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Does the new VP's name start with M? I am extremely confused by the new notification icons.

cyberbanjo 6y ago
“This is the moment in which we break free from defining the structure and the role of our offerings in terms that were invented by somebody else in a very different era,” Google VP Javier Soltero told Fast Company. Is what GP refers too
- teruakohatu 6y ago
  Sounds like something generated by a primitive twitter bot. On the other hand is does describe what Google does which is constantly change/close its offerings in a way nobody wanted or asked for.
- api 6y ago
  I can’t write shit like that. I guess that’s why I don’t make the big bucks.
  - vbezhenar 6y ago
    But you can train neural network which will write shit like that.
    - fakedang 6y ago
      BRB, gonna design a bullshit bot. It can effectively cut middle management by 60% or more. #profit
- deleted 6y ago
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- ineedasername 6y ago
  "invented by somebody else" Yep, perfectly describes the stereotypical useless executive that wants to show results by making some surface level modification. I often see it where I work at a lower level with new managers who want to rename the departments under them. It means they can immediately say in their first performance review "I created department X!". Part of the way I identify good managers is by whether or not they do such a thing, or whether they wait a year to fully understand things before making more substantive changes. Or you know just running things normally, looking for those incremental improvements that add up over time in a bigger way.
  - vvanders 6y ago
    I knew some game developers who put one or two glaringly bad visual choices in each milestone deliverable so the publisher could say "Change X!" and they feel like they'd made their mark. That left the rest of the build mostly unscathed from input from the publisher. As I heard it told it was a fairly successful approach.
    - aikinai 6y ago
      That's Atwood's Duck[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_triviality?Reposting#Related_principles_and_formulations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_triviality?Reposting#Re...
    - noizejoy 6y ago
      You’d be surprised how often this works - especially when there’s a wide discrepancy of expertise between the person doing the work and the person approving and/or paying for the work and the latter feel compelled to put their stamp on the work.
    - webmaven 6y ago
      > I knew some game developers who put one or two glaringly bad visual choices in each milestone deliverable so the publisher could say "Change X!" and they feel like they'd made their mark. > That left the rest of the build mostly unscathed from input from the publisher. As I heard it told it was a fairly successful approach. David Siegel in Secrets of Successful Websites (1997) called them "neck bolts".
  - loosescrews 6y ago
    It is also very clearly a dig at his predecessor (Diane Greene?). Seems unprofessional.
- wlesieutre 6y ago
  “Someone else invented the term word processor, so we’re reinventing Google Docs as a text actualizer.” - Google, probably
- MattGaiser 6y ago
  And this guy earns more than all of us to say things like that.
- kevin_thibedeau 6y ago
  Somebody else... who knew what they were doing by having functional icons that are differentiable. Next redesign they will make them oblique for another $1M.

“This is the moment in which we break free from defining the structure and the role of our offerings in terms that were invented by somebody else in a very different era,” Google VP Javier Soltero told Fast Company. Is what GP refers too

teruakohatu 6y ago
Sounds like something generated by a primitive twitter bot. On the other hand is does describe what Google does which is constantly change/close its offerings in a way nobody wanted or asked for.
api 6y ago
I can’t write shit like that. I guess that’s why I don’t make the big bucks.
- vbezhenar 6y ago
  But you can train neural network which will write shit like that.
  - fakedang 6y ago
    BRB, gonna design a bullshit bot. It can effectively cut middle management by 60% or more. #profit
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ineedasername 6y ago
"invented by somebody else" Yep, perfectly describes the stereotypical useless executive that wants to show results by making some surface level modification. I often see it where I work at a lower level with new managers who want to rename the departments under them. It means they can immediately say in their first performance review "I created department X!". Part of the way I identify good managers is by whether or not they do such a thing, or whether they wait a year to fully understand things before making more substantive changes. Or you know just running things normally, looking for those incremental improvements that add up over time in a bigger way.
- vvanders 6y ago
  I knew some game developers who put one or two glaringly bad visual choices in each milestone deliverable so the publisher could say "Change X!" and they feel like they'd made their mark. That left the rest of the build mostly unscathed from input from the publisher. As I heard it told it was a fairly successful approach.
  - aikinai 6y ago
    That's Atwood's Duck[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_triviality?Reposting#Related_principles_and_formulations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_triviality?Reposting#Re...
  - noizejoy 6y ago
    You’d be surprised how often this works - especially when there’s a wide discrepancy of expertise between the person doing the work and the person approving and/or paying for the work and the latter feel compelled to put their stamp on the work.
  - webmaven 6y ago
    > I knew some game developers who put one or two glaringly bad visual choices in each milestone deliverable so the publisher could say "Change X!" and they feel like they'd made their mark. > That left the rest of the build mostly unscathed from input from the publisher. As I heard it told it was a fairly successful approach. David Siegel in Secrets of Successful Websites (1997) called them "neck bolts".
- loosescrews 6y ago
  It is also very clearly a dig at his predecessor (Diane Greene?). Seems unprofessional.
wlesieutre 6y ago
“Someone else invented the term word processor, so we’re reinventing Google Docs as a text actualizer.” - Google, probably
MattGaiser 6y ago
And this guy earns more than all of us to say things like that.
kevin_thibedeau 6y ago
Somebody else... who knew what they were doing by having functional icons that are differentiable. Next redesign they will make them oblique for another $1M.