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My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price

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Re: My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price

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Post by killerpopiller »

onedev wrote: post #43
threeseed wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is looking away that breaks conversations, not doing something else. You ARE looking away. And depending on how many messages you receive it could be just as irritating to the person(s) you're with as constantly checking your phone. Least of all the constant doubt about whether your conversation is being recorded or not. I am not disputing their unquestionable usefulness I just have doubts they will be acceptable…

From having tried Glass, I can affirm that you do indeed look away. If any of you are wearing glasses, try looking at the top corner of your frame; that's the same motion needed to engage with Glass. You'd effectively completely break eye contact with the person you're talking to and motion as if you're looking at something completely different. It's the equivalent of getting distracted by a cool car while your frien…

I am keen to try reading while driving on an autobahn, is it save? Can I develop while looking out of the window? That would be great, this staring on a screen always felt somewhat autistic.

Re: My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price

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Post by mkr-hn »

mtgx wrote: post #123
onedev wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As far as G+ is concerned, I find Facebook much more useful than G+ for all intents and purposes (photos, groups, messaging, news, everything I find is either better or more useful on Facebook; more useful in the sense that my friends actually use it heh). YouTube has great content but the design has changed for the worse in my humble opinion. Maps is top notch. Really a modern day beauty. Calendar is pretty useful,…

That's because you're looking at Google+ wrong. Look at it more like an advanced Twitter. A much better Twitter, at least for organizing information, communities, and stuff like that.

I use Twitter as a communication medium. G+ could work for that if it was used by anyone I wanted to communicate with regularly.

Re: My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price

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Post by nestlequ1k »

raldi wrote: post #109
stevewillows wrote: post #6

I find it interesting that social cues like flipping the glasses up while in the bathroom are becoming normal.

It seems like the perfect opportunity for theft.

If someone else in the area outside the bathroom has google glasses on, you could ask around and maybe get a face shot of the person running out of there.

I'm sort of fascinated (and slightly scared) by a world where google glasses are everywhere and the ability to get away with a crime in a public place is nearly impossible.

Re: My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price

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Post by myko »

onedev wrote: post #13
magic_haze wrote: post #4

Interesting he feels so strongly about that... but then again, he always kinda does. Not sure what to make of it. I used to follow Scoble's blog back when he was evangelizing for Microsoft, but he's abandoned his mediums so often and so vociferously that I sort of lost track. Is Google Plus his latest platform now? Personally, I'm consciously trying _not_ to get stuck with a single company's ecosystem, so a lot of th…

As far as G+ is concerned, I find Facebook much more useful than G+ for all intents and purposes (photos, groups, messaging, news, everything I find is either better or more useful on Facebook; more useful in the sense that my friends actually use it heh). YouTube has great content but the design has changed for the worse in my humble opinion. Maps is top notch. Really a modern day beauty. Calendar is pretty useful,…

> (photos, groups, messaging

Wow. These are things I find absolutely terrible on Facebook. Photos are compressed to the point of being unprintable, groups are okay but nowhere near as nice as Google+ communities, and Facebook messaging to me is far behind Gtalk/Hangouts. Also calendar integration with G+ events is magnificent (party mode in the mobile app is amazing as well).

I guess I'm just surprised to hear such positives about these particular bits of Facebook which to me lag far behind at least one competitor.

Re: My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price

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Post by driverdan »

WiseWeasel wrote: post #122
robobenjie wrote: post #97

How can you possibly say that you aren't willing to spend more than $200 dollars, but would wear it on your face every single day? People pay more than that for sunglasses which provide no functional utility above the $5 sunglasses.

Sunglasses protect your eyes. This product probably ruins them.

[citation needed]

Re: My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price

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Post by driverdan »

davidw wrote: post #16

Hrm. I find that wearing things that aren't strictly necessary irritates me. I don't even like watches, let alone some thing attached to my face. When I raced bikes, I ended up dumping the annoying heart rate monitor too as I did not like having this thing strapped to me. Phones work pretty well as they're just along for the ride, like a wallet or keys, and don't constrain me.

You get used to it. Wear a watch, glassess, armband, etc daily for a month and see if it still bothers you.

Re: My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price

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Post by onedev »

myko wrote: post #145
onedev wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As far as G+ is concerned, I find Facebook much more useful than G+ for all intents and purposes (photos, groups, messaging, news, everything I find is either better or more useful on Facebook; more useful in the sense that my friends actually use it heh). YouTube has great content but the design has changed for the worse in my humble opinion. Maps is top notch. Really a modern day beauty. Calendar is pretty useful,…

> (photos, groups, messaging Wow. These are things I find absolutely terrible on Facebook. Photos are compressed to the point of being unprintable, groups are okay but nowhere near as nice as Google+ communities, and Facebook messaging to me is far behind Gtalk/Hangouts. Also calendar integration with G+ events is magnificent (party mode in the mobile app is amazing as well). I guess I'm just surprised to hear such p…

Feature-wise some of the services on G+ might be better (their app is phenomenal, their website is pretty good, their individual products are pretty good also), but EXPERIENCE-wise, I always have a better experience on Facebook because people I care about actually use Facebook.

Photos I want to see are not on G+. The photos feature on FB is actually really good for most people. I've heard a ton of photographers like G+ though (it seems to me certain niche communities have found a good use for G+; such as photographers or bloggers)

I agree, Hangouts is absolutely amazing (this is actually the only reason my G+ account sees use), but I find FB messenger much more useful than G+ messenger. It's more featured, and more of my friends use it. Chat Heads is simply awesome in every way.

Groups on FB have created tons of experiences for me. I met a ton of people I otherwise would not have met and this is BY FAR one of the most useful things on FB to me. I can't delete my FB even if I wanted to, simply for the reason that I'm in groups for each of my classes (I'm a student), as well as groups for my summer internship, groups for the company I work for, groups for my close friends, etc. All of these are tremendously useful, and I think redesigning groups is one of the biggest potentials for Facebook right now, and a very underrated part of the experience. Sure it may lack in the features of G+ groups, but makes up for it with tons of substance.

These friends of mine and people I'd like to meet are not on G+ and so, even though Google's groups product may have more features, those feature mean nothing.

Of course everything can be improved, and as we're seeing, FB are improving each piece of their total experience one by one (launching a new newsfeed, new timeline, new search, new local, new pages etc).

Re: My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price

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Post by onedev »

semiel wrote: post #138
onedev wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As far as G+ is concerned, I find Facebook much more useful than G+ for all intents and purposes (photos, groups, messaging, news, everything I find is either better or more useful on Facebook; more useful in the sense that my friends actually use it heh). YouTube has great content but the design has changed for the worse in my humble opinion. Maps is top notch. Really a modern day beauty. Calendar is pretty useful,…

Google+ has a very specific niche at the moment: Groups of specialized hobbyists who want a platform that's a hybrid between a microblog service and a message board. I know that it's currently the center of the indie tabletop RPG world, for instance, and I think the same is true of at least some other similar communities. I don't think it'll ever replace Facebook, but it could certainly make phpBB obsolete.

I completely agree with you. Niche communities have found a useful way to use G+ (photographers, bloggers, hobbyists) and I think they will continue to do so, but G+ will never replace FB in a general sense.
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