comments

It’s not like you get to meet an Internet legend everyday, so last Friday I was happily expecting Jerry’s visit to the HK office.

I’ve never been a Jerry basher and I have a lot of respect for him for sticking two fingers up the ass of Steve Balmer. Although not often rightfully praised by the media, fact is, he and Filo did create the biggest and greatest establishment on the net and changed the lives for millions.

In flesh, he’s actually more easy-going and friendlier than you’d expect. Yes, there was the expected yang style blabbing of mission statements that we have heard so much before. And Yes, I don’t think it made much of a difference in terms of boosting morale and all (he probably wasn’t trying to do that anyway). But in the end of the day, it felt good to have a living legend coming to tell you that he’s proud of what you’ve done. Phew. Try to top that.

While not a direct influence, their vision and achievement do remind me of why I went down this path in the first place – to create something meaningful and leave behind a legacy of inspirations.

Thanks to Alex for snapping this pic for me. It does make me seem a bit closer to that ideal.

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