Comments on: Dodgeball goes Gauth, reveals GOOG’s masterplan to p0wn your ass http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/17/dodgeball-goes-gauth-reveals-googs-masterplan-to-p0wn-your-ass/ This can all be made better. Ready? Begin. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:12:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Sticking eyeballs with toothpicks; or Yahoo buys MyBlogLog at FactoryCity http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/17/dodgeball-goes-gauth-reveals-googs-masterplan-to-p0wn-your-ass/#comment-45773 Sticking eyeballs with toothpicks; or Yahoo buys MyBlogLog at FactoryCity Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:21:35 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/17/dodgeball-goes-gauth-reveals-googs-masterplan-to-p0wn-your-ass/#comment-45773 [...] impressive traffic today) — but what concerns me is that this kind of purchase underscores my thesis about Google’s Identity Mousetrap, but this time in the Yahoo neighborhood. Interestingly, in conversations with my Yahoo friends, [...] [...] impressive traffic today) — but what concerns me is that this kind of purchase underscores my thesis about Google’s Identity Mousetrap, but this time in the Yahoo neighborhood. Interestingly, in conversations with my Yahoo friends, [...]

]]> By: Mickipedia » Blog Archive » links for 2006-10-20 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/17/dodgeball-goes-gauth-reveals-googs-masterplan-to-p0wn-your-ass/#comment-22387 Mickipedia » Blog Archive » links for 2006-10-20 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:16:18 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/17/dodgeball-goes-gauth-reveals-googs-masterplan-to-p0wn-your-ass/#comment-22387 [...] Dodgeball goes Gauth, reveals GOOG’s masterplan to p0wn your ass at FactoryCity Google really is becoming the almight overlord. I called it! (tags: google, youtube, monopoly) [...] [...] Dodgeball goes Gauth, reveals GOOG’s masterplan to p0wn your ass at FactoryCity Google really is becoming the almight overlord. I called it! (tags: google, youtube, monopoly) [...]

]]> By: Ed Kohler http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/17/dodgeball-goes-gauth-reveals-googs-masterplan-to-p0wn-your-ass/#comment-22262 Ed Kohler Mon, 23 Oct 2006 01:20:47 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/17/dodgeball-goes-gauth-reveals-googs-masterplan-to-p0wn-your-ass/#comment-22262 I tried to think of a site that - if GOOG bought it and integrated it with GAccounts - would really freak me out. I tried to think of a site that - if GOOG bought it and integrated it with GAccounts - would really freak me out.

]]> By: Clintus http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/17/dodgeball-goes-gauth-reveals-googs-masterplan-to-p0wn-your-ass/#comment-21915 Clintus Fri, 20 Oct 2006 21:24:10 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/17/dodgeball-goes-gauth-reveals-googs-masterplan-to-p0wn-your-ass/#comment-21915 Kick ass article. Yeah I'm with you there, Google is very much like the Borg. Scary to think of one company doing so much and having access to so much information at once. Kick ass article. Yeah I’m with you there, Google is very much like the Borg. Scary to think of one company doing so much and having access to so much information at once.

]]> By: subvert » Google buying Dodgeball and the window of indie-hood http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/17/dodgeball-goes-gauth-reveals-googs-masterplan-to-p0wn-your-ass/#comment-21913 subvert » Google buying Dodgeball and the window of indie-hood Fri, 20 Oct 2006 21:01:35 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/17/dodgeball-goes-gauth-reveals-googs-masterplan-to-p0wn-your-ass/#comment-21913 [...] Chris Messina wrotea great post about Google’s purchase of Dodgeball which is a cell-phone-connect-up-with-your-pals-in-a-serendipitous-way-in-the-real-world kind of system. [...] [...] Chris Messina wrotea great post about Google’s purchase of Dodgeball which is a cell-phone-connect-up-with-your-pals-in-a-serendipitous-way-in-the-real-world kind of system. [...]

]]> By: dodgeball.com officially Google’d « BIG Mobile research http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/17/dodgeball-goes-gauth-reveals-googs-masterplan-to-p0wn-your-ass/#comment-21896 dodgeball.com officially Google’d « BIG Mobile research Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:49:43 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/17/dodgeball-goes-gauth-reveals-googs-masterplan-to-p0wn-your-ass/#comment-21896 [...] More on this story at TailRank and a very interesting post by Chris Messina. [...] [...] More on this story at TailRank and a very interesting post by Chris Messina. [...]

]]> By: Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » FacoryJoe groks it http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/17/dodgeball-goes-gauth-reveals-googs-masterplan-to-p0wn-your-ass/#comment-21890 Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » FacoryJoe groks it Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:28:36 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/17/dodgeball-goes-gauth-reveals-googs-masterplan-to-p0wn-your-ass/#comment-21890 [...] Listen to this guy. He speaks the truth. [...] [...] Listen to this guy. He speaks the truth. [...]

]]> By: Ryan http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/17/dodgeball-goes-gauth-reveals-googs-masterplan-to-p0wn-your-ass/#comment-21866 Ryan Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:07:19 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/17/dodgeball-goes-gauth-reveals-googs-masterplan-to-p0wn-your-ass/#comment-21866 whether you're msft, yhoo, goog, or anyone else, the business motivations for owning logins are pretty self-evident. of course, i'm no mba, so i can't speak to whether or not they're actually valid. all i know is, that way lie dragons...and religious flamewars. :P having said that, google is very aware that its success is largely due to its users' happiness. hence gdata, and the ability to export your data from pretty much any google app, whether it's gmail or orkut or maps or even reader. lawyers and suits can write legalese EULAS and TOSes all day long, but users get unhappy if they lose ownership and control of their data, and rightly so. facebook, for example, learned that the hard way. and you're right, interoperability is the next step. openid actually has a fair amount of grass roots interest internally. it's only at the "hey, that's cool" stage right now, but it's gathering momentum. whether you’re msft, yhoo, goog, or anyone else, the business motivations for
owning logins are pretty self-evident. of course, i’m no mba, so i can’t speak
to whether or not they’re actually valid. all i know is, that way lie
dragons…and religious flamewars. :P
having said that, google is very aware that its success is largely due to its
users’ happiness. hence gdata, and the ability to export your data from pretty
much any google app, whether it’s gmail or orkut or maps or even reader.
lawyers and suits can write legalese EULAS and TOSes all day long, but users
get unhappy if they lose ownership and control of their data, and rightly so.
facebook, for example, learned that the hard way.

and you’re right, interoperability is the next step. openid actually has a
fair amount of grass roots interest internally. it’s only at the “hey, that’s
cool” stage right now, but it’s gathering momentum.

]]> By: VentureBeat » Google integrates Dodgeball, but you still have say where you are http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/17/dodgeball-goes-gauth-reveals-googs-masterplan-to-p0wn-your-ass/#comment-21844 VentureBeat » Google integrates Dodgeball, but you still have say where you are Fri, 20 Oct 2006 06:26:47 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/17/dodgeball-goes-gauth-reveals-googs-masterplan-to-p0wn-your-ass/#comment-21844 [...] Google has started asking users of its mobile social networking site, Dodgeball, to start using a Google account sign-on, Web designer Chris Messina noticed. [...] [...] Google has started asking users of its mobile social networking site, Dodgeball, to start using a Google account sign-on, Web designer Chris Messina noticed. [...]

]]> By: Blog by Kveton » Somebody had to do it http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/17/dodgeball-goes-gauth-reveals-googs-masterplan-to-p0wn-your-ass/#comment-21836 Blog by Kveton » Somebody had to do it Fri, 20 Oct 2006 05:16:02 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/17/dodgeball-goes-gauth-reveals-googs-masterplan-to-p0wn-your-ass/#comment-21836 [...] But really. Somebody had to do it. Somebody had to get the ball rolling on user-centric identity before the big players ace all of the smaller guys out of the game. At the end of the day, the Internet officially sucks less in my eyes. Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...] [...] But really. Somebody had to do it. Somebody had to get the ball rolling on user-centric identity before the big players ace all of the smaller guys out of the game. At the end of the day, the Internet officially sucks less in my eyes. Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

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