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Better Offline. When Princess Diana died in 1997, Elton John rewrote his famous song, Candle in the Wind,

changing the lyrics subtly as a tribute.

I did the same thing for this episode about Prabagar Ragavan of Google.

However, when I told Cool Zone Media about my plans,

Robert Evans threatened me with, and I quote, a trip to the carnival prison, and then sent me a low-quality

JPEG of a gun. As a result, I will be neglecting to release candle in the toilet for the time

being. Nevertheless, it's both my duty and my pleasure to reveal that Prabagar Ragavan, one of

better offline's most

notorious villains, and the former head of Google search was relieved of duty last week,

becoming Google's first chief technologist. Now, it's very important to know. It's an important

rule to follow, with somebody's title in Silicon Valley that if you can't tell what it means,

it probably doesn't mean

anything, with the notorious example of AOL's Shingy, their digital profit, being my favourite.

Although this one's a little less ridiculous, Ragavan has likely been given a ceremonial title

in the job that involves, and I quote, partnering closely with Sundar Pishai and providing

technical direction, you know, as opposed

to actually leading it. If you're confused, forgetful, or just love hearing me speak, let me give

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