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Why pitch this to google? If you think there's a useful tool here, why not built it and own it yourself?
by tdaltonc 11y ago
Why pitch this to google? If you think there's a useful tool here, why not built it and own it yourself?
- eecks 11y agoAgreed - this looks cool and you could have it as a stand alone product.
- blisse 11y agoThe author seems to be a product manager and designer, rather than an engineer.
- LukeB_UK 11y agoThe author could still work with people to create it.
- kmfrk 11y agoGoogle tend to innovate by acquihiring anyway.
- ocdtrekkie 11y agoIf you call 'buying ideas' an 'innovation' rather than just a way to try and retain relevance.
- ludamad 11y agoBeing relevant is the ultimate goal of innovating anyway
- ronilan 11y agoWhat are we optimizing for? Ownership or usage? Personal gain or Aggregate Utility?
- ocdtrekkie 11y agoI suspect because the author says he "loves Google" and presumably wants to work there.
- bfung 11y agoTL;DR - don't take the product seriously. It's the UX process. The article is more about the author learning UX methodologies and showing it off to Google rather than the product that's being pitched. The product being pitched already has many issues and problems: * Is "Hobbies" the right product? Looks like this product is trying to solve too much - trying to "make time for people to do hobbies", search for teachers, filter and organize information better, etc... * Would people even use this for hobbies? How serious do people take their hobbies? It is actually a problem that people meander through youtube while attempting to learn something? * What's the difference between a hobbie and something like taking a school course? It happens that if the person likes it, and can do it as a job, then that intersection works well. Otherwise it turns hobbies into a chore. </2cents>