Re: [FRIAM] Google's Graveyard
The desktop thingy was OK, and Wave looked promising, but really the only one I cared about was Sidewiki. -Arlo James Barnes FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
Re: [FRIAM] Google's Graveyard
On 02/04/2015 04:18 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: > Love this tweet: I'm really glad Google is so performance based in its product strategy. It's a far cry from wasteful and obsolete old school practices that pour lots of resources into a narrow channel, artificially maintaining zombie products. It seems akin to evolution, actually. "The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried." It also seems to reflect a new sense of the C2B relationship. The rejection of brand loyalty was a hallmark of GenX. Then the millenials made it fundamental to their ethos, even defining character by it. (Anyone wearing, say, a Coca-Cola branded product must be a tool... unless the irony is obvious... like a tattooed stick-boy wearing a CAT cap.) These days, anyone who openly or obviously _relies_ on a corporate product is (culturally, at least) an anachronism. This is the heart of the reactionary criticism of, say, Occupy protesters relying so much on Apple products. -- ⇒⇐ glen e. p. ropella I spend 'em as fast as they come FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
Re: [FRIAM] Google's Graveyard
Yep! Eat my Wheaties every morning. [sign me] Of The Silent Generation Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology Clark University http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ -Original Message- From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of glen Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2015 9:21 AM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Google's Graveyard On 02/04/2015 04:18 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: > Love this tweet: I'm really glad Google is so performance based in its product strategy. It's a far cry from wasteful and obsolete old school practices that pour lots of resources into a narrow channel, artificially maintaining zombie products. It seems akin to evolution, actually. "The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried." It also seems to reflect a new sense of the C2B relationship. The rejection of brand loyalty was a hallmark of GenX. Then the millenials made it fundamental to their ethos, even defining character by it. (Anyone wearing, say, a Coca-Cola branded product must be a tool... unless the irony is obvious... like a tattooed stick-boy wearing a CAT cap.) These days, anyone who openly or obviously _relies_ on a corporate product is (culturally, at least) an anachronism. This is the heart of the reactionary criticism of, say, Occupy protesters relying so much on Apple products. -- ⇒⇐ glen e. p. ropella I spend 'em as fast as they come FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
Re: [FRIAM] Google's Graveyard
It's only fair to say the google ecology is converging to some degree and is pretty useful. I did find the fail of their RSS reader problematic. OTOH: I find myself unwilling to rely on several of their products, preferring others that I think will last. Dropbox, for example for sync'ed storage rather than Google Drive. I guess I find Google schizophrenic. Apple has a similar issue, but based on failures of the past rather than simply dropping services. My guess iCloud will work, after the failures of their prior attempts. But I won't rely on it. -- Owen On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 10:17 AM, Nick Thompson wrote: > Yep! Eat my Wheaties every morning. [sign me] > > Of The Silent Generation > > Nicholas S. Thompson > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology > Clark University > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > -Original Message- > From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of glen > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2015 9:21 AM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Google's Graveyard > > On 02/04/2015 04:18 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: > > Love this tweet: > > I'm really glad Google is so performance based in its product strategy. > It's a far cry from wasteful and obsolete old school practices that pour > lots of resources into a narrow channel, artificially maintaining zombie > products. It seems akin to evolution, actually. "The master has failed > more times than the beginner has even tried." > > It also seems to reflect a new sense of the C2B relationship. The > rejection of brand loyalty was a hallmark of GenX. Then the millenials > made it fundamental to their ethos, even defining character by it. (Anyone > wearing, say, a Coca-Cola branded product must be a tool... unless the > irony is obvious... like a tattooed stick-boy wearing a CAT cap.) These > days, anyone who openly or obviously _relies_ on a corporate product is > (culturally, at least) an anachronism. This is the heart of the > reactionary criticism of, say, Occupy protesters relying so much on Apple > products. > > -- > ⇒⇐ glen e. p. ropella > I spend 'em as fast as they come > > > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
Re: [FRIAM] Google's Graveyard
Google's products are highly intrusive. Whenever I use them I feel as though I'm a lab rat in somebody's experiment. http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ On 2/5/15, Owen Densmore wrote: > It's only fair to say the google ecology is converging to some degree and > is pretty useful. I did find the fail of their RSS reader problematic. > > OTOH: I find myself unwilling to rely on several of their products, > preferring others that I think will last. Dropbox, for example for sync'ed > storage rather than Google Drive. I guess I find Google schizophrenic. > > Apple has a similar issue, but based on failures of the past rather than > simply dropping services. My guess iCloud will work, after the failures of > their prior attempts. But I won't rely on it. > >-- Owen > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
