Not very many Rochesterians have hit it big at Google or in Silicon Valley and have their own Wikipedia entry, so the few who do, stand out. In many ways, they seem like ordinary folks with ordinary schedules and ordinary tribulations, but just got lucky. They can also have an amazing talent for programming and new enterprise. In this 4000 word interview, read about one of them: Paul Buchheit.
If something is wrong with the copy, you can probably blame me. Even experienced eyes sometimes miss things read too many times. One footnote to the interview, in editing the transcript, i changed none of the dialog or wording, using only paragraphs and punctuation to render the sequence of words readable and comprehensible
A big warm thanks go to Rajesh for inviting me to contribute questions for the interview, and for turning me onto FriendFeed.