Vic Gundotra Puns

Email from SVP @ Google regarding Bitcoin

So on a whim, I sent an e-mail to Vic Gundotra (Senior Vice President, Social for Google) about Bitcoin, why it's the most disruptive technology since the Internet itself, and how I'm not the only one out there wondering when/if they have plans to incorporate it into Google Wallet.

He immediately responded and said they are "paying attention", and CC'd the gentleman who runs Google Wallet - Sridhar Ramaswamy (SVP, Ads & Commerce at Google).

I've entered into a dialogue with him.

This is my take away on why Google kicks ass :

A) One of the bosses actually responded to email from an absolute nobody about Bitcoin

B) Google is paying attention to Bitcoin (he would never have responded or said those words if Google is positioning themselves to be "Anti BTC" (or even try to create a product to rival BTC)

C) He put me in touch with the man who runs the Google Wallet division.

So, what do I say to Sridhar? Any suggestions?

Before some of the Anti BTC Brigade chime in with "so what?, he's just one dude" - please think about this. If Google had NO plans in regards to Bitcoin, this guy would be smart enough not to respond to such an email, in the manner he responded, and CC the person who runs the Google Wallet division.

If you ask me, the writing is on the wall(et) (pun intended).. and this was a really pleasant surprise.

Update: Screenshot of Email I sent (personal information blacked out)

Update 2: Google CONFIRMS they are incorporating Bitcoin

Update 3: UPDATE: Ariel Bardin, Vice President of Payments @ Google has asked me to facilitate a Google Moderator and pose the question "What would I want Google to do with bitcoin?". He's promised me he will personally review the results and pass it along to the team working on incorporating BTC into Google. Please help me with this and take the time to submit something: What would I want Google to do with bitcoin?

It was pretty cool to just sit and chat with the Sr VP of Engineering for about five or six minutes. We had folks from Argentina, Tokyo, Canada, and various places in the US.

He made sure everyone got a chance to introduce themselves and then asked what we thought of the service, if it had taken time away from other social networking sites, and what we'd like to see next. Several things were mentioned (single place to see currently running 'Hangouts', Events Calendar, collapsible comments, and more intuitive direct messaging) and Vic said they were ALL on the radar and things that are actively being worked on. The Calendar function in particular got a strong response from Vic.

Anyway, that's it. Felt I should share with y'all since I was lucky enough to get in! Here's a picture in case you're curious:

http://i.imgur.com/2f4eC.jpg

http://imgur.com/aVDXUY6 This shill has assaulted the Plan of Destiny with 600MB of background data in a couple of hours. Yes, my pictures are set to upload on Wi-Fi only. The Great Duarte should revoke his citizenry to ValHOLO. Give us hangout calling and go back to your hole.

https://plus.google.com/107117483540235115863/posts/6uioKR6faJL I'm tired of this shill in disguise releasing master race hangouts features to iOCrap users MONTHS before the Holonation. Voice calling with Android? Nope. Video clip sending? Nope. I call upon Duarte to banish this shill into the space between nether regions.

Fuck I'm young.