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You can argue that they are trying 1000 things and 999 can fail as long as that 1 succeeds - but I don't think this is generating a good public view of them. T

You can argue that they are trying 1000 things and 999 can fail as long as that 1 succeeds - but I don't think this is generating a good public view of them. That is a real problem. Organizations (not exclusive to Google) seem to quickly jump out and announce something before anything real is in their hands. Anytime you announce something a countdown starts in the minds of people. I learned this the hard way, of course.

cmelbye 10y ago
Google seems to have a hard time with this. It seems like a majority of announcements at I/O are half a year away (or more) from being released.
- asimuvPR 10y ago
  Could be an internal pressure to quickly provide the image of results. I know that was my problem.
  - a_small_island 10y ago
    Can you share your story? I know I'm curious...
    - asimuvPR 10y ago
      There is no one story. Just experience. I don't really announce projects unless I intend to release a BETA or if I'm willing to make the failure of the project public. Don't confuse this with a fear of failure. Its more in line with managing the expectations of people. I once made a public comment of currently doing (a small bit of) research in the area of hydroponics (mostly brainstorming and prototyping). People mistook it as me going full blown into hydroponics. Still get emails regarding it.
bhewes 10y ago
I think the start of the count down clock is intentional. I have been on the opposite end where with out the countdown clock nothing real happens. And given the fiduciary duties of a publicly traded company talk first, results second is par the course.
- asimuvPR 10y ago
  Too many clocks counting down gives the impression of a high failure rate. Failure is fine. Problem is when you publicly continue to fail as an organization. Public opinion goes negative. For a publicly traded company public opinion is important.
  - bhewes 10y ago
    I agree. Given the quarterly earnings report cycle publicly traded companies are poor fits for developing innovative work. It is not the investment vehicle most conducive to long term investing.

cmelbye 10y ago

Google seems to have a hard time with this. It seems like a majority of announcements at I/O are half a year away (or more) from being released.

asimuvPR 10y ago
Could be an internal pressure to quickly provide the image of results. I know that was my problem.
- a_small_island 10y ago
  Can you share your story? I know I'm curious...
  - asimuvPR 10y ago
    There is no one story. Just experience. I don't really announce projects unless I intend to release a BETA or if I'm willing to make the failure of the project public. Don't confuse this with a fear of failure. Its more in line with managing the expectations of people. I once made a public comment of currently doing (a small bit of) research in the area of hydroponics (mostly brainstorming and prototyping). People mistook it as me going full blown into hydroponics. Still get emails regarding it.

bhewes 10y ago

I think the start of the count down clock is intentional. I have been on the opposite end where with out the countdown clock nothing real happens. And given the fiduciary duties of a publicly traded company talk first, results second is par the course.

asimuvPR 10y ago
Too many clocks counting down gives the impression of a high failure rate. Failure is fine. Problem is when you publicly continue to fail as an organization. Public opinion goes negative. For a publicly traded company public opinion is important.
- bhewes 10y ago
  I agree. Given the quarterly earnings report cycle publicly traded companies are poor fits for developing innovative work. It is not the investment vehicle most conducive to long term investing.