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If this really is it then I'm rather disappointed by Google's lack of imagination here. Surely you could put that money to better use.

by quink 13y ago

logicallee 13y ago
comments like this are probably why it's kept secret. I mean I'm sure you know what it takes to change society as fundamentally as Google glass does/would, and you don't need to wine and dine and woo anyone. Good luck with your approach.
- quink 13y ago
  Google's market cap is $350 billion. They're at a point where if they need to woo and wine and dine people into accepting their new supposedly revolutionary product on a party boat, then that's just about the biggest sign of a failure ever. Please tell me where the Google Web Search party boat was? The GMail party boat? How about the Android party boat? The Google Chrome party boat? Did they need a YouTube party boat after they bought YouTube or didn't they need a party boat because YouTube party boated before? If you have a product, make it awesome like any of the above and that should be enough. If the first step to changing society as fundamentally as this is hyped to do, then inviting hipsters and celebrities of the bourgeoisie onto a party boat for some Gatsbying leaves me rather disappointed. Like someone on Ars Technica said: > I guess this is what happens when a company has more money than it has uses for and slips into hedonism. You know what would be cool? If they sailed this thing out to the open sea, and worked together with a company that's laying some transoceanic fibre and tapping into that. And Google might in that way have a data centre in international waters. Would it be useful? Who knows. But it would be a cooler thing to do with a bloody barge than this.
  - yohui 13y ago
    Google search, Gmail, Chrome, and YouTube are all free to use, hence low barrier to adoption. Android devices cost money to buy, but the software is open source and free for OEMs. Glass, on the other hand, needs to sell buyers on a whole new product category. Also, as a very conspicuous accessory, it needs to make a strong positive fashion statement. Do I know that a floating expo is the best way to accomplish what Google's setting out to do? No, but I'm not convinced it isn't. As logicallee was saying, if speculation concerning nautical data centers hadn't percolated, nobody would be upset if/when that proves unfounded.
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  - Sheepshow 13y ago
    A wise man once said "More money than brains"
- lmg643 13y ago
  agreed. things that seem more likely for the barge: sea-steading experiment; offshore incubator for non-citizens; drone testing. but a party barge? i can't see it. just buy some high-floor loft space, no?
- krapp 13y ago
  It makes sense if Google Glass is less a fundamental transformer of society and more an expensive and overhyped toy for rich young technophiles.
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If this really is it then I'm rather disappointed by Google's lack of imagination here. Surely you could put that money to better use.

by quink 13y ago

If this really is it then I'm rather disappointed by Google's lack of imagination here. Surely you could put that money to better use.

logicallee 13y ago

comments like this are probably why it's kept secret. I mean I'm sure you know what it takes to change society as fundamentally as Google glass does/would, and you don't need to wine and dine and woo anyone. Good luck with your approach.

quink 13y ago
Google's market cap is $350 billion. They're at a point where if they need to woo and wine and dine people into accepting their new supposedly revolutionary product on a party boat, then that's just about the biggest sign of a failure ever. Please tell me where the Google Web Search party boat was? The GMail party boat? How about the Android party boat? The Google Chrome party boat? Did they need a YouTube party boat after they bought YouTube or didn't they need a party boat because YouTube party boated before? If you have a product, make it awesome like any of the above and that should be enough. If the first step to changing society as fundamentally as this is hyped to do, then inviting hipsters and celebrities of the bourgeoisie onto a party boat for some Gatsbying leaves me rather disappointed. Like someone on Ars Technica said: > I guess this is what happens when a company has more money than it has uses for and slips into hedonism. You know what would be cool? If they sailed this thing out to the open sea, and worked together with a company that's laying some transoceanic fibre and tapping into that. And Google might in that way have a data centre in international waters. Would it be useful? Who knows. But it would be a cooler thing to do with a bloody barge than this.
- yohui 13y ago
  Google search, Gmail, Chrome, and YouTube are all free to use, hence low barrier to adoption. Android devices cost money to buy, but the software is open source and free for OEMs. Glass, on the other hand, needs to sell buyers on a whole new product category. Also, as a very conspicuous accessory, it needs to make a strong positive fashion statement. Do I know that a floating expo is the best way to accomplish what Google's setting out to do? No, but I'm not convinced it isn't. As logicallee was saying, if speculation concerning nautical data centers hadn't percolated, nobody would be upset if/when that proves unfounded.
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- Sheepshow 13y ago
  A wise man once said "More money than brains"
lmg643 13y ago
agreed. things that seem more likely for the barge: sea-steading experiment; offshore incubator for non-citizens; drone testing. but a party barge? i can't see it. just buy some high-floor loft space, no?
krapp 13y ago
It makes sense if Google Glass is less a fundamental transformer of society and more an expensive and overhyped toy for rich young technophiles.
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