On Feb 10, 2010, at 12:08 PM, Douglas Roberts wrote:
Disagree -- their (hugely successful) advertising platform is built
upon and relies on their "architecture" to achieve the monstrous
circulation it receives. The two aspects of their business plan are
intertwined and cannot be separated if True Google Enlightenment is
to be achieved.
OK, then lets take a poll of how folks use Google:
Search: Generally, although Yahoo has been giving me better results
lately.
GMail: I only use it as a login to the rest of google. Never as
primary mail.
Calendar: Yes, for everything and for integration with friends and
sfcomplex
Maps: A lot
Earth: Only for a toy.
Desktop: Nope, crashes my system.
Chrome: No, not ready.
Google App Engine: Yes, like it even though its incomplete and likely
to be ditched.
Maps API: Yes, built a GAE app with redfish that was fun and
interesting.
Google Data API: Yup, Steve used it for tiny graphs in GAE app, its
very cool.
Docs: No. Read others and post stuff I make on my desktop.
Apps: Can't even figure out why they call it that (its business web
hosting) and why its wonderful.
Groups: Yes, as the site for Thinking Mathematically seminar Nick built.
Code: Some, OK for repositories, but will likely move on to GIT.
Wave: Tried as part of Nick's seminar but it fell apart and is not
used anymore.
That's enough for a start. How about the rest of us. As you can see,
my use is pretty isolated rather than integrated.
-- Owen
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