Comments on: Google and your paycheck http://inoveryourhead.net/google-and-your-paycheck/ social capital, trust agents, all that jazz Mon, 21 May 2012 10:23:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: Evanhttp://inoveryourhead.net/google-and-your-paycheck/#comment-165638 Evan Sat, 31 Jan 2009 05:51:24 +0000 http://inoveryourhead.net/google-and-your-paycheck/#comment-165638 The only advantage that Google has is, they create an environment for the true hackers to live and thrive. The company model doesn't make Google successful, their developers do. Hackers and highly skilled developers have been behind almost all of the great leaps in technology for the past 50 years and yet they live in the shadows because their culture is against vanity and self-promotion. To say that M$'s success was the product of Bill Gates' work is ludicrous. All he did was take all the credit (and all the money) for the work of a lot of very talented people.Hackers are very unique culture who have a genuine love and interest in the work they do. Microsoft made their name by working these people to death at the break of the personal computer age and built a strong foundation of fanboys to live off their breadcrumbs.The main difference between Google and M$ is, Google creates the perfect work environment for that specific group of people. Whereas, M$ exists solely on the fact that most CEOs and CTOs are too lazy and chickenshit to learn a how to work in anything other than Windows and Word, Google thrive by being leaders in the world of open source software development.Imagine a culture where money is insignificant, and earning respect by being extremely intelligent, talented, and (most importantly) accomplished is the only value there is in life. That's the hacker culture and Google has it's fresh pick of the best and brightest minds from MIT and other ground breaking institutions all over the world.They aren't taking over. They're just trying to make everything better because if they didn't, no one else would. Try to imagine what it would be like if M$ succeeded in monopolizing the internet with IE and you were forced to use Windows live to search the internet? and, If you want a taste of the future just look up Google Android. The only advantage that Google has is, they create an environment for the true hackers to live and thrive. The company model doesn’t make Google successful, their developers do. Hackers and highly skilled developers have been behind almost all of the great leaps in technology for the past 50 years and yet they live in the shadows because their culture is against vanity and self-promotion. To say that M$’s success was the product of Bill Gates’ work is ludicrous. All he did was take all the credit (and all the money) for the work of a lot of very talented people.

Hackers are very unique culture who have a genuine love and interest in the work they do. Microsoft made their name by working these people to death at the break of the personal computer age and built a strong foundation of fanboys to live off their breadcrumbs.

The main difference between Google and M$ is, Google creates the perfect work environment for that specific group of people. Whereas, M$ exists solely on the fact that most CEOs and CTOs are too lazy and chickenshit to learn a how to work in anything other than Windows and Word, Google thrive by being leaders in the world of open source software development.

Imagine a culture where money is insignificant, and earning respect by being extremely intelligent, talented, and (most importantly) accomplished is the only value there is in life. That’s the hacker culture and Google has it’s fresh pick of the best and brightest minds from MIT and other ground breaking institutions all over the world.

They aren’t taking over. They’re just trying to make everything better because if they didn’t, no one else would. Try to imagine what it would be like if M$ succeeded in monopolizing the internet with IE and you were forced to use Windows live to search the internet? and, If you want a taste of the future just look up Google Android.

]]> By: James Deanhttp://inoveryourhead.net/google-and-your-paycheck/#comment-161805 James Dean Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:31:38 +0000 http://inoveryourhead.net/google-and-your-paycheck/#comment-161805 Google already owns my ass... Google already owns my ass…

]]> By: Hugh McGuirehttp://inoveryourhead.net/google-and-your-paycheck/#comment-161726 Hugh McGuire Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:17:52 +0000 http://inoveryourhead.net/google-and-your-paycheck/#comment-161726 speaking of sleeping giants ... speaking of sleeping giants …

]]> By: Gab Goldenberghttp://inoveryourhead.net/google-and-your-paycheck/#comment-161570 Gab Goldenberg Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:27:12 +0000 http://inoveryourhead.net/google-and-your-paycheck/#comment-161570 Hey Julien,Your point about Google eating your lunch is exactly right - one of the main things I distrust about them.Another reason not to trust Google is that they have far too much power, and that power is concentrated amongst people who, in a broad sense, control the web - webmasters. Look at your own usage of Google's products. How much personal information does that give Google on you?They know:- Your opinions and ideas from Gmail, and Google docs - Where you eat, go clubbing, stay in foreign cities etc from Gmaps - Who you're hosting with through partnerships with certain hosts - How much you may be earning, if you use Google Spreadsheets and/or AdSense - Where that revenue is coming from, based on the ads on your site - How much traffic you have and how much/little you spend to get it from AdWords, GAnalytics, Website Optimizer - What you're charging for direct ad sales through G Ad Manager - What you might look/sound like through Youtube, as well as your tastes in audio/video, and potentially some of your politics (e.g. you watched one politician and 5-starred his speech, then watched the competition and 1-starred it).Plus: - They've censored stuff in China. Considering how much information they currently control/distribute, that's downright frightening. - They keep buying out the little guys. Urchin - Analytics; - They profit by selling clicks to unethical people in all sorts of sketchy niches, not to mention being hypocrites by selling clicks to link brokers who Google tell people not to use.p.s. Thanks for the link :). Hey Julien,

Your point about Google eating your lunch is exactly right – one of the main things I distrust about them.

Another reason not to trust Google is that they have far too much power, and that power is concentrated amongst people who, in a broad sense, control the web – webmasters. Look at your own usage of Google’s products. How much personal information does that give Google on you?

They know:

- Your opinions and ideas from Gmail, and Google docs
- Where you eat, go clubbing, stay in foreign cities etc from Gmaps
- Who you’re hosting with through partnerships with certain hosts
- How much you may be earning, if you use Google Spreadsheets and/or AdSense
- Where that revenue is coming from, based on the ads on your site
- How much traffic you have and how much/little you spend to get it from AdWords, GAnalytics, Website Optimizer
- What you’re charging for direct ad sales through G Ad Manager
- What you might look/sound like through Youtube, as well as your tastes in audio/video, and potentially some of your politics (e.g. you watched one politician and 5-starred his speech, then watched the competition and 1-starred it).

Plus:
- They’ve censored stuff in China. Considering how much information they currently control/distribute, that’s downright frightening.
- They keep buying out the little guys. Urchin – Analytics;
- They profit by selling clicks to unethical people in all sorts of sketchy niches, not to mention being hypocrites by selling clicks to link brokers who Google tell people not to use.

p.s. Thanks for the link :).

]]> By: Debhttp://inoveryourhead.net/google-and-your-paycheck/#comment-161568 Deb Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:15:03 +0000 http://inoveryourhead.net/google-and-your-paycheck/#comment-161568 many things free now - you think they'll all be free? interesting. so what will replace Google docs? curious - cause you know something will! and who is the next Google or Microsoft? Cause there will be someone bigger, bound to happen. just rambling here -- thanks! Deb many things free now – you think they’ll all be free? interesting. so what will replace Google docs? curious – cause you know something will! and who is the next Google or Microsoft? Cause there will be someone bigger, bound to happen. just rambling here — thanks!
Deb

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