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To me the more interesting part is how Google has managed to maintain a sense of fun and a corporate attitude that allows fun hacks to make it to the world. I'd
by magicseth 15y ago
To me the more interesting part is how Google has managed to maintain a sense of fun and a corporate attitude that allows fun hacks to make it to the world. I'd love to know what the process was from engineer ideation (I Presume). Past product, and qa. Who said "go" and was it a hard process or one that google is optimized for.
- bh42222 15y agoTo me the more interesting part is how Google has managed to maintain a sense of fun and a corporate attitude that allows fun hacks to make it to the world. Too bad that (to me at least) Google is now firmly on the side of extremely non-fun companies. Mostly I'm referring to their no nick names on G+ stubborn dickishnes.
- bonch 15y agoOn the other side of the coin, I see it as a cynical marketing move specifically designed to appeal to nostalgia create the very impression you had, that they "maintain a sense of fun and a corporate attitude that allows fun hacks to make it to the world." Google is often successful at appealing to geek humor and ideals in order to gain fans, even as they do things that violate those ideals.
- masterzora 15y agoWhat, the barrel roll thing? I've gotta say, you're looking at it incorrectly. It was implemented by a single engineer who thought it would be a humorous thing to do without considering marketing at all. Or did you mean that them allowing this is the cynical marketing move? It'd make more sense, but I don't think I'd agree with it.