Apple Used To BE Google

Google Wins the War for Developers (This Week) | Wired Business | Wired.com. I don't know how many of you are old enough to remember; but, Apple used to be the new kid on the block. It was the small company going uphill, and saying "I think I can, I think I can", and "Think different", and reveled in its rebel persona. Apple gatherings had the feel of fun and community and a me against the big corporations feel. Do any of you remember that feeling? That is the feeling generated this week by Google I/O. Google has spent a lot of time figuring out how to keep the community aspect of the company front and center. The presentations were fresh and risk taking, and the food, and drink, and, let's face it, the Swag, was like looking into a window during the dot com boom. Apple's last WWDC looked more like an old IBM shareholder's meeting. I may be wrong about this; but, I don't think so. The lesson here is that a company has to remember how it felt to be hungry, and to keep that feeling going. Google nailed it this week.