GM and Google Goofiness
June 12, 2010
GM does not want people to refer to a Chevrolet automobile as a Chevy. I know that GM means “government motors”, but pontificating about how a proper name like Chevrolet morphs in the gritty world of drag and NASCAR racing is goofy. Google, however, found a way to one-up Government Motors. Yesterday I clicked on my Google icon to get a map to the Seed2020 meet up and what did I see. A big, dorky graphic. Well, enough of that. I added “/ig” to the url and saw a relatively uncluttered Individualized Google page. Google apparently had a “Government Motors” moment and removed the annoying graphic. Oh, at about the same time, Government Motors was explaining that I could use the word “Chevy” when talking to my pal, Joe Roberts, an ace mechanic who maintains my collector Pontiac. Joe is a fan of juiced up Chevelles, and he talks about his “Chevy” when I point out that my two ton, 455 cubic inch Pontiac Grandville is a better car than his loser Chevy. Joe is in his late 60s, and has a couple of years on me. Guess what, goofiness from Government Motors and Google reminds me of what happens when Harvard, Stanford, and Yale superstars use make decisions by nattering with their Facebook friends. GM, it is a Chevy. Live with it. Google, let me decide what I want to see when I run a query. Here’s a better idea? Why don’t you two outfits engineer more of your market savvy into the “intelligent” auto systems your engineers are working on? In my opinion, your respective firms are doing a bang on job with international relations, labor relations, financial management, and marketing. By the way, how are those management decisions working out for you today?
Stephen E Arnold, June 12, 2010
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