(tho still not returning crossstreets with address lookups... viva la dodgeball!)
albert
· 7 months ago
Have to try it out - embarrassingly was not aware it existed!
albert
· 7 months ago
Tried it out and worked great for the first two queries, returned garbage for the third. Now have to learn more about whether they have an open architecture on the back. Surprised they don't promote this when you go to google.com from mobile browser.
kidmercury
· 7 months ago
yes, i agree albert. one of the things i expect this to lead to is for platforms to establish procedures by which standards are adopted. for instance in the case of twitter, as its ecosystem grows, IMO those building on top of it will want to have greater say in how such standards are created, as it will affect their business. in this way i think governance becomes a key basis of competition.
albert
· 7 months ago
Striking the right balance between user experience and openness of the ecosystem is one of the hardest tradeoffs.
As for Google SMS, the real value is in being able to tie the command line to webservices you actually use. We played around with this a bit at Mobile Commons but it's better suited to a public service like Twitter where general behavior patterns can emerge more quickly and people can integrate to the webservices of their choice.
albert
· 7 months ago
Agree that kind openness would be key. There could be default services, eg for stock quotes but with an ability to select a different provider. And more importantly as you point out access existing services.
But until there is more of this on twitter I will definitely be using google sms more. Glad to have found it this way!
Q dub
· 7 months ago
I think an SMS command line will likely be the easiest way to offer up internet content in the developing world. You can have a separate application which offers a menu structure to help people construct the SMS queries. That'll be your super-lightweight system delivering mission critical information (weather, traffic, personal calendar, commodity prices) to the next billion netizens.
albert
· 7 months ago
Good point - someone must already be doing this - if not seems like a good opportunity
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(tho still not returning crossstreets with address lookups... viva la dodgeball!)
As for Google SMS, the real value is in being able to tie the command line to webservices you actually use. We played around with this a bit at Mobile Commons but it's better suited to a public service like Twitter where general behavior patterns can emerge more quickly and people can integrate to the webservices of their choice.
But until there is more of this on twitter I will definitely be using google sms more. Glad to have found it this way!