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Nadella I think brought focus on ideas and prioritization that complimented Ballmer's ideas. He doesn't need to launch new projects, but ensure they are managed into a place of rel…

Thanks for the recommendation. I'm going to check out Rovalli's book.

Yup. It's a challenging position for patients, caregivers, and medical professionals alike. Each burdens the quandary in a different way.

You capture the nuance by saying usually. Many people, logically, would arrive to this conclusion. When the treatment starts, one is even energized. Then, in the middle a person re…

I am quite optimistic IO and cell based therapies will minimize these techniques. But there's more baking to be done before they can be rolled out. The "primitive" techniques can b…

The CFS group at MIT is trying to build a larger test reactor to show Q > 1 results. In some cases, it is a matter of scaling up (construction work) a hypothesis. Agreed on your re…

Glad you brought this up. A fun read the first time, and a concerning one the second.

I think the idea is leverage form factor, usability, and familiarity. Those things + security upgrades would be a cheaper and effective rollout.

This, too, has been my thinking. That said, having worked at Google there are many folks who were there prior to this shift (and unwittingly assisted by doing nothing previously). …

$200,000 - Normal / $250,000 - Founders Edition According to tesla.com/roadster

The Paypal app was late, and didn't really support the seamless Venmo experience, because initially Venmo allowed you to sign up with a CC and ate the fees. Later, with enough mome…

I believe his foundation is allowing other people to contribute in the way he and Melinda have setup so well. With that said, I like that our largest influencers are tackling probl…

I think having multiple approaches was the key here. Worse case scenario these teams converge, but the true best case scenario is discovery of different methods to solve Google's a…

SHL learns a ton from this, gets experience most executives don't have. Optimistic in his future either way. To the GR team, your work is not marginalized by this speed bump. GR is…

I'm a PM and feel this is the case as well. I've seen massive migrations as one type of 'maintenance' wrapped as a launch that led to promotions, but generally the best way to go a…

I don't recall it being pitched as Twitter, or even Alpha at the time. I had read a lot about what Dalton believed and agreed with him. My $29 seemed paltry in the long view if he …

I think that's a viable option. Also, it's perfectly acceptable to enter new markets through acquisitions and apply Google's innovations there. That is a form of innovation in my o…

It's not an individual that is making these decisions, it's a complicated set of groups, technologies, and directions. Does that mean having bad user experiences is justified? No. …

In what regard -- the question is too broad for me to generally answer meaningfully.

I transferred to the Motorola division so I kind of have both perspectives while being at Google. In some regard, a lot of Googlers don't even know how good they have it. What Goog…

Our friends have a concept called an Orblitz. You got to orbitz.com on Wednesday and search for the cheapest tickets out of the state to anywhere. Take a backpack for the weekend a…

I built a really simple horoscopes app while playing with the mirror api. glassscopes.appspot.com This site is bizarre, though.

I think if you use Google Maps and star / favourite your home location it will utilize that data in Now (for your commutes and such).

This is pretty much the argument for the other side of the coin. Google probably designed the service understanding that situations like these would arise and would represent a sma…

I appreciate your view only because the skepticism is important as it draws attention to things optimists of the system like me will ignore. There is a problem with some skeptics t…