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Re: Google Glass

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Post by callmeed »

jgroome wrote: post #175
artursapek wrote: post #150

I am seriously concerned about this. I was in a long-distance relationship this summer. We would take turns visiting each other in our respective cities roughly 5 hours apart. It was a pretty long journey for a weekend - it would sometimes take 10 hours one way since you had to go through New York. Of course, it was worth it. But whenever we would go on a walk, or I'd take her out to dinner, I got as much face time w…

I hear what you're saying, and I appreciate that you put the time in to write that out, but honestly I'm hearing this kind of argument from so many quarters ("we never look up!" "we all talk, but we never converse !" etc etc) recently that it's starting to get obnoxious. Conversation is not dead. People have been moaning about how we're all becoming socially isolated since the publication of the first novel. The art…

"More than a third of divorce filings last year contained the word 'Facebook'"[1]

I totally disagree with you, and not just because of the article I posted. I've said this in the past—online services/apps/games need you to spend more and more time looking at a screen (especially Facebook & Zynga types) and they'll likely employ every form of behavioral trick that's legal.

For goodness sake, one of the main mantras here on HN is "you need to A/B test everything", the goal of which is to get people to stay on your site longer.

[1] http://blogs.smartmoney.com/advice/2012/05/21/does-facebook-...

Re: Google Glass

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Post by rayiner »

kamaal wrote: post #534
rayiner wrote: post #444

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> but Google is the greatest technology organization ever existed. Bullshit. NASA sent humans to the moon. Bell Labs gave us the transistor. U.S. Steel basically built our modern civilization. Google found somewhat better ways of searching documents in return for selling advertising, plus rip-offs of Hotmail, MS Office, iOS, Facebook, etc.

>>Google found somewhat better ways of searching documents And yes, that storing and searching the world's information on your finger tips is the biggest problem with regards to information distribution the world has faced so far.

Google didn't invent search engines. It didn't databases. It didn't invent web crawling. It invented a better search engine (Page Rank) that didn't clog up the page with portal crap. Meanwhile, Bell Labs invented the transistor, C, etc. Xerox PARC invented the GUI, Ethernet, and e-mail. Etc.

I think that makes calling Google the "greatest technology organization ever existed" laughable, not to mention historically revisionist.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by rayiner »

ghshephard wrote: post #523
rayiner wrote: post #499

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Again, you're only giving credit to google for the first year of their product. NASA was nowhere near the moon in 1959. Right. But the .com bubble was ending the first year of Google's product in 2000, while commercialization of space technology through things like Space X (which are leveraging NASA's developments) is happening 50 years after 1959. If you're going to give Google credit for internet uptake, you have…

I was with you right up until you wrote this: "Do a thought experiment. Say we don't have Google, or its clones like Bing, etc. And say we don't have a replacement" You must be a very different knowledge work than I am. Every 3-5 minutes I'm typically typing something into the my URL bar to get the appropriate page on the internet to solve my questions. Google has become an extension of my mind - I guarantee you that…

> You must be a very different knowledge work than I am. Every 3-5 minutes I'm typically typing something into the my URL bar to get the appropriate page on the internet to solve my questions.

I do that with Westlaw. Apparently it's been around in digital form since the 1970's, though it was a dial-up service back then.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by plaguuuuuu »

jimzvz wrote: post #119
bobsy wrote: post #14

I didn't realise how bad it looks. The premise looks awesome. The demo video... awesome. The way the product looks on someone's face... this isn't the finished product right? I think Google should look at designer glasses and outsource the design to someone who knows what they are doing.

I wonder how difficult it would be to lose the metal band and have it secured by only the ear. It would look much better in my opinion.

My first thought was "I would totally pierce a couple of holes in my head and put in some geometric mounting studs for one of these"

I don't even have any piercings but it would be pretty awesome.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by hakaaaaak »

artursapek wrote: post #150

I am seriously concerned about this. I was in a long-distance relationship this summer. We would take turns visiting each other in our respective cities roughly 5 hours apart. It was a pretty long journey for a weekend - it would sometimes take 10 hours one way since you had to go through New York. Of course, it was worth it. But whenever we would go on a walk, or I'd take her out to dinner, I got as much face time w…

At least if she's wearing Google Glass, it will maybe look like she's looking at you and paying attention, even though she won't be.

But I totally understand. The good thing is that many non-chemical addictions, like internet addiction, can be easily beaten.

And, it might not be as bad as you think. Part of what is perceived as "internet addiction" at night is due to the blue light from the screens keeping us awake, according to a study I read: http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletters/Harvard_Health_Let...

I think e-ink without backlighting and incandescent lights in the home or carefully chosen warm light LEDs (with as little blue light as possible) is the way to go for nighttime use.

Conversely, blue light is good during the day; you need it to avoid depression http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/seasonal-affective-disorder... , and certain blue wavelengths have actually been associated with an increase in intelligence: http://realdoctorstu.com/2011/05/23/blue-lights-shown-to-giv...

Just avoid blue light starting about 45 minutes before you go to bed, and tell your girlfriend how you feel.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by marssaxman »

killerpopiller wrote: post #460
silverbax88 wrote: post #418

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Google? Granted, they've done some really cool stuff after they copied other search engines and hit upon paid search as a profit model. And not Bell Labs? The organization that built everything from scratch that Google uses to push bits around every day?

I vaguely remember "the internet" before google and it seriously sucked. Partially, because searching was wading through yahoo-like sites and annoying pop-ups. And before that all was in black&white. Searching was, and is, imho one of the main usage scenarios. Google toned that sonewhat loud and cluttered act down and improved it, a lot. I am thankfull for that. http://h30565.www3.hp.com/t5/Feature-Articles/Searching…

It wasn't that bad. Sounds like you never used Altavista, which was far and away the best of the pre-google search engines.

Re: Google Glass

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Post by thisisnotatest »

pkorzeniewski wrote: post #101

As cool as the idea sounds, I'm sceptical of the real life usage scenarios. It would be interesting for the first few days, but after that I think it would be simply annoying. Just think about getting notifications from FB, Twitter and other apps all the time - with mobile phone you can just ignore them and check later when you have time, with Google Glass they would be thrown right in your face. Not to mention ads,…

Seems like you're less likely to have an accident if your GPS directions are right there in your field of vision than if you have to look away from the road at a device on your dashboard or in your hand.
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