ForrestN

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   by ForrestN 15y ago

   I don't think so, the point wouldn't be to completely lock it down or something. The music would probably get on the internet, which is fine (to me, at least). But for most consumers who choose to buy music, they would have to choose betwee
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   by ForrestN 15y ago

   This will only work if they can cultivate collectors, either for their products specifically, or from the artists they work with. Because they take up so much space, they have to be something you'd want to show off. In other words, because
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   by ForrestN 15y ago

   This is so cheesy! I don't know if I could keep a straight face. It's interesting how different the personalities of different companies are, and how deeply those personalities penetrate the way they operate. And, just like human personalit
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   by ForrestN 15y ago

   Agreed. People spend a lot of time on Facebook, and most I know complain about its frustrating UX and ugly design. People aren't using Facebook's groups feature, so it's immaterial. Having a feature isn't good enough, it has to be broadly u
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   by ForrestN 15y ago

   Regardless, it's impossible to weigh your sense of the motivation of respondents to be negative against the extent to which they've self-selected, at least in any scientific way.
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   by ForrestN 15y ago

   I think the frame of "Business/Idea Guy" vs "Technical Guy" is a mistake. Where does design fit into all of this? I can imagine an "Idea Guy" who just says "let's make AirBnB for pets" or something, and then the "Technical Guy" designs and
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   by ForrestN 15y ago

   I think most people are projecting a bigger ambition onto this than is accurate. This is not Google's revolutionary attempt at visualized search, it's a cute way to showcase all the diverse products in Google's portfolio. "What do you love?
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   by ForrestN 15y ago

   I think a lot of the growth is/will be in offices where people are working at computers. A group of people with headphones at workstations DJing to each other is very compelling, and turns a part of the environment that can be isolating int