November 3, 2006 at 17:22Google Reader developers gave the first interview
Representatives of the Google Reader development team met with Robert Scoble : Nick Baum, product manager (in the left frame) and Jason Shellen, new business development manager (right). Very advanced guys who themselves actively read RSS feeds: the first is subscribed to 70 feeds, and the second is approximately 280.
These two people created the Google Reader program (primarily for themselves). It seems that no one else was particularly involved in the development process.
Although this RSS aggregator cannot yet boast of special popularity among users, the new version of Google Reader, which was released recently , is a very advanced program from a functional point of view, very similar toBloglines , but in some things even superior to a respected competitor. It is very curious to look at the young programmers who created such a thing (by the way, they did the previous version).
Work on the project began in his spare time, within the framework of the well-known 20% limit (one day a week), when Google employees can work on any of their own projects that are not related to the main activity. The manual only encourages programmers to do this - thus increasing productivity and staff loyalty. The mentioned 20% allocated for this business is only a minimum limit. In some cases, more time is allocated.
Talking about his brainchild, Jason Schellen emphasized that perhaps the most important function of the new Google Reader is the ability to aggregate almost any content on one page . Content is simply uploaded to this single page as you read it, so you can press the PgDn key indefinitely.
The Google Reader program was created with the idea of users who want to aggregate other people's content and republish it in a new form. This is possible here. The user can create a personal page where selected blogs will be broadcast; This page can be shared openly. Actually, the same feature is on Bloglines. It is very comfortable. For example, if you are interested in the topic of photography, then you do not need to spend time searching for the best RSS feeds for photography. It is enough to subscribe to a single feed feed of your friend who is also interested in this topic and has already found and filtered the best sources of information.
In addition, Nick Baum and Jason Schellen talked about ideas for functionality for future open APIs (the blog author will be able to see the number of subscribers and even the number of readers of each individual post).
Interestingly, during the interview, Nick and Jason sit on the steps in front of the "Google 2.0 main plan." This "master plan" is a huge diagram drawn by felt-tip pens on a white board. The two-zero version means that this is not the first time that Google is trying to draw up a master plan for its development. Here is a new, advanced version.
However, lovers of conspiracy theories will be disappointed because the “master plan” is nothing more than a joke. As can be seen in the shooting, this is a kind of intelligence card (reference: what are intelligence cards), the central idea of which is the “google brain”. Some kind of comic algorithm, how a true employee of Google should work. There was a place for food, sleep, panic and even alcohol.
The full version of the interview can be viewed on the video ( MOV; 150 MB ). As a bonus - a separate demo video, where Nick Baum shows hot keys and other ways to improve productivity when working with Google Reader ( MOV ).
These two people created the Google Reader program (primarily for themselves). It seems that no one else was particularly involved in the development process.
Although this RSS aggregator cannot yet boast of special popularity among users, the new version of Google Reader, which was released recently , is a very advanced program from a functional point of view, very similar toBloglines , but in some things even superior to a respected competitor. It is very curious to look at the young programmers who created such a thing (by the way, they did the previous version).
Work on the project began in his spare time, within the framework of the well-known 20% limit (one day a week), when Google employees can work on any of their own projects that are not related to the main activity. The manual only encourages programmers to do this - thus increasing productivity and staff loyalty. The mentioned 20% allocated for this business is only a minimum limit. In some cases, more time is allocated.
Talking about his brainchild, Jason Schellen emphasized that perhaps the most important function of the new Google Reader is the ability to aggregate almost any content on one page . Content is simply uploaded to this single page as you read it, so you can press the PgDn key indefinitely.
The Google Reader program was created with the idea of users who want to aggregate other people's content and republish it in a new form. This is possible here. The user can create a personal page where selected blogs will be broadcast; This page can be shared openly. Actually, the same feature is on Bloglines. It is very comfortable. For example, if you are interested in the topic of photography, then you do not need to spend time searching for the best RSS feeds for photography. It is enough to subscribe to a single feed feed of your friend who is also interested in this topic and has already found and filtered the best sources of information.
In addition, Nick Baum and Jason Schellen talked about ideas for functionality for future open APIs (the blog author will be able to see the number of subscribers and even the number of readers of each individual post).
Interestingly, during the interview, Nick and Jason sit on the steps in front of the "Google 2.0 main plan." This "master plan" is a huge diagram drawn by felt-tip pens on a white board. The two-zero version means that this is not the first time that Google is trying to draw up a master plan for its development. Here is a new, advanced version.
However, lovers of conspiracy theories will be disappointed because the “master plan” is nothing more than a joke. As can be seen in the shooting, this is a kind of intelligence card (reference: what are intelligence cards), the central idea of which is the “google brain”. Some kind of comic algorithm, how a true employee of Google should work. There was a place for food, sleep, panic and even alcohol.
The full version of the interview can be viewed on the video ( MOV; 150 MB ). As a bonus - a separate demo video, where Nick Baum shows hot keys and other ways to improve productivity when working with Google Reader ( MOV ).
