Comments on: Google “People” Reader http://gigaom.com/2007/10/28/google-people-reader/ Tracking the Internet Evolution Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:01:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Paul Kerton http://gigaom.com/2007/10/28/google-people-reader/#comment-638695 Paul Kerton Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:34:20 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/28/google-people-reader/#comment-638695 <p>Google's priority right now should be improving the poor contacts facilities in GMail, and then integrating it across the full Google Suite. Once you've built up these contacts, you'll be able to interact with them via its suite of software (Orkut, Reader, GMail, Docs and Spreadsheets)</p> <p>THAT is where they should go next, not just restrict it to importing contacts from another program.</p> Google’s priority right now should be improving the poor contacts facilities in GMail, and then integrating it across the full Google Suite. Once you’ve built up these contacts, you’ll be able to interact with them via its suite of software (Orkut, Reader, GMail, Docs and Spreadsheets)

THAT is where they should go next, not just restrict it to importing contacts from another program.

]]> By: James http://gigaom.com/2007/10/28/google-people-reader/#comment-638099 James Wed, 31 Oct 2007 04:33:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/28/google-people-reader/#comment-638099 <p>Great idea! I told a buddy about this exact idea before but he thought it's stupid. Looks like I need new friends. haha again, I love the idea! ;)</p> Great idea!
I told a buddy about this exact idea before but he thought it’s stupid. Looks like I need new friends. haha
again, I love the idea! ;)

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]]> By: Libran Lover http://gigaom.com/2007/10/28/google-people-reader/#comment-635190 Libran Lover Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:22:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/28/google-people-reader/#comment-635190 <p>What I would really like to see Google do, and they CAN do this fairly quickly is to show a listing of the most-subscribed / most-read / most-viewed / most-popular feeds and web pages based on Google Reader users.</p> <p>This would instantly compete (fairly well) with services like Digg and Reddit. It would also boost the usage and popularity of Reader.</p> <p>It is time Google started sharing with the rest of us, at least some of the data it is collecting (such as popularity of feeds and posts) based on Reader usage.</p> <p>Come on Google, don't keep it all to yourself!</p> What I would really like to see Google do, and they CAN do this fairly quickly is to show a listing of the most-subscribed / most-read / most-viewed / most-popular feeds and web pages based on Google Reader users.

This would instantly compete (fairly well) with services like Digg and Reddit. It would also boost the usage and popularity of Reader.

It is time Google started sharing with the rest of us, at least some of the data it is collecting (such as popularity of feeds and posts) based on Reader usage.

Come on Google, don’t keep it all to yourself!

]]> By: Libran Lover http://gigaom.com/2007/10/28/google-people-reader/#comment-635185 Libran Lover Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:16:57 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/28/google-people-reader/#comment-635185 <p>Google will most probably build this feature in the future.</p> <p><b>To respond to Yuri Ammosov's concern above:</b> Nobody here is talking about putting your emails or even email address out into the public domain. What people are talking about is aggregating all the information you have already put out there in the public domain and displaying it in Google Reader.</p> Google will most probably build this feature in the future.

To respond to Yuri Ammosov’s concern above: Nobody here is talking about putting your emails or even email address out into the public domain. What people are talking about is aggregating all the information you have already put out there in the public domain and displaying it in Google Reader.

]]> By: Vivek http://gigaom.com/2007/10/28/google-people-reader/#comment-635145 Vivek Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:55:31 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/28/google-people-reader/#comment-635145 <p>@ Om</p> <p>World would be much better if all the guys spoke the same language. But somehow I think this will not happen anytime soon. Also, while services like plaxo exist, it is really hard to keep them upto date. The same goes to address books in mails which can quickly get cluttered if one chose "add automatically". I sincerely wish some new technology took care of this problem.</p> <p>@ Yuval - I fully agree. Its just a utopian wishlist :)</p> <p>@ Alex goldman - I too do not want Google to provide me "all" the answers. This push should come from perhaps a new company. I wouldnt mind starting from scratch to avoid importing the redundant information from all mails, social networks, local email clients an so on.</p> @ Om

World would be much better if all the guys spoke the same language. But somehow I think this will not happen anytime soon. Also, while services like plaxo exist, it is really hard to keep them upto date. The same goes to address books in mails which can quickly get cluttered if one chose “add automatically”. I sincerely wish some new technology took care of this problem.

@ Yuval - I fully agree. Its just a utopian wishlist :)

@ Alex goldman - I too do not want Google to provide me “all” the answers. This push should come from perhaps a new company. I wouldnt mind starting from scratch to avoid importing the redundant information from all mails, social networks, local email clients an so on.

]]> By: Alex Goldman http://gigaom.com/2007/10/28/google-people-reader/#comment-635074 Alex Goldman Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:21:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/28/google-people-reader/#comment-635074 <p>I'd like to see it but not from google. I'd also like to be able to delete all the stored information in the aggragator.</p> I’d like to see it but not from google. I’d also like to be able to delete all the stored information in the aggragator.

]]> By: dave http://gigaom.com/2007/10/28/google-people-reader/#comment-634998 dave Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:24:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/28/google-people-reader/#comment-634998 <p>NO! terrifying...please read about block modeling and please take a look at <a href="http://www.passingnotes.com/archives/2007/09/10/is-google-the-real-octopus-google-is-just-like-promis/" rel="nofollow">this article about google, networking, promis (etc)</a></p> NO! terrifying…please read about block modeling and please take a look at this article about google, networking, promis (etc)

]]> By: Joel http://gigaom.com/2007/10/28/google-people-reader/#comment-634813 Joel Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:31:16 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/28/google-people-reader/#comment-634813 <p>That is a really good idea. Privacy will obviously be an issue, but there is definitely a need for a life streaming solution.</p> <p>If Google was really slick, they would come up with a way to do Facebook style updates ("<em>Joel</em> is now engaged to <em>Nicole</em>") without having to have both parties having registered accounts. That way people could broadcast all the big events in their lives without having to get all of their friends to register (and it would spread virally from there).</p> That is a really good idea. Privacy will obviously be an issue, but there is definitely a need for a life streaming solution.

If Google was really slick, they would come up with a way to do Facebook style updates (”Joel is now engaged to Nicole“) without having to have both parties having registered accounts. That way people could broadcast all the big events in their lives without having to get all of their friends to register (and it would spread virally from there).

]]> By: Yuri Ammosov http://gigaom.com/2007/10/28/google-people-reader/#comment-634692 Yuri Ammosov Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:59:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/28/google-people-reader/#comment-634692 <p>If I ever see anyone putting my email he or she got because we keep personal or even business correspondence in any online service to spam me - I will IMMEDIATELY blacklist this person for life. No excuses. No reversals. The relationship belongs to TWO people, not one.</p> If I ever see anyone putting my email he or she got because we keep personal or even business correspondence in any online service to spam me - I will IMMEDIATELY blacklist this person for life. No excuses. No reversals. The relationship belongs to TWO people, not one.

]]> By: Ben Werdmuller http://gigaom.com/2007/10/28/google-people-reader/#comment-634679 Ben Werdmuller Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:53:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/28/google-people-reader/#comment-634679 <p>It's all well and good wishing that Google would build something - what we need is for someone else to go out and actually put it together! It's better for the web economy to have lots of companies at work on cool tools, and if it's great, someone like Google will probably pick it up anyway.</p> It’s all well and good wishing that Google would build something - what we need is for someone else to go out and actually put it together! It’s better for the web economy to have lots of companies at work on cool tools, and if it’s great, someone like Google will probably pick it up anyway.

]]> By: lokesh http://gigaom.com/2007/10/28/google-people-reader/#comment-634639 lokesh Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:24:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/28/google-people-reader/#comment-634639 <p>Amanda has made a clever point, if google does that we can save time and continue to be in touch with the fellows and their doings.</p> Amanda has made a clever point, if google does that we can save time and continue to be in touch with the fellows and their doings.

]]> By: Jesse Chenard http://gigaom.com/2007/10/28/google-people-reader/#comment-634604 Jesse Chenard Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:57:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/28/google-people-reader/#comment-634604 <p>I have been thinking about this for sometime now and have been seeing some folks crop up on Techcrunch that look to be solving part of this equation.</p> <p>I think Amanda has the key when she suggests apps like Outlook get indexed as well. I would take it a step further and index local objects as well (images, docs, etc). It would be interesting to have a life log of all ones digital activity indexed and searchable based on any number of criteria.</p> <p>One thing is for sure though, it would require someone with Google's computing/storage capacity to pull this off.</p> I have been thinking about this for sometime now and have been seeing some folks crop up on Techcrunch that look to be solving part of this equation.

I think Amanda has the key when she suggests apps like Outlook get indexed as well. I would take it a step further and index local objects as well (images, docs, etc). It would be interesting to have a life log of all ones digital activity indexed and searchable based on any number of criteria.

One thing is for sure though, it would require someone with Google’s computing/storage capacity to pull this off.

]]> By: Hans http://gigaom.com/2007/10/28/google-people-reader/#comment-634591 Hans Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:50:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/28/google-people-reader/#comment-634591 <p>This is already available, though not from Google. Check out Plaxo Pulse.</p> This is already available, though not from Google. Check out Plaxo Pulse.

]]> By: Sergio Coelho http://gigaom.com/2007/10/28/google-people-reader/#comment-634554 Sergio Coelho Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:15:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/28/google-people-reader/#comment-634554 <p>Perhaps whithout knowing your are suggesting Google should buy Plaxo (new Plaxo 3.0). I think Plaxo answers all your needs regarding contact management and feeds and so on. I have written about it here http://innovationevangelist.blogspot.com/2007/10/cool-contact-manager-webapp.html but I recommend you to visit their website http://www.plaxo.com.</p> Perhaps whithout knowing your are suggesting Google should buy Plaxo (new Plaxo 3.0). I think Plaxo answers all your needs regarding contact management and feeds and so on. I have written about it here (link) but I recommend you to visit their website (link) .

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