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He was probably ill fit for a company that "values technology, not social science" - I love google for that. And i think changing careers is always rewarding. W
by ignifero 15y ago
He was probably ill fit for a company that "values technology, not social science" - I love google for that. And i think changing careers is always rewarding. What's more interesting is his thoughts about how the "web is being fundamentally rebuilt around people". Personally, i would not like to see that happen. The value of the web for me comes exactly because it's the information that matters, not who said it and what others think of it. I also see the ubiquity of identity information to be a blocker for radically free thinking, a factor that has given great value to the content of the web till now. It's good to have social networks for those who want to use the internet as a communication medium, but i personally dislike the way social networks become omnipresent.
- ellyagg 15y ago"I love google for that" Actually, I think the point is that Google was ill fit for using and rewarding his value, because it slavishly fetishizes engineering to the exclusion of other expertise. If you've been following this story, then you know that Google did eventually acknowledge the message from his presentation and book, to the point that people internally were upset his presentation was "leaked" and Google blocked and continues to block his book.
- bhennessy 15y agoA very smart former former boss of mine liked to say, "The greatest engineering marvel ever created is sitting under a tarp in somebody's garage because the engineer didn't bother to find out if anybody wanted it." I agree. IDEO's Design Thinking, which puts emphasis on desirability (people) helps avoiding problems with great engineering of undesirable stuff. Still, Google does satisfy desires for a billion people. That ain't bad.