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| Credit: Google.com |
That should be an easy one. Google Glass is the head-mounted wearable device that is aimed at integrating wearable electronics with phones and mobile electronics. I've often told people that if someone came out with a way to feasibly integrate an actual computer to my brain I'd do it no questions asked, Google Glass is that dream come true (to a lesser extent of course).
How to get one?
Months ago Google held a social media contest of sorts, people would post on their Google Plus wall on what they would do #ifihadglass and Google would judge the entries and decide who would be the chosen elite to be able to wield the un-wieldable (is that a word?) and post their experiences on the web. My post, to me reflected that.
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| Pick me! |
Finally, right? The whole point of this post. It's not that I won't get one, and it's not that I couldn't afford one, it's not even about how I won't get to parade around the great state of Indiana and the United States and wow onlookers. No. This is purely based on: lack of communication, lack of information, and lack of concern for other's time and schedule. I never expected Google Glass to cater to me, I just expected that I'd be able to know several months out what the process was and plan my time accordingly.
At first nothing
Then
Even more nothing
No posts, no mentions, no info
and no replies to my requests
for information.
When all of a sudden, when I'd figured that due to the lack of information and the lack of communication that I'd simply been marked off of the list (wouldn't have surprised me in the least), when I had almost forgotten about Google Glass and began to focus on other things...
BAM I GET MY CHANCE
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| FINALLY! |
BUT NOT SO FAST
In order to get one you must fulfill a few requirements, all of which I was aware of, and figured I'd make a vacation out of. 1.) Be Chosen 2.) Lay down 1500 dollars for it 3.) Go out to one of their locations to pick it up. I was excited!!! Giddy really. I clicked the link I was given and scrolled to the bottom of the page to rush to complete the process. I chose my color, agreed to the terms and conditions, and clicked next to schedule some time.
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| Oh, middle of June acceptance, and look, all filled up. |
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| Oh you're all full in July too! |
The same picture might as well have all 4 locations on it, because they all tell the same story.
Oh, that's just crazy, all that I had to choose from is June and July? Well, that's all well and good except I received my message from Project Glass in the MIDDLE OF FREAKIN JUNE!! Gee, Project Glass / Google, how on earth am I supposed to go to my employer and request some short notice leave, and buy a ticket to California (for example) on this short of notice and at an economical fare without rushing?
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| Above: Last minute purchase |
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| Above: Well planned purchase months in advance |
Obviously Project Glass doesn't really get the concept of having to plan ahead, and obviously they don't get the concept of proper notice, and seriously does not get the fact that normal people have lives they can't just drop at a moments notice.
Sure, if I lived in California, I wouldn't give a rat's ass, but in little 'ol Indiana this kind of short notice just doesn't work for me.
What am I going to do after posting this? Probably put my 1500 dollars somewhere else and just wait for the standard release.
Recap
I'm mad because after months of not answering my questions and giving zero information, I get served up a nice large slice of "Screw You and your Time Management" we like to live life at the speed of "Let's inconvenience our fan-base and do everything last Minute"
Come on Project Glass, Get with the program.
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