Comments on: Playing it Safe http://eyespeak.com/2010/02/playing-safe/ beautiful creative. powerful code. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:23:05 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jason http://eyespeak.com/2010/02/playing-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-831 Jason Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:24:06 +0000 http://eyespeak.com/?p=1671#comment-831 I get your point. Buzz and the recent news of a foray into the ISP biz are both headscratchers. Very Un-Google if you ask me. That said, Android is poised to battle iPhone for #1 in the mobile space- multiple carriers, multiple devices & big time name recognition that is synonymous with innovation gives them plenty of mojo. Not as many apps yet but I have to believe they will easily compete with Apple on quality and catch up with numbers in time. Don't forget, the iPad didn't exactly shock the world and iPods big change last time around was adding a camera? Maybe Apple is having some of the same issues. I get your point. Buzz and the recent news of a foray into the ISP biz are both headscratchers. Very Un-Google if you ask me. That said, Android is poised to battle iPhone for #1 in the mobile space- multiple carriers, multiple devices & big time name recognition that is synonymous with innovation gives them plenty of mojo. Not as many apps yet but I have to believe they will easily compete with Apple on quality and catch up with numbers in time. Don’t forget, the iPad didn’t exactly shock the world and iPods big change last time around was adding a camera? Maybe Apple is having some of the same issues.

]]> By: austin http://eyespeak.com/2010/02/playing-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-830 austin Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:58:21 +0000 http://eyespeak.com/?p=1671#comment-830 They are doing innovative things, but aren't creating them internally, they are just building on an idea that they purchased from someone else and re-branded it under the Google name. They are doing innovative things, but aren’t creating them internally, they are just building on an idea that they purchased from someone else and re-branded it under the Google name.

]]> By: lars http://eyespeak.com/2010/02/playing-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-829 lars Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:47:23 +0000 http://eyespeak.com/?p=1671#comment-829 I hadn't noticed a decline in innovation. Granted nothing major has changed lately, but I continue to see small improvements/additions to gmail and Google Docs. I love Google Docs BTW. I do see your point about corporations having a different goal than a privately held company. When the company is owned by a single person (or a small group) the positive side of having a high ego really comes through. They are that company, and the only way to improve their name is to improve their product, not their quarterly statements to the board. I hadn’t noticed a decline in innovation. Granted nothing major has changed lately, but I continue to see small improvements/additions to gmail and Google Docs. I love Google Docs BTW.

I do see your point about corporations having a different goal than a privately held company. When the company is owned by a single person (or a small group) the positive side of having a high ego really comes through. They are that company, and the only way to improve their name is to improve their product, not their quarterly statements to the board.

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