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My main personal impressions of him: mensch-like, good sense of humor, and although he traveled with what appear to be bodyguards, much less air of a big shot than a lot of other big shots."}],"editorialProject":null,"primaryCategory":{"__typename":"Channel","displayName":"Technology","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/","slug":"technology"},"reviews":[],"embeds":[],"authors":[{"id":"Author:316","displayName":"James Fallows","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/author/james-fallows/","biography":{"default":"James Fallows is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and author of the newsletter Breaking the News.","__typename":"Biography"},"socialMedia":[{"platform":"TWITTER","url":"https://twitter.com/jamesfallows","__typename":"SocialMedia"}],"__typename":"Author","slug":"james-fallows"}],"preview":null,"layout":"standard","secondaryByline":"","dek":"","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2006/10/interview-with-michael-dell-at-google-zeitgeist/7462/","title":"Interview with Michael Dell at Google Zeitgeist","seoTitle":"Interview with Michael Dell at Google Zeitgeist","dateModified":"2008-07-11T19:13:00Z","datePublished":"2006-10-21T07:39:41Z","hasMeter":true,"primaryChannel":{"displayName":"Technology","__typename":"Channel","slug":"technology"},"shareImage1x1":null,"shareImage16x9":null,"shareImage4x3":null,"shareImageDefault":null,"shareImageSquareDefault":null,"shareImageLeadArt":null,"shareDek":"","shareText":null,"shareTitle":"Interview with Michael Dell at Google Zeitgeist","editorsNote":null,"leadArt":null,"narratedAudio":null,"narratedAudioImage":null,"fbiaUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/facebook-instant/article/7462/","canonicalUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2006/10/interview-with-michael-dell-at-google-zeitgeist/7462/","syndication":"ALL","shareImage2x1":null,"shareImageSmall":null,"channels":[{"slug":"technology","__typename":"Channel"}],"watsonInfo":{"keywords":["main personal impressions","Zeitgeist conference","good sense","big shot","big shots"],"__typename":"WatsonInfo"},"slug":"interview-with-michael-dell-at-google-zeitgeist","grapeshot":{"segments":["gv_safe","gb_safe","pos_bofa-kwlist","pos_lexus_fy23","pos_safe_core","pos_safe_strict","gs_tech_computing","gs_genres","gt_positive"],"__typename":"Grapeshot"},"advertisingInfo":{"disableHouseAd":false,"__typename":"AdvertisingInfo"}}}

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