For some reason this doesn't surprise me. After their agreement to help the Chinese government censor their search results, their "don't be evil" motto rang hollow. I still use Google, but I no longer expect them to be some saintly corporate citizen.
Yeah, using "don't be evil" as a corporate motto is practically a contradiction in terms.
In the comments there's a claim that all the ad stuff was written by contractors who got nothing in terms of stock and weren't even there more than about six months. I absolutely believe it's possible. That's why I don't live in Silicon Valley or San Francisco any more.
Are you a hacker who likes to make music? You know how you feel precise control when you write code you understand, but you have to filter your understanding of your music through oversimplified GUIs which sometimes have terrible UX? I made a series of videos which teaches you how to write music sequencing software in Node.js and CoffeeScript. When I do it, I experience a clarity which makes it easy for me to make more exciting sounds. You may have the same experience. Upcoming episodes will also teach you how to use simple probabilistic artificial intelligence to write code which writes its own music (which I've already done in Ruby).
For some reason this doesn't surprise me. After their agreement to help the Chinese government censor their search results, their "don't be evil" motto rang hollow. I still use Google, but I no longer expect them to be some saintly corporate citizen.
ReplyDeleteYeah, using "don't be evil" as a corporate motto is practically a contradiction in terms.
ReplyDeleteIn the comments there's a claim that all the ad stuff was written by contractors who got nothing in terms of stock and weren't even there more than about six months. I absolutely believe it's possible. That's why I don't live in Silicon Valley or San Francisco any more.