On: Orkut.com

[Zigurd]

IIRC it was a 20% time project. Up to you to decide if that makes 20% time more or less of a good idea.

[TimVasil → Zigurd]

I was the Associate Product Manager assigned to Orkut as it prepared to launch. It was not 20% of his time ;-) Orkut was the backup name we had to go with because we couldn't reach a deal to get the name he wanted (eden.com) from a domain squatter.

[udit99 → TimVasil]

Good to know! But did it originate as a 20% time project? Because this is not the first time I've heard this.

[wyclif → TimVasil]

Looks like somebody got it. Do you remember what the squatter's terms were then, or was it simply not for sale at any price?

[DonHopkins → TimVasil]

They paved Paradise and put up a parking lot.