Killed by Google is a long list of Google projects which are no more. It looks sad and depressing, yet very impressive. Google killed way more projects than most companies would even start.
And in all that long list, the one that still pains me the most is the Google Reader.
And if you want to see this in a different design, have a look at Google Cemetery.
“The Evolution of Brands” is an interactive timeline showing how the logos of some of the major global brands changed over time, starting from the year 1900 all the way to 2017.
Executive summary: we’ve got more brands now and their logos got a lot simpler.
Here are some huge news to wake up to on this Monday Morning:Â IBM To Acquire Red Hat, Completely Changing The Cloud Landscape And Becoming World’s #1 Hybrid Cloud Provider.
That’s a lot to process in the morning. But if Red Hat was to be acquired by someone, I think IBM is one of the better choices. The deal size is $34 billion … and people are still saying that there is no way to make money with Open Source Software.
Here’s the story at Slashdot, which will get quite a few flame wars as the day progresses.
Itamar Gilad, of ex-Google fame, has an excellent post – The Tool that Will Help You Choose Better Product Ideas – which describes a process for selecting better product ideas and implementing them with confidence, minimizing the risks and maximizing the team efficiency.
Unlike many other similar posts, this one is very practical, detailed, and relies on iterations, feedback, communications, and ties together different roles within the company or the team.
Cryptomapia is an interesting interactive website for the blockchain ecosystem. It lists and categorizes a large number of companies which operate in the blockchain world.