Comments for The Downside

Comment on Google Buzz: Cool, but not a game-changer by Senh

Senh — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:09:56 +0000

I played with it for a couple minutes, and really like it. This implementation is a lot better than Yahoo’s. Some of my contacts are automatically followed and recommendations are pretty good. It’s easier and more intuitive. I like that you can edit your status updates.

Comment on iPad: For the early adopter’s mom by Jeremy

Jeremy — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:39:50 +0000

I’m not sure about early adopters. BetaMax was the favorite of early adopters but VHS won out in the end.

Comment on iPad fails to live up to the iPod/iPhone legacy by Cory

Cory — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:05:38 +0000

Interesting to hear your thoughts, Joel. Great point about Apple missing the mark on creating a tech device that will simplify our lives. Apple has given birth to something that is not quite there yet but I think that we will see some interesting things come of this. Awesome video!! haha

Comment on Amazon: Stop it, now by Case

Case — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:45:40 +0000

First year? Try first month…

Comment on Tablets and E-readers will be killed off by Notebooks by joel

joel — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:56:38 +0000

Indeed, all very good points. Sometimes I think people would prefer the regular reading experience, particularly if you’re somewhere where they can’t make noise (and don’t want to wear headphones), or if they’re reading a textbook or magazine that is image-heavy, but yes, these are just more reasons why e-readers just aren’t all that important in the long run march of technology.

Comment on Tablets and E-readers will be killed off by Notebooks by Giao

Giao — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:49:36 +0000

Everyone keeps obsessing over the screens. Crazy idea but why not have the tablet read to you? Amazon’s Kindle already does this. It’s just limited by the publisher allowing the books to be read. But what if there was a device that could vocalize text you direct at it? Emails, blogs, books, magazines, etc.

Take it further. If the device can speak to you, why not tell it what to do? Voice commands with a speech-to-text system to solve the issue of input.

Comment on Don’t comment on this blog by Forbrugslaan

Forbrugslaan — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:55:51 +0000

What, why? oh the comment is for Settor

Comment on Google Wave’s Fatal Flaws by Richard C.

Richard C. — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:59:08 +0000

i too found myself completely lost / bored with google wave.

i’m thinking…it’s because no one else i know or chat with regularly uses it (ala the first days of gmail). i’m sure in the future when they open it up a bit that it will take off.

now i’m not saying that all the added features will be of any use to anyone or if people really care to be logged into a web page all day JUST to converse with people on gw but we’ll see. i’m thinking…even if i have three people to “wave” to…i wouldn’t bother.

kinda like twitter….who really cares?

Comment on Google Wave’s Fatal Flaws by Brandon

Brandon — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:02:54 +0000

I agree with everything said with one addition and one reservation. In addition, I’ll just say this: try using it WITHOUT Google Chrome since most of the world will. In reservation, I do believe its adoption will grow significantly over time as new, young, web savvy users join the party. It’s just a little ahead of its time and quite unpolished.

Comment on Google Wave’s Fatal Flaws by Phil

Phil — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:04:45 +0000

I’m really surprised how bad Google Wave is. I used it for the first time on Friday, with 3 other people, and it is confusing more than anything else. I’m really not sure what this tool is supposed to help me accomplish. And yes, the editing of other people’s messages was just plain weird.