> Like Google Code Search? That didn't turn out too well.
Duckduckgo is sort of trying this approach. It isn't taking over the world, but I think it's having reasonable success.
> Occasionally I will send myself a reminder mail with a list of TODOs, but my email inbox is definitely not a todo list.
I think many people (myself included) feel their inbox is a list of things they need to respond to... which is somewhere between a conversation and a to-do list. But a full inbox can feel like a list of obligations.
> Isn't Apple famous for secrecy even inside Apple or do all 9000+ employees in Cupertino know what's in the pipeline?
His friend may be talking about the culture of Apple rather than the list of current products. I'm still skeptical of his friend's claim, but that seems a possible interpretation.
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> Like Google Code Search? That didn't turn out too well.
Duckduckgo is sort of trying this approach. It isn't taking over the world, but I think it's having reasonable success.
> Occasionally I will send myself a reminder mail with a list of TODOs, but my email inbox is definitely not a todo list.
I think many people (myself included) feel their inbox is a list of things they need to respond to... which is somewhere between a conversation and a to-do list. But a full inbox can feel like a list of obligations.
> Isn't Apple famous for secrecy even inside Apple or do all 9000+ employees in Cupertino know what's in the pipeline?
His friend may be talking about the culture of Apple rather than the list of current products. I'm still skeptical of his friend's claim, but that seems a possible interpretation.