Thursday July 23, 2009 Be afraid when a company becomes technology-driven
You know it will turn out poorly when a company becomes more technology-driven rather than customer-driven. There comes a time when every successful tech company gets too big and starts to design based on what can be done with technology rather than what should be done with technology. Here's a San Jose Mercury News piece by Chris O'Brien talking about Google's identity crisis. See: SJ Merc piece: Google's identity crisis Here's a quote: it's hard to explain to someone exactly... Google's mobile operating system, Android, ...and why it's better than or different from Apple's iPhone? ... These new products have the whiff of engineers building things for other engineers, rather than you and me. This ought to be raising some giant red flags at the Googleplex.So, true. So, true. |
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What is this obsession with google that you have? ;-)
Posted by asj on July 28, 2009 at 11:30 PM PDT #
Hi Airlan,
No obsession. This is the first post about Google in my blog since 2.5 months ago on May 1, 2009 when I posted about Google being sued over the Android name. So, if I'm posting a blog post about Google 5 times every 12 months, that's not really an obsession, is it? :-) If I posted about Google 200 times per year, now that would be an obsession.
Besides, when there are bad things that Java ME developers should watch out for, and this being a Java ME blog, I point it out, no matter where the bad things originate from.
The truth is out there. Picture me as a Java ME advocate who tries to cut through the marketing haze and fog caused by hype, to help Java ME developers spot the real potholes and pitfalls. :-)
Hinkmond
Posted by Hinkmond Wong on July 30, 2009 at 11:59 AM PDT #