google wave e platforma de comunicare online ce va fi lansata de google. din cate am inteles eu despre ea, o sa fie o app care inglobeaza si instant messaging features si social networking features si tot felul de alte chestii-file sharing, photo sharing etc. daca vreti sa stiti mai multe, cititi despre google wave aici.

ce mi-a atras mie atentia a fost faptul ca este o platforma real-time, adica, din ce am citit, atunci cand comunici cu cineva, poti vedea litera cu litera ce scrie respectiva/ul.

adeca daca la mess iti apare ‘gigel is typing a message,’ la google wave o sa-ti apara ‘gigel is typing vrei sa mergi cu mine la film?’

eu zic ca treaba asta cu google wave si real-time-ul (daca treaba e asa cum am inteles eu-nu sunt sigura, asa ca daca am inteles aiurea, astept sa ma lumineze cineva) n-o sa prinda. cel putin nu in conversatiile one-on-one.

pentru ca:

1. google wave/real-time are potential de  relationship-killer. nu stiu daca e cu ferestre ca la mess, dar ma gandesc ca ceva asemanator trebuie sa fie. ce faci daca gresesti fereastra? la mess, daca te prinzi in timp util, stergi si gata. dar cand tu tocmai i-ai spus iubitei ca ajungi tarziu acasa ca ai treaba la munca si apoi vrei sa-i spui lui Fane ca ‘frate, hai ca am vrajit-o, i-am zis ca am de lucru si ajung tarziu‘ dar scrii tot in fereastra in care vorbeai cu iubita, ce te faci?

si asta e doar un exemplu. altul:

stiti momentele alea (pe mess ) cand un prieten sau prieten iti povesteste de-a fir a par ceva si nu mai termina odata si tu cum prinzi un moment in care a facut o pauza de o secunda in avalansa de informatii vrei sa bagi un ‘hai ca eu trebuie sa plec?‘ si in timp ce scrii, vezi ca a inceput si el/ea sa scrie si e clar ca mai are de povestit si atunci stergi? ce mama naibii faci daca e real-time si ala vede ca vrei sa-l expediezi?

2. google wave e clar si moartea pasiunii. incerci si tu sa vrajesti o tipa/un tip si sa te dai inteligent(a), misterios/oasa, inetresant(a), sexy etc. dar cand vede ala ca tu scrii ‘pai daca te interes incant uimest intriga asa mult ce-ti spun despre mine, poate ar trebui sa ne vedem. sa-ti arat   sa-ti demonst sa te convingi ca am multe de aratat ca mai ai multe de invatat despr ca am multe talente ascunse.‘ Nu-i asa ca i-ai trage clapa la intalnirea la care trebuie sa-i afli talentele ascunse?

3. e frustrant. cand vezi primele cuvinte, avand in vedere ca e totusi o conversatie si nu teatru absurd, te prinzi ce vrea sa spuna omu’. dar daca el tine mortis sa-si aleaga cuvintele sau are un lapsus?

pe mess se intampla chestii cum ar fi : ‘frate, am fost sa vad Terminator Salvation.‘ si apoi apar aproape in acelasi timp 2 replici: ‘si cum e?’  &  ’si e foarte misto, ba.‘    omu’ a raspuns la intrebare inca inainte sa intrebi. dar nu-i nimic, ai dat enter, asta e.

dar cand ala tot ti-o ia inainte si vezi ca-ti anticipeaza intrebarile si-ti raspunde pana apuci tu sa le scrii si ca discutia devine monolog…iar te enervezi.

plus ca daca la mess lucrurile sunt pe ideea ‘las’ ca merge, am dat enter, ce conteaza? doar nu stau acum sa sterg,’ la google wave cu siguranta o sa fie si unii care sa sara cu un: ‘frate, pai d-asta e real-time. sa vezi ce p**a mea scriu eu. de ce dracu ai mai dat enter la ’si cum a fost?’ cand ai vazut ca eu scriam ’si e misto’ ?  cateva episoade d-astea si incepi sa faci curat in lista de prieteni…si nu doar virtuali, ca o sa-ti vina sa le dai un cap in gura celor care se iau de tine ca nu respecti si intelegi principiul real-time, care e acolo ‘sa te ajute sa nu pici de prost sau de penibil da’ tu nu…batman, batman, am scris, dau enter! ce crezi ca e asta, mess?’

4. nu e cybersex friendly (sau kinky-sexy-porno-talk friendly)! sta omu cu mana pe capsele de la pantaloni, pregatit sa se dezbrace la primul semn si pe ecran vede ‘vreau sa ma futi  ma penetr intri in piz sa mi-o tragi toata noaptea, sa ti-o su iau in gura, sa ma fut mi-o dai pe la spate’

deci nu. eu zic ca treaba cu one-on-one conversations in real-time nu merge.

Comunicarea online (de buna sau proasta calitate) trebuie sa fie ca un film porno (again, de buna sau proasta calitate).

Nimeni nu vrea sa vada making of-ul. Daca tipa ti-a raspuns la ‘zi-mi ceva ce nu stie nimeni despre tine‘ cu ‘i can kill a man with my thumb‘ si ai ramas wow, nu vrei sa stii ca inainte se apucase sa scrie ‘imi place sa mananc unt gol,’ nu? Se duc naibii toata placerea si senzatia de bine si dorintele ascunse etc pe care conversatia cu ea ti le-a trezit.

La fel si la porno. Daca scena te excita, clar nu vrei sa vezi ca a fost filmata de x ori pentru ca ala nu mai putea sa aiba erectie ca mai filmase 10 scene in ziua aia. Sau cum aparea regizoru’ sa o miste un pic pe tipa ca sa poata cameramanul sa filmeze cum ii se misca sanii in timp ce-l calareste p-ala.

My short and powerful prompt today. Google launched Google Apps Scripts. I’d recommend to see video.

I think, this is impressive and expected step from Google. Even, if I understood Google Apps is armed against MS Office, it creates more advanced environment for collaboration online. With my love and hate relationships to Excel, I started to draft my Bill of Material in Google Apps today.

Just my thoughts, ymmv. What do you think?
Best, Oleg

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Well well well, Google finally suited up and decided to play the OS game. The news follows Google’s removal of the “beta tags” on its apps just yesterday. Initially aimed at low powered machines(read: netbooks), Chrome OS drops mid 2010, then moving to desktops. This asks a lot of questions. With apps such as Google Docs running in the browser, it’ll be interesting to see how this is implemented. Will a majority of the work be done in the cloud(online for you less tech savvy)? What about Google’s other OS, Android? Companies seem to love to put Android on netbooks.

Update: The list of partners that are set to support this operating system include Adobe, Acer, Qualcomm, HP, Asus, Freescale, Lenovo, and Texas Instruments. Where’s Dell and Toshiba?

Google Wave is a product that helps users communicate and collaborate on the web. A “wave” is equal parts conversation and document, where users can almost instantly communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more. Google Wave is also a platform with a rich set of open APIs that allow developers to embed waves in other web services and to build extensions that work inside waves.

The service seems to combine Gmail and Google Docs into an interesting free-form workspace that could be used to write documents collaboratively, plan events, play games or discuss a recent news.

Google Wave has a lot of innovative features, but here are just a few:

- Real-time: In most instances, you can see what someone else is typing, character-by-character.

*Embeddability: Waves can be embedded on any blog or website.

*Applications and Extensions: Just like a Facebook application or an iGoogle gadget, developers can build their own apps within waves. They can be anything from bots to complex real-time games.

* Wiki functionality: Anything written within a Google Wave can be edited by anyone else, because all conversations within the platform are shared. Thus, you can correct information, append information, or add your own commentary within a developing conversation.

*Open source: The Google Wave code will be open source, to foster innovation and adoption amongst developers.

*Playback: You can playback any part of the wave to see what was said.

*Natural language: Google Wave can autocorrect your spelling, even going as far as knowing the difference between similar words, like “been” and “bean.” It can also auto-translate on-the-fly.

* Drag-and-drop file sharing: No attachments; just drag your file and drop it inside Google Wave and everyone will have access.

well is quite easy to follow the google app engine tutorial

Goggle ha sfornato un altro dei suoi dolcetti carichi di innovazione:

Google Book è un nuovo motore di ricerca per il web, in grado di trovare libri sparsi per il mondo.

-presenta il solito sistema di word suggestion per l’inserimento delle voci da ricercare e se siete in cerca di libri la cui visualizzazione è completamente gratuita, scegliete il filtro adatto per la vostra ricerca!

Senza alcun filtro,i risultati conterranno sia libri la cui anteprima è limitata nel numero di pagine, sia libri la cui anteprima è completa.

-selezionando un risultato, Goggle offre una pagina molto ben organizzata, in cui sono presenti(sotto forma di tabbed-page) sia le informazioni del libro, sia la popssibilità di visualizzare le pagine stesse in anteprima

Il funzionamento dell’anteprima si serve della tecnologia AJAX: ogni volta che l’utente si muove con la scrollbar, cambiando la pagina da visualizzare, una chiamata asincrona parte del browser, richiedendo il contenuto relativo a quella pagina.Arrivata la risposta HTTP, il contenuto viene messo all’interno di un DIV che funge da foglio.

-L’aspetto dell’anteprima ricorda il formato .PDF di casa Adobe

I took my head out of Twitter and I’m taking a short break from blogging. I’m playing with Google App Engine. So far Google’s documentation is very helpful so getting started was fairly strait forward.

Here are my ramp-up tasks:

• Read through the Getting Started section
• Ramped up on Python – very cool and easy to use scripting language
• I learned to JSON using simplejson- it works nicely with python
• I’m now adopting new Web Framework django for Python
• And I’m getting up to speed with a new data storage concept

All are great technologies.

I’m also testing the PyDev plugin for using eclipse IDE to develop for Google App engine – here are the instructions – so far so good.

Useful links:

Google App Engine and misc

• Google Code
• Mark Mail
• Viewing what’s in your local instance of the datasore

Python

• Dates and times

If you have additional useful links relevant to the technologies listed above please let me know.

*I plan to update the additional useful sources from time to time as I find more content

A App do Google para o iPhone tem um segredinho que os programadores liberaram no blog oficial do grupo mobile. É tipo um “easter egg”. Fazendo um pouco de força no scroll e usando um segundo dedo se consegue ver uma opção adicional no menu de preferências chamado de “Bells and Whistles”. Ela habilita algumas funções interessantes.  Tentem achar

Just my random twitter scribblings for today.

• 09:57 I tried Google and it isn’t helping. #
• 09:57 Someone was telling me about software for writing where if you don’t keep writing it will start deleting what you wrote. What is it? #
• 11:21 Testing for @devlynmoreland #
• 12:52 No one joined us in the car so we left. #
• 20:09 ping.fm/p/EN97g – Lethann & quutar at dan Mcguiness pub #
• 20:15 ping.fm/p/zB7Pb – Erroch at Dan McGuiness #
• 20:16 ping.fm/p/IyEb4 – Demonasolace at Dan McGuiness #
• 20:18 ping.fm/p/mLDkl – Ottom at Dan McGuiness #
• 20:20 ping.fm/p/Bp71X – Devlynmoreland at Dan McGuiness #
• 20:22 ping.fm/p/jLv2p – Jo/amber at Dan McGuinness #
• 20:23 ping.fm/p/BMrNf #
• 20:24 @billtcat69 but the links are to photos of them. #
• 20:36 ping.fm/p/78AEi – Multimedia message #

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Google desktop has been customising users desktops for years, with the latest widgets enabling XP users to create Vista-esque sidebars, with clocks, docks and apps. However, after countless requests, Google has finally announced the release of a Gmail desktop widget.

The new gadget will offer more to users than just the ability to check your new mail, it also allows you to read, search and compose messages without having to open a browser window. Google has also added starring, keyboard shortcuts and auto-contact features to recreate the Inbox on your desktop.

James Yum, Developer Programs Engineer for Google Desktop, explains the benefits and how he uses the app:

It doesn’t take up much space in your sidebar or desktop, and you can also resize it to show as few or as many messages as you’d like. When I’m at work, I keep two instances of the gadget open: one logged into my personal Gmail account and the other set to my Google Apps account for work related stuff. Instead of getting lost in a sea of tabs or browser windows, I can bring up the gadgets in an instant (hint: pressing the shift key twice brings up all your hidden Desktop gadgets).

The gadget works with the latest version of Google Desktop and can be found and installed from the Gmail Desktop Gadget page.

This could be a great little tool for those who would rather not keep a browser tab open specifically for their Inbox and like having an app open. However, from the looks of the comments on the download page, the next request could be improved with a sound notification option for new mail – although some busy email users might be happy for that.

Since it is Windows only and I haven’t ventured into the world of Google Desktop just yet I can’t offer a full review of the app, however, maybe the nice readers of Just Google It will below in our comments…

The Cougar Committee is again in session!… But first…

The Kardasians are being seen all over the damn TV and Internet!.. I have yet to see something that would translate as talent, but if being seen won you an award, these gals would clean up at every ceremony. Kim Kardasian (of Ray J. Sex tape fame ) is reportedly engaged to Reggie Bush. Reggie is a genius, because even with his NFL salary and endorsements, he could walk away from a divorce with half HER stuff… She’s that ballin… I’d wrap any one of these sisters up like pita bread, Fast!.. I’d even let our kids carry the Kardasian name… If we have a daughter, I’d name her Veesa… A boy, I’d name Master… Yep. Veesa and Master Kardasian… I wouldn’t stop at two either… Amex and Discover aren’t gender-specific names.. But truth be told, the Kardasians ain’t got shit on these Cougar Pups!


I’ve jocked Sanaa Lathan (left) since Blade but slept on her since she started dating Omar Epps. They been in love on screen in so many flicks, shit just made since to stop acting and play one on one, “for your heart.” ( Love and Basketball reference).

Gabrielle Union (right) has always been hot!.. I actually witnessed her hotness at the 2002 Essence Awards. She was n VIP with her then-fiancé, now ex-husband, Whatshisface oh yea Chris Howard ( thanks Google App!). He was a football player too ( that shit dont last.. hint hint )

Meagan Good ( middle ) is fine too!… But she is but is not quite at cougar status. She’s still in her dubs…. But
Aysha Tyler will do just perfect in her absence.

Ms. Tyler ( I hope it’s Ms. ) was the host of my favorite cancelled dating-reality TV show “the Fifth Wheel” and was the only black friend on “Friends”.

So how does my committee keep up with the Kardasians?.. If I had to choose, I’d prioritize in this order:

Sanaa Lathan
Gabrielle Union
Kim Kardasian
Aysha Tyler
Kourtney Kardasian
Whatsherface oh yea Khloe Kardasian ( thanx again Google App!! )

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Überall in der Bloglandschaft wird über das neue Update der Google Mobile App gesprochen. Sprachsteuerung, besseres Interface usw. usf. TOLL!

Natürlich macht das Ding spaß, nur möchte ich einmal kurz erklären, dass ich nicht über die App berichten werde, denn überall sieht man YoutubeVideos, wie toll es funktioniert. Junge, dynamische appleverkäuferähnliche Jungspunde zeigen uns, wie man tolle Sachen findet…..

Nicht mit mir!

Interessant wäre auch, ob Google hierdurch die Stimme des Nutzers mit dem Account verknüpft und dann auch schon diese Information hat!?!?? Fehlt ja nur noch, dass Google an meine DNA kommt und das wird – im Rahmen von Google Health -  ja auch nicht mehr lange dauern.

Alles in allem eine natürlich eine super Kooperation und eine super App!

Aber eben nicht mit mir! Ich berichte nicht davon! Niemals!

Shit…jetzt hab ichs doch getan!

From Stuff.co.nz

Pushing ahead in the decades-long effort to make computers that understand human speech, Google researchers have added sophisticated voice-recognition technology to the company’s search software for the Apple iPhone.
Users of the free application can place the phone to their ear and ask virtually any question, such as: “Where’s the nearest Starbucks?” or “How tall is Mount Everest?” The sound is converted to a digital file and sent to Google’s servers, which try to determine the words spoken and pass them along to the Google search engine.
The search results, which may be displayed in seconds on a fast wireless network, will at times include local information, taking advantage of iPhone features that let it determine its location.
The ability to recognise just about any phrase from any person has long been the supreme goal of artificial-intelligence researchers looking for ways to make man-machine interactions more natural. Systems that can do this have recently started making their way into commercial products.

(Full story)

And of course what would a good Apple story be without the Apple2.0 take on it.

For tech bloggers, this was bigger than Obama.

How else to explain the reaction Friday to John Markoff’s story in the New York Times about Google (GOOG) bringing voice activation to the iPhone, letting you search for everything from pictures of the Golden Gate Bridge to the length of a giant squid just by talking into your phone?

Markoff’s story was the No. 1 item all day on the Techmeme news aggregator, and by the time it was over more than three dozen tech writers had weighed in, from AppleInsider’s Katie Marsal to Eric Zeman’s Phone Scoop. Seth Weintraub posted a video. Several reporters spoke of it in the past tense, as if they had already had the program in hand.

So where is Google Voice Search?

(full story here)

and yet another video, let’s hope they are right. When I lived in Vancouver talking with a Kiwi accent (yes it is the Queen’s English!) to any automated voice recognition telephone service required me putting on my worst rural Tennessee meets Jewish New York accent to get any results.

Seventh in the series of BarCamp – BarCamp7 was hosted by Amazon Dev Center, Hyderabad on 30th Aug 2008. The theme of BarCamp this time was Computation on Cloud 9 (SaaS, PaaS, Virtualization and more…). There were more than 180 registrations and around 100 participants with 10 sessions including presentations, demos and talks. It was informative in a few sessions but some of the presentations were not so interesting and hence I saw 40% of the crowd moving out by mid event. Anyways, let’s look into the sessions individually –

1) Introduction Session and Cloud Computing by Ramesh Loganathan – Since the event start a bit late hence all sessions were cut down to 20mins. This session was quick and looked into what Saas\PaaS\Virtualization is and what is Cloud. I found this as a good start to BarCamp.

2) Grid Computing and Hadoop by Jyoti from Yahoo Research – This session too went well, a bit longer but informative (at least for a few like me ). This was about Grid computing and what a Map Reduce is, which can be found with Hadoop (http://hadoop.apache.org ).

3) Demo on Google app engine SDK – This was a quick Demo session from Googlers about writing small app using Google App Engine SDK for development and Google Infrastructure for deployment. Google App Engine come under PaaS (Platform as a Service).

4) Progress – Salesforce introduction – This session was taken by Salesforce to take the audience to a deeper level into the DB changes which they can make.

5) Amloc from 3i Infotech – This was all theoretical session on why 3i infotech chose multi tenancy for their banking solution for their client banks.

6) Demo on EC2 and EBS by a Hyderad based startup – This was all practical and demo based session showing how you actually use an image on EC2 and was one of the best sessions. This was though hit by low internet speed which again was unexpected at Amazon.

This was the last session I attended and then came out. I found Grid computing as most interesting more because it looked into making Grids and looking into search space. Cloud computing is spreading very rapidly because of its core strength – cloud. It can reduce the actual infrastructure cost to minimal in a few scenarios, one of the examples could be testing space where you need large chunk of test machines\server but for less amount of time and once the work is complete the machines are dump and then are required again when some other test pass comes. Here cloud based solutions could be helpful.