Nick, You do know that actually is part of Google's official strategy right? They issued a press release several years ago with some of the details:
<http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html> Eric On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 02:09 PM, "Nicholas Thompson" <nickthomp...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Is it possible that the ecology is evolutionary ... just a bunch of pigeons >pounding away at keys. And everytime anybody outsides Googleinvents anew >app, Google just opens up a new room full of pigeons? > >Nick > >Nicholas S. Thompson >Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology, >Clark University (nthomp...@clarku.edu) >http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ >http://www.cusf.org [City University of Santa Fe] > > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Steve Smith <sasm...@swcp.com> >> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group ><friam@redfish.com> >> Date: 2/10/2010 11:55:03 AM >> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Buzz arrives >> >> I am fully convinced that there is a method to their madness. But I >> also believe that it would take an astute insider in Silicon Valley to >> fully suss out what that is. I'm sure there will be a "tell >all" book >> about this Google Era. My last visit to Google was about 4 years ago >> (early Google Earth) and they were (for better and >worse) *all over the >> place*. >> >> I too am frustrated that their "ecology" is so loosely >> defined/coordinated. Things work way better than one might wish but >> they obviously are willing to leave a lot of ragged edges in favor of >> lots of new services/apps/ideas. >> > >> > They are going to continue down that very same road which has taken >> > them to all those multi billions of dollars which they keep stuffing >> > into their overflowing coffers. Why kill the goose that keeps laying >> > all of those delicious golden eggs? >> > >> > And that is? Can you describe "that very same road"? I'm >serious. >> > As far as I can see its near-random. >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > >============================================================ >FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > Eric Charles Professional Student and Assistant Professor of Psychology Penn State University Altoona, PA 16601
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