Danny Sullivan does a great job of taking apart the memo and translating it into non-engineering terms. To Yegge’s credit, the 5,000 word item, written on Google+ and not intended for public consumption beyond Google employees, reads very well. It was clearly written by someone who loves the company he works for and doesn’t want to see it fail in the face of competitors who Get It. Unlike Brad Garlinghouse’s Yahoo memo, Yegge’s effort might actually have a beneficial effect. When Google and Yegge discovered that his family intervention had accidentally been made public, Yegge voluntarily too…
