Google Glass

why is there no google dildo

you know, for glassholes

https://twitter.com/kylebrussell/status/454811602923958272

is that locution, with no articles, no possessive pronouns, meant to make it more like a name (but all glassfaces happen to call it by the same name, like a million jerks who name their dogs 'rex') or more like every user's face is in contact with one and the same Glass for which they are just meat vehicles

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/14/tech/mobile/google-glass-attack/index.html

He was wearing, but not using, the eyewear "when a person put their hand on my face and yelled, 'Glass!' In an instant, the person was sprinting away, Google Glass in hand."

Russell says he ran after the woman, who then "pivoted, shifting their weight to put all of their momentum into an overhand swing. The Google Glass smashed into the ground, and they ran in another direction."

In the column, Russell said he thinks the protest and attack Friday were linked, though he does not think the woman who did it was at the march.

"My love for gadgets makes me look and sound like one of the people whom residents of the city have come to feel oppressed by," he wrote.
"The individual who smashed my Google Glass on Friday -- because of political beliefs or a personal impact that has been made by the tech industry -- felt that it was appropriate to destroy my personal property in protest against what I seemed to stand for, based on my appearance; never mind the irony in choosing to assault someone based on their appearance as a way to preserve San Francisco's culture," he wrote.
In recent months, tensions have run high in San Francisco over the perceived role that tech-industry giants have had on the city. Protesters complain that an influx of highly paid tech workers is driving up rents, forcing out longtime residents and robbing the city of its famously eccentric character.

Most of the anti-tech fervor has focused on big-name companies such as Google and Twitter and the private bus systems that ferry their employees from the city to various corporate headquarters in Silicon Valley.

But individual employees are increasingly being targeted, too.

Just last week, protesters picketed in front of the private home of Kevin Rose, co-founder of Digg and now a partner with Google Ventures. The protesters, who posted signs calling Rose a "parasite," claimed his group, which helps Google decide which startups to invest money in, has helped to inflate prices in the city.

i don't understand how google glass is supposed to work, beyond it being an easier way to use, say, a gps, or as a convenient means of getting quick answers read back to you, in lieu of a google search where you stare at a monitor and operate a keyboard. but, if i want to read a newspaper or research a topic or play a game online, google glass isn't helpful at all, is it? it seems too close to your face to have any useful visual display applications.

well just think of how close your eyes are to your face, and they're like super useful

true

http://www.maniacworld.com/crazy-eyes.jpg

the only utility I see for this device is amateur porn. So WHERE IS IT?!?!?!?

Encountered my first Glass-wearer a couple of weeks ago at a medium-sized social event in NYC. The crowd there was mostly tech-ignorant - maybe a few people there were aware of the product but there was no rioting. Once you notice them, you're constantly aware of their presence - like when you first notice workplace surveillance cameras.

Do these things only respond to the masters voice? Cause otherwise you could prank people wearing them pretty easily

the only utility I see for this device is amateur porn. So WHERE IS IT?!?!?!?

the thought of porn with googly people in it makes me queasy

you have to have sex twice, in exactly the same way; the first time it's the woman wearing the google glass and the second time it's the guy, then you edit together and it looks like nobody's wearing it

the only utility I see for this device is amateur porn. So WHERE IS IT?!?!?!?

― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, April 15, 2014 8:10 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark

GoPro has this market cornered

http://www.glassandsex.com/

Happy to live in a small town where I'm not likely to meet anyone wearing these in a good long while yet.

Are there any good articles about what in the above-linked article is referred to as "the anti-tech fervor" in SF? That's the side of these recent stories that has struck me as most interesting. I gather it's in large part about how lots of rich technology workers have made the city more expensive and difficult to lie in for everyone else. Would love to see read more about that and about what other sides there are to the hostility.

When can I buy one of these???

http://i.imgur.com/pqRFj6X.jpg

the deluxe model

Google 'Stache

how to create your own glasshole-free zone

Well, sort of. The glasses have 12gb of free storage space, so people can still film you and upload it somewhere when they get home.

you have to have sex twice, in exactly the same way; the first time it's the woman wearing the google glass and the second time it's the guy, then you edit together and it looks like nobody's wearing it

― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, April 15, 2014 4:47 AM (1 month ago)

Incredible post

http://thedailyshow.cc.com/full-episodes/ko4azt/june-12--2014---christopher-walken

jason jones segment interviewing sarah slocum, other brave persecuted visionaries

http://coolgoogleglasswearers.tumblr.com/

ha, ok. good one.

http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/filmmakers-dramatic-spec-ad-google-glass-getting-lots-fans-including-google-160341
smart advertising; selling glass as a babelfish is the first argument i've heard in favor of getting one

i miss batshit glasshole stories, maybe they brought something useful to the rest of us after all

android wear is the thing now

So can anyone in SF tell me what actually is the deal with this kerfuffle over the Mission Park soccer field and some tech bros? (not actually a google glass issue but sounds like it might be a "File Under: Glasshole" kind of thing.

really the wrong thread but this assessment is pretty fair: http://missionlocal.org/2014/10/turf-wars-at-mission-soccer-field/

It sounds like ultimately this might really be the fault of a (maybe?) bad policy rather than the geeks, since they had in fact reserved the field through the city, but perhaps the introduction of a reservation system represents the encroachment of gentrification in an uncomfortable way.

perhaps

I only said perhaps because I don't know when the reservation system was actually enacted/whether it was the result of gentrification or whether it was more a policy that was in place but not previously used much.

Twitter drops Google Glass, app no longer available

I have now seen this thing exactly twice in the wild to date -- once on 3rd Ave in Manhattan, and then this past Sunday on some dude who wound up on the Jumbotron at the Nets game. I wonder if he had some kind of enhanced viewing experience going on.

I saw one of these this irl at a bar a while ago and was completely incensed the whole time

They are inherently stupid and douchey looking in a way that makes me feel IA.

i sit on a committee that approves (or not) proposals made by students and faculty for spending the student tech fee that amounts to gazillions of dollars a year. recently i got one from some dirtbag professor who wants the university (rather, the students) to buy him google glass--his rationale was that students would be able to text him questions (from inside the lecture hall) and they would appear on his glasses, thus facilitating ???????

I see these v occasionally around town - not v often, less so recently it seems like - and yeah it is p irritating

thus facilitating ???????

civilizational breakdown

Saw my first. In fact, seeing it now. He's sitting opposite me. Military green fleecejacket, combat pants, rucksack. Embarked at Blackheath, of course

ask him for directions

Really greasy hair, also typing to a phone, presumably playing COD with his ocular movements or something

okay glass, explode

ask to have your picture taken w him

He's now typing to TWO phones

And now got off the bus. I did not follow him home

yell "DEVO!" at him

Tell him "you're killing our city!"

Next time I shall ask him to order a pizza* without using his hands.

to the bus

lol