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Precisely. I'd thought of building something like this for my own use last autumn, and ironically actually started building it over the weekend[1] (GF away for
by gpjt 14y ago
Precisely.
I'd thought of building something like this for my own use last autumn, and ironically actually started building it over the weekend[1] (GF away for the week).
When I was young and naive, reading that one of the big boys was getting into the space where I'd just started a project would have scared me off and I'd have abandoned it. In recent, more clued-up years I'd have thought "ah, market validation!" and ramped up my development effort. Now, in the light of the Reader abandonment, it's more like a feeling of joy that Google will educate the world about how great an idea this is, and then abandon it just about when I have something that other people might actually want to use.
[1] http://blog.memostream.com/2013/03/19/hello-world/ http://blog.memostream.com/2013/03/19/hello-world/
- dragonwriter 14y ago> Now, in the light of the Reader abandonment, it's more like a feeling of joy that Google will educate the world about how great an idea this is, and then abandon it just about when I have something that other people might actually want to use. Drive, while also available for free, part of the core of the paid Google Apps offering, and its (as the parallel to OneNote) a key part of Google Apps being an alternative to Microsoft Office (and, consequently, to ChromeOS with Google Apps being an alternative to Windows with Microsoft Office). Its hardly positioned similarly to Reader which, however popular it may have been with a segment that is overrepresented among active participants of online forums focussed on technology, was pretty distant from any core strategic focus for Google. So, I wouldn't bank on Google canceling this any time soon (or even in 8 years, as happened with Reader.)
- gpjt 14y agoYou may be right -- possibly I'm overcompensating for my earlier worries. Still, if the worst comes to the worst it'll still be an interesting project.
- dragonwriter 14y ago> Still, if the worst comes to the worst it'll still be an interesting project. And that can be a compelling reason to do it, anyway, sure.
- gpjt 14y agoIndeed. Though now that I've realised it's unlikely to make me my millions, I think I'll write it using Angular, Node, CoffeeScript, MongoDB, and possibly Haskell.
- stephengillie 14y agoThis is exactly what I'm realizing with my self-driving trash can: Google's self-driving car team are just a few guys who can code, and some sensors, processors, and servos attached to a car. (And since it's Google, a TON of code written by those few guys) What, I can't do the same with an RC car chassis and a handful of Arduinos?
- gpjt 14y agoA self-driving trash can is possibly the best idea I've ever heard!