tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6801607919182644087.post568889002102560905..comments2015-06-20T08:57:38.363+02:00Comments on Free Technology for Schools: The impermanence of all things Google ( or why I learned to stop worrying and love Google Keep)Jonnynoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6801607919182644087.post-75995186520898122112013-03-28T01:12:05.092+01:002013-03-28T01:12:05.092+01:00If you pay, you're still the product. Makes no...If you pay, you're still the product. Makes no difference.<br /><br />The only real freedom can be found in open source. Everything else makes you the product, regardless of how much you pay.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6801607919182644087.post-6089635095189015862013-03-26T17:33:26.093+01:002013-03-26T17:33:26.093+01:00Play along with me....
Since you introduce the id...Play along with me....<br /><br />Since you introduce the idea of Buddhism, it may be worth considering that most of the world is Christian, while Buddhists only are a small percentage (check NPR's review of world religions and big/small they are).<br /><br />With that Christian worldview in mind and how our beliefs color that perspective, it's easy to see that everything "of the world" is temporary. One of the desires though is to make heaven on earth, to imbue our lives with the permanence from the heavens. Unfortunately, the idea of building on impermanence is problematic. Consider the idea of "building on shifting sands." In Matthew 7:26, "And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand."<br /><br />Who wants to build his house on sand, knowing it will be washed away or fall apart? The same with Google Keep. If I'd known ahead of time that Google was going to dump a perfectly good and working resources--like Google Reader, Notebook, PicasaWeb--would I have depended on them? Worse, Google Reader beat out Bloglines, another tool that did the same.<br /><br />The fear is that Google Keep will sink Evernote and we'll all be left holding the bag when Google decides to move on. Google's actions have been a wake-up call...Google is in this for themselves, and if their actions inconvenience users, that's OK. Harold Jarche put it quite well and I quote him in my blog entry, "Living Like a Nomad:"<br />http://www.mguhlin.org/2013/03/living-like-nomad.html<br /><br />Harold makes this point:<br /><br />"At this stage I am more inclined to find paid services than free ones. As they say on the web, if you’re not paying for it, you are the product. "<br /><br />I'm not a Buddhist, and I appreciate the impermanence of everything we do. In a thousand years, this won't matter. However, these actions teach us valuable lessons and help us develop insight into what we should do when confronted with other's actions. <br /><br />My lesson or take-away is that if I pay for a service, I'm hopeful of having more control over it than depending on Google's goodwill. So, I've invested in Evernote, in Flickr.com (as an alternative to PicasaWeb), etc.<br /><br />Living like a nomad,<br />Miguel GuhlinMiguel Guhlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13515062893694709221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6801607919182644087.post-20261275018093502692013-03-26T17:07:21.548+01:002013-03-26T17:07:21.548+01:00"Luckily the type of data I write on these no..."Luckily the type of data I write on these notes does not cause many problems when lost. I guess, its the same kind of data I will put on Google Keep"<br /><br />If Google Keep is to one day be deprecated and removed, you'll probably have a few months warning to transfer your notes. You don't get this advantage with Post It notes!Curthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00899826972694249726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6801607919182644087.post-63674594019824337322013-03-26T15:34:42.374+01:002013-03-26T15:34:42.374+01:00Ha,ha, sounds like a good way to keep stress out o...Ha,ha, sounds like a good way to keep stress out of your life in a ever changing digital world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com