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04 Aug 2010 21:26

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Tech: Maybe it was too complex: Google Wave to die on the vine

  • 435 days between Wave’s birth and death source
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19 May 2010 12:20

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Tech: Google finally understands what to do with Wave

  • 2009 Google launches this crazy product called Wave at their I/O conference. It rides a huge wave of hype (and invites). Then it causes a huge backlash.
  • 2010 The main developer, Lars Rasmussen, says they finally understand what it’s for. “It’s about groups of people adopting Wave,” he says. Oh. source
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26 Jan 2010 10:07

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Biz: 100-calorie packs: Way too overloaded with packaging?

In an effort to encourage healthier eating, food packaging has gotten increasingly complex. This stuff doesn’t go away on its own, guys. source
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12 Jun 2009 10:23

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Politics, Tech: Why did video games start to suck and become no fun?

  • Today’s video game is more like a movie – as long as you turn the crank on the side of the projector, eventually you’ll experience the entire thing. That is the opposite of playing a game, since you are never guaranteed to win a game.
  • Blogger “agnostic” • In a long-winded rant about how video games became elaborate productions instead of simple, fun things that were reflexive challenges. We agree. Video games suck now because they’re overly complex, and we totally stopped playing them for this reason. • source
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