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It's interesting to see Google to some extent, just sort of, bow out of modern computing. Watches, tablets, and VR are all more recent "frontiers" where Google
by zmmmmm 6y ago
It's interesting to see Google to some extent, just sort of, bow out of modern computing. Watches, tablets, and VR are all more recent "frontiers" where Google just seems to be shrugging it's shoulders. I wonder if it's fatigue, some genius strategy too sophisticated for me to appreciate, creeping internal dysfunction or something else?
- puranjay 6y agoI used to think tablets were a "done" technology and would have no takers in a world of 6" smartphones. But I used the iPad Pro recently with the magic keyboard. While it would never replace my primary machine, I can see it easily become a big part of my productivity workflow. The tablet form factor has a lot to offer still.
- dagmx 6y agoI've been surprised since the introduction of the Apple Pencil how much the iPad has become ubiquitous in the art world. I had greatly under estimated it when it first came out due to the first gen pencil and the lack of good productivity models at the time (ie most apps were very modal and limited to single tasks at a time etc) and the OS didn't really have split screen yet. Tons of Artists whom I follow have straight up stopped creating as much on their computers with a Wacom (Intuos or Cintiq) and are creating on the iPad.
- wmeredith 6y agoHas Google ever done anything well besides search? I know they have had a ton of other products thrown at the wall funded by their firehose of cash from search. Have they ever made money doing anything else?
- dagmx 6y agoMaps, GMail, YouTube and Docs are all top of their class IMHO. Similarly Chromecast is superb. They've had lots of secondary products that were Greta but are now since dead. The issue isn't execution, they can execute well. The issue is longevity, and they deprecate often. If anything, their products are great but their product story is not