tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20905577.post4587874844760382126..comments2024-02-22T04:58:19.083-08:00Comments on My Reflections: Peanut Butter ManifestoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20905577.post-1978932535116725862009-10-16T06:41:02.953-07:002009-10-16T06:41:02.953-07:00So remain simple, but be aware of what's aroun...So remain simple, but be aware of what's around you?<br />I was primarily headed in the direction of our personal lives, and that's a reasonably good guideline for those of us who don't want to live in monastic seclusion.My Reflectionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06398084457749292224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20905577.post-83635650119634803582009-10-15T09:05:16.620-07:002009-10-15T09:05:16.620-07:00while one of my mantras is "simple, simple, s...while one of my mantras is "simple, simple, simple", and i advise companies to do one thing, and do it well, i think google is beginning to suffer.<br /><br />i would argue that "google spreading itself thin" is more perception than reality. sure, they have a whole bunch of stuff that represents less than 1% of their traffic. but in fact, i think they've become myopic about search. while i think search is only about 10% "solved" i think google is about 98% solved. how much better can google get at what it does?<br /><br />google spends many resources on the most minute tweaks to its core search offering. granted, those tweaks can mean a lot of money due to google's scale, but at the same time, there is no "quantum" leap opportunity in those activities.<br /><br />in the mean time, companies like <a href="http://www.vark.com" rel="nofollow">vark</a> are making significant grounds in entirely new approaches to search.<br /><br />i would agree it is better to focus on simple, but you also have to be in dialog with the evolvoing ecosystem around you.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13329209155241341576noreply@blogger.com