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Do you remember Google Wave? That was the last time Google had balls to try an new vision. The last day of exploration, after that it was just exploitation (mak

Do you remember Google Wave? That was the last time Google had balls to try an new vision. The last day of exploration, after that it was just exploitation (make money). A long time ago they even started a trend - 20% time for personal projects, that was an act of exploration, but now they lost their curiosity and playfulness.

drumhead 3y ago
They shut it down and then a few years later Discord was launched and the rest is history.
- tdeck 3y ago
  Really shows the importance of having a compelling UI and a coherent ability to describe what your product is, both of which were sorely lacking in Google Wave.