http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/02/10/hey-uh-google/ This can all be made better. Ready? Begin. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:04:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/02/10/hey-uh-google/#comment-32579 smallchou.com/blog » MID-WEEK MUSINGS Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:13:55 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/02/10/hey-uh-google/#comment-32579 [...] it’s an interesting rant by the other two parties. my take? google deals in the constraints of technology and user expectations, not of manpower and resources. does that mean that they can’t talk about constraint? no, but they should be sure about what they’re referring to. mayer seems to do a good job of that. does that mean a company like 37 Signals is BETTER to talk about constraint? probably yes. to me, google is just another company making the transition from innovator to large market pusher. it’s an oft-traveled path by many companies, groups, and even popular culture icons. what comes along with that path is criticism, unfounded or founded. they’ll be dealing with that a lot (see: recent china and google desktop controversies). [...] [...] it’s an interesting rant by the other two parties. my take? google deals in the constraints of technology and user expectations, not of manpower and resources. does that mean that they can’t talk about constraint? no, but they should be sure about what they’re referring to. mayer seems to do a good job of that. does that mean a company like 37 Signals is BETTER to talk about constraint? probably yes. to me, google is just another company making the transition from innovator to large market pusher. it’s an oft-traveled path by many companies, groups, and even popular culture icons. what comes along with that path is criticism, unfounded or founded. they’ll be dealing with that a lot (see: recent china and google desktop controversies). [...]

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