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I had plans in G+ to go to the Exploratorium at 2:00 on Saturday. I finished brunch early, so I arrived at 1:30. Google Now interrupted me at 1:45 to remind m
by bsimpson 14y ago
I had plans in G+ to go to the Exploratorium at 2:00 on Saturday. I finished brunch early, so I arrived at 1:30. Google Now interrupted me at 1:45 to remind me to go to the Exploratorium.
- mpowered 14y agoAre you really complaining that it can't read your mind?
- uptown 14y agoIt sounds like he's complaining that it was telling him to go somewhere he already was.
- hamax 14y agoBut being in the same building doesn't mean he was already there. When I'm at work I still want a reminder for a meeting.
- recursive 14y agoHe wasn't going to the exploratorium for a meeting. I'm not sure what the solution is, or if there is one, but the point is that it was not useful.
- mynameisvlad 14y agoIt was in a calendar (this case G+). It's not going to know you don't want a reminder for something because it's not a human and it can't read your mind. I'd rather have it remind me of things that I don't want to be reminded of than not be reminded of things I do.
- bsimpson 14y agoIt was a Google+ event with about 100 people invited. It felt like it was a cached notification that didn't realize I had already arrived.
- recursive 14y agoThe premise of google now is that it can read your mind. It's not my (the consumer) job to be concerned about implementation.
- mynameisvlad 14y agoNo, it's really not. The premise of G+ is that it predicts what you want to see. There's a massive difference between predicting and knowing.
- nl 14y agoAre you sure that wasn't just an ordinary calendar reminder?
- bsimpson 14y agoYes.