http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/04/09/google-afraid-of-looking-like-a-bully/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/04/09/google-afraid-of-looking-like-a-bully/comment-page-1/#comment-374009 mathewi Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:09:02 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2327#comment-374009 I agree, Hannah -- there has been a real shift in tone to a kind of<br>"our way or the highway." Not that it's bad to be confident or<br>aggressive, but I think some people are getting a little fed up with<br>that attitude. I agree, Hannah — there has been a real shift in tone to a kind of
“our way or the highway.” Not that it's bad to be confident or
aggressive, but I think some people are getting a little fed up with
that attitude.

]]> http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/04/09/google-afraid-of-looking-like-a-bully/comment-page-1/#comment-374008 Hannah Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:43:29 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2327#comment-374008 37 Signals' has really hurt their image over recent years. Their whiny response to this was just another step. They started with the great idea of saying "here's how we want to make apps, if you don't like it, use someone else's" to "if you don't agree with us, you're a moron". 37 Signals' has really hurt their image over recent years. Their whiny response to this was just another step. They started with the great idea of saying “here's how we want to make apps, if you don't like it, use someone else's” to “if you don't agree with us, you're a moron”.

]]> http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/04/09/google-afraid-of-looking-like-a-bully/comment-page-1/#comment-337494 In the HuddleChat Debacle, a Lesson for Web 2.0 Startups - GigaOM Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:01:03 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2327#comment-337494 [...] that HuddleChat was meant to showcase. Worried that it would be perceived as a Goliath (or as Mathew Ingram says, a bully), they decided to pull the [...] [...] that HuddleChat was meant to showcase. Worried that it would be perceived as a Goliath (or as Mathew Ingram says, a bully), they decided to pull the [...]

]]> http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/04/09/google-afraid-of-looking-like-a-bully/comment-page-1/#comment-342694 mathewi Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:09:02 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2327#comment-342694 I agree, Hannah -- there has been a real shift in tone to a kind of<br>"our way or the highway." Not that it's bad to be confident or<br>aggressive, but I think some people are getting a little fed up with<br>that attitude. I agree, Hannah — there has been a real shift in tone to a kind of
“our way or the highway.” Not that it's bad to be confident or
aggressive, but I think some people are getting a little fed up with
that attitude.

]]> http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/04/09/google-afraid-of-looking-like-a-bully/comment-page-1/#comment-342693 Hannah Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:43:29 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2327#comment-342693 37 Signals' has really hurt their image over recent years. Their whiny response to this was just another step. They started with the great idea of saying "here's how we want to make apps, if you don't like it, use someone else's" to "if you don't agree with us, you're a moron". 37 Signals' has really hurt their image over recent years. Their whiny response to this was just another step. They started with the great idea of saying “here's how we want to make apps, if you don't like it, use someone else's” to “if you don't agree with us, you're a moron”.

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