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Strange that you go right to Inbox as an example because, like Nest, it was the result of an expensive acquisition of a noted design team. Which just supports m
by Steko 11y ago
Strange that you go right to Inbox as an example because, like Nest, it was the result of an expensive acquisition of a noted design team. Which just supports my point, that design isn't a core competence at Google. Are they improving? Sure. But, back to devices and Glass itself, Glass sticking out like a sore thumb, users being branded assholes and banned from use all over is an obvious example of just flat out design incompetence.
https://twitter.com/jm_denis/status/524968589489479680 https://twitter.com/jm_denis/status/524968589489479680
- andybak 11y agoIsn't there a slight fallacy at the heart of your stance? You seem to be positing an innate, unchangeable taint that can never be eradicated by change - no matter how pervasive that shift becomes.
- Steko 11y agoNo I'm positing that this one particular characteristic not only hasn't been completely eradicated yet, but I don't think they're even trying to eradicate it (although they are trying to mitigate it). Fundamentally Apple is still a company run by designers and Google is still a company run by engineering and yes companies can change what they are fundamentally about but no I don't see either of these two have done this. If anything, I see it being reinforced, with this being personified with moves like Jony Ive taking over Forstall's duties and Melissa Mayer needing to leave Google. I don't like the term you've chosen here, "taint" because Google's culture and hiring preferences have certainly paid off for them in other ways.