A Bad Weekend

October 11th 2009 looks like a bad weekend. It turned out to be a really bad one:

• RedSox – what can you say? Swept. Soul crushed. Ortiz, Bay and Youk combined with 2-3 hits over three games. and Papelbon fell from the cliff.
• Patriots – Ok. This one is not a big deal. For some reason, Brady lost his capability to throw the ball after the first quarter? Pats will bounce back.
• Obama Won Nobel Peace Prize – This is a big one. My respect for the Nobel Peace Prize committee dropped to the same level that RedSox would get a hit facing a playoff pitcher. These cartoons are better than any words that I can assemble together on this subject. My favorite one is below:

  
  Obama Won Nobel Peace Prize

• Google Waves – This looks like a classic example of a technology searching for a problem to solve, which happens and it is not a big deal. What is a big deal in my opinion is that the Google Waves team doesn’t seem to understand what is the core value of the technology and certainly failed to identify a proper use case for their technology. The use case that GoogleWave is currently targeting at, collaborative discussions (whatever you call it), just does not shine. GoogleWaves technology adds only very limited value to collaborative discussions beyond the existing solutions (such as IM, discussion forums and email). I’d recommend @forjared as a solution to their problem except that @forjared is taken by some other “don’t be evil” company already.