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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Indian Country I Just Got an E-mail from the Google + Team

Posted by Grant Brissey on Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 2:19 PM

They still have a job?

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Yup, the just laid off the underutilised Wave and other groups that nobody cared about.

And the Wind And Solar Is Cheaper Than Coal team.

Amazing what growing energy federal subsidies for Coal can do, or pipelines from Canada to export the oil overseas thru the Gulf.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on November 23, 2011 at 2:38 PM

Will in Seattle: You've said approximately 78 billion things on this web site, but this may be the funniest one.

Posted by Grant Brissey, Emeritus

on November 23, 2011 at 2:57 PM

Jesus fucking Christ. Will sweeps the Non Sequitur Awards before the other contestants even have their warmups off.

Paul Constant is going to be mad at you, Mr. Brissey.

Posted by Fnarf

on November 23, 2011 at 3:40 PM

Yes, they do. Pretty sweet jobs, actually.

Posted by Tyler Pierce on November 23, 2011 at 3:44 PM

G+ is alive and thriving actually. Just because none of your Capitol Hill hipster friends are using it doesn't mean other people aren't.

Posted by King Rat

on November 23, 2011 at 3:46 PM

@3: I'm not mad, but it's still way better than Facebook. (Of course, punches in the face are often way better than Facebook, too.)

Posted by Paul Constant

on November 23, 2011 at 3:47 PM

Jobs in refining for rednecks. Jobs in construction in Red States.

And once it's done, the oil flows to other countries and your supply at xx dollars is now at xxx dollars cause you just got p0wnd.

Which part of So They Can Export It, Suckers, don't you get?

Posted by Will in Seattle

on November 23, 2011 at 3:48 PM

@5 is correct. The thing is, the gaming community there doesn't show up in your feed unless you ADD IT TO YOUR FEED and the recipient WANTS TO SEE IT.

So it looks quieter than it is.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on November 23, 2011 at 3:49 PM

GOOG company bonus this year supposedly revolves around the success of G+'s adoption.

Posted by Westlake, son! on November 23, 2011 at 4:00 PM

OH MY GOD, King Rat just called me a hipster. No one has ever said that to me before! Also, I don't on Capitol Hill you fucking moron.

Posted by Grant Brissey, Emeritus

on November 23, 2011 at 4:16 PM

I think this is one that Google is going to have to keep going in hopes of success. Much as MS did with Windows during it's years in the wilderness of W1.0 and Win2.0. They have the money to do it.

Posted by Steven Bradford

on November 23, 2011 at 4:46 PM

@10, he didn't call YOU a hipster; he said all your friends are Capitol Hill hipsters. CAN YOU DENY IT? WILL YOU DENY IT, SIR?

Posted by Fnarf

on November 23, 2011 at 4:48 PM

Google+ exists solely for people to insist it is better than Facebook. But the only thing that is going to replace Facebook in the lives of people is The Next Facebook, an invention that reinvents the way people interact online. Google won't be able to out-Facebook Facebook.

Posted by Bub on November 23, 2011 at 4:53 PM

I have a Google+ account, but I keep forgetting about it. I find it fairly dull.

Posted by Geni on November 23, 2011 at 5:19 PM

Larry Page has a six billion dollar hard-on for the social media space. Every silly valley CEO has his own personal white whale; it's just a little weird that Larry's turned out to be Friendster. As long as the AdWords/AdSense money machine keeps printing, he's gonna keep pouring that money into G+, at the expense of other more interesting (and likely more profitable) projects.

I cannot express how glad I am not to be working there any more.

Posted by Doctor Memory