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Congrats to Natalie Villalobos for getting page 2 coverage in USA Today.


http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/05/22/google-io-developer-conference-natalie-villalobos-wome...






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Thought I'd go all meta and post the ripples for the ripples deprecation post...


https://plus.google.com/photos/107786897865850743842/albums/6151421247823702833/6151421246109492834?...






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8 years later...

(Status: Dying slowly 3/22/2007)

https://wiki.corp.google.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/UrlBuilderMustDie









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Just posting this because it contains *Taco Town* in the lyrics.  And it's awesome.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd5ZLJWQmss






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A Design Doc for your Illness

Just got the final Second Opinion report and I'm quite impressed.  [See http://go/secondopinion - it's a great perk]  I liked that they chose people that are advancing in their careers and researching the specific field.  You get a clear, well written summary of your medical record, actionable data, and citations for specific background information.  There's pragmatism and optimism, including this quote:

_Finally, if one can outpace the innovations in cancer that are taking place right now, survival may actually be substantially better._

If you're considering this service please let me know.  We're happy to share our report, just ask.  For everyone else here's an outline of what's included.

Expert Selection Process 2
Letter from Physician Case Manager 3
Summary of Clinical History 4
Questions to the Expert 20
Report by Vijayakrishna K. Gadi, MD, PhD 21
Report by Komal Jhaveri, MD 28
Curriculum Vitae for Vijayakrishna K. Gadi, MD, PhD 33
Curriculum Vitae for Komal Jhaveri, MD 37
Legal Terms 40

https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?continue=https%3A%2F%2Fappengine.google.com%2F_ah%2Fconflog...

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Any reason to not get one of these?

This would replace a 40" Sony GTV.  It's had a good run, but GPMAA is still slow and buggy, and the new Youtube app is a serious regression.  And since Android TV doesn't support multiple users I can use the nexus player and my wife can use the built-in ATV functionality.

... and why is this already on sale?
... also lists amazon prime video -- wonder if that'll get released for nexus player?
... and Opera browser bundled?  WAT?


http://store.sony.com/43-class-42.5-diag-4k-ultra-hd-tv-zid27-XBR43X830C/cat-27-catid-sony-ces-2015-...






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Some Industrial Metal while I wait for the MRI to scan..

This concert footage is also so very good. Watch it while you can since this never made it to DVD...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yaz5V6OFQlo&sns=gp






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Rank your top 5..

Another product roadmap from Comcast.  Heads up to Nest, Jetstream, Drive, and Fiber teams.

Probably pretty accurate since the last survey was asking about Solar, and lo and behold, they're doing that..


https://plus.google.com/photos/107786897865850743842/albums/6147710232253884145/6147710234524435826?...






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Oh, and while we're dreaming...  I propose that this be the new aquatic gbus.


http://www.wingship.com/?page_id=248






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I'd love to see this built...  Not holding my breath..

Oh and whatever happened to the PRT concepts like Skytran?

http://www.skytran.us/skytran/


http://sfbarf.tumblr.com/post/117869492200/could-san-franciscans-be-riding-a-sky-tram-to-work






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CDs are dying

Not sure what's more annoying -- waiting 1.5h for Kaiser to burn radiology CDs or realizing that I actually didn't have a working CD *reader* at home.

Managed to get something working:

Parts:
- 1 SATA<->PATA converter from old server
- old ATX power supply
- my trusty Rackable home server, w/ internal AHCI adapter
- An ancient Sony CD drive.  [Broken]
- A CD drive pulled from an old AMD K6 tower [working]

And of course 1 of the CDs is defective and I'll have to get that again. oof..  CDs deserve to die.

https://plus.google.com/photos/107786897865850743842/albums/6145005531617143713/6145005532518278594?...

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Edit: tickets dispensed!  The rest of you will just have to take the Decemberists Vocabulary quiz:

http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/03/24/books-decemberists-vocab-quiz

---------
2 Tickets for the Decemberists/Lucius show at the Greek Theater up for grabs.

*Free*.  tonight, friday night.

You'll need to print out a PDF that I send you.  (According to Ticketmaster this is totally legit, since the Greek doesn't check ID and they disallow the ticket transfer feature..)

First one to write 'panoply of song' gets them.


http://www.decemberists.com/






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OH: _it's like Opentable for wheelchairs__









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Also listen to This American Life episode for more context on this shameful legacy.

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/512/transcript

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/05/the-racist-housing-policy-that-made-your-neighbo...






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New term for shady SEO - tooth-worms...


http://www.prosites.com/blog/post/2015/04/02/SEO-for-dental-practices.aspx






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hospital wifi sucks more than shuttle wifi

--- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
50 packets transmitted, 34 packets received, 32.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 20.109/59.697/251.879/55.778 ms


http://www.google.com/get/videoqualityreport/






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I think healthcare would be a lot better if they used *millimds*









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 - find targets affected by the files you're changing

Maybe there's a better way, but this works for me...

g4 whatsout   | perl -pe  's,^.*google3,/,; s,/([^/]+)$,:,'   | xargs blaze-bin/devtools/deps/depserver/query/depends_on -ds

You can then expand this to do other useful things:

  | xargs blaze build

to build affected targets

  | xargs unused_deps

to find unused deps









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Trigger ACTION_SEND from Android Chrome?  (with a photo?)

I know that chrome allows you to trigger specific intents (see linked page)  But instead I just want to trigger ACTION_SEND with text and optional image pixels generated by the browser...

Maybe @112427496122904544974 knows?


https://developer.chrome.com/multidevice/android/intents






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Free to be you and me

*Free to be you and me* [in 2015?]

[apologies for the banjo earworm...]

Just finished the Unconscious Bias self study.  It brought me back to age 9 and how these songs and videos (and other positive experiences) formed who I am.

I wonder what a 2015 version of FTBYAM would be like?  The ideas are good, but it feels really dated.  Who'd be today's Marlo, Rosy, MJ, or New Seekers?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_26FOHoaC78

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A cornucopia of kindness

Special kudos to the person who sent a bouquet of flowers with an encouraging note.  It was especially welcome after returning from getting the 'chemo-haircut'.

This is only one of many awesome things that people have done.  Julie and I want to thank you all!

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Achievement Unlocked.  Spouse obtains medical cannabis prescription on April 20th.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/420_(cannabis_culture)#__sid=rd0






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*The Real Life Social Network* July 2010

by Paul Adams, UX researcher at Google.  This had a huge influence on the design of Google+.


http://www.slideshare.net/padday/the-real-life-social-network-v2






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*Hat Shopping*

Sadly, no matching towel.


http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/marc-by-marc-jacobs-dont-panic-hat/3902695






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Signal boost for http://go/secondopinion

I requested a 2nd opinion yesterday around 2pm, received form at 4pm, sent it in at 5pm, was called within 15 minutes to go over details.

<24h later a specialist doctor called us to discuss the case and started the process to get all the data needed for a diagnostic review.

Crazy good.  Highly recommended.

Someone needs to add a link to

https://sites.google.com/a/google.com/us-benefits/health-wellness

so this is more discoverable....


https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?continue=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Fa%2Fgoogle.com%2F...






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Stage 4?  Are you sure?

... was my response to Julie's oncologist giving us the bad news that she has breast cancer that has spread to her bone marrow.  It certainly explains the bleeding, the bruising and the anemia which required multiple transfusions.

No treatment plan yet (tests, and more tests..), but it looks like my future will involve lots of WFH where H == hospital.  I'm going to do whatever I can to improve the 1-2 year survival time odds.

I'm interested in hearing from you if:
- You have dealt with Kaiser's Cancer care and treatment. tips please!
- You have 2nd opinion referrals.
- You have a Caregiver story -- how did it impact you and your career?

Thanks again to everyone that's offered support and flexibility.  Googlers are the best, most supportive people in the whole world.  Proud to work for this company and with you all.

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firstgoogleremail

I don't have my  - but I do have the email that started the ball rolling towards my eventual employment.  Seven weeks later I started at Google.

*Date*: 8/7/10
*Subject*: Interesting moves

_I'm intrigued the recent social moves coming out of Google and wonder if there's some part for me in all of this, either from the inside or from the outside._

_Truth be told, I'm not getting my "change the internet for the better" satisfaction at the moment even with the independent time I spend on Opensocial/Shindig/OAuth._

_Would you like to have a short chat in the next week or two?_

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Code Yellow == hazmat? Seems legit.


https://plus.google.com/photos/107786897865850743842/albums/6136222398160596161/6136222399346749426?...






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Dealing with the _"Help me with my website"_ question...

When people find out you're a Googler they often ask _"can you help me with my site"_?  I mostly give some simple advice and leave it at that.  This time is different.

But first..  a story.

My wife, Julie, fears dentists due to unfortunate childhood events.  While on vacation she had some gum bleeding.  Using Google Search I found Maisy, an oral surgeon, and her husband, Amir, an anesthesiologist.  Together they did the impossible and got Julie the dental care she needed.  She went above and beyond in so many ways.

Alas, there were complications on discharge.  Despite a blood test only 10 days earlier her levels had dropped really low.  Maisy and I talked a lot while we waited for the transfusion to complete in the ER.  We spoke about how she and her husband started their practice and how they wanted to grow it.  Many questions about online marketing came up.  I said I would see what I could do.  After everything I'd walk over glass for Maisy.

So....

*What's the best way to help?*  I'm no expert, but I am acquainted with some non-google consultants I could engage.  Looking for any advice or referrals, especially for people that deal with local.

Oh and if you need a dentist, it's well worth the trip.  Great people, dog friendly, pleasant surroundings, and the most advanced dental technology.


http://www.desertdentalspa.com/meet-the-doctors/dr-maisy-ibrahim/






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Thirteen Ways To Save Orkut

*Thirteen Ways To Save Orkut* February 2004

_With its integrated personal, social, and business functions, Orkut has an opportunity to outstrip it competitors—but only if its creators make smart choices that support the genuine needs of real people._

http://www.digital-web.com/articles/thirteen_ways_to_save_orkut/

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*Earliest mention of Eden aka Orkut* October 2003

_I already started getting bug reports regarding eden so_
_it's time to add it the project list (:_
_Eden is a social networking tool under development. You_
_can visit http://eden/, sign up and check it out. Please_
_keep eden confidential._

....

https://groups.google.com/a/google.com/d/msg/bugs/lA-IYLLpn3c/Ft-h3xqSjUgJ









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Postmortems...

*You might be a Googler if...*

You start writing a postmortem when you arrive at the ER.

So. Many. _Areas for Improvement_

 if you're going to need dental/medical treatment do it in an area where lots of old rich people live.  

Note: All is well now, we extended our stay and Julie is recovering.

https://plus.google.com/photos/107786897865850743842/albums/6134256416285339249/6134256417197264722?...

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Many of these themes will seem familiar...


https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/2015/03/25/Grow-Your-App-By-Helping-People-Share/?_fb_nosc...






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*wireless only*

annoyance of the day:

wireless in google3 really means mobile...










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So no more G+ by default on Android... (amongst other apps) Overall it's probably a good thing -- I'd prefer earned installs to default ones.

.oO(Should we start spending on app install adds?)


https://plus.google.com/photos/107786897865850743842/albums/6129912537119115681/6129912535696718466?...






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Collections

Some feedback on Collections after actually using them for realzies:

- The aspect ratio of the cover image is really hard to deal with.  You can't crop regular images easily and you can't letterbox easily.
- I'd like to make a collection as 'Draft' so I can get it looking nice before I send it out to the world.
- I'd love to see a 'People mentioned this collection' in the sidebar. [and other aggregates, like places, hashtags, maybe a word cloud?]
- I wish I could back-date things.   Or at least allow for manual ordering.
- What about Pinned/Hero Post for a Collection?
- Will public collections have non-obfuscated URLs?
- Do we filter these oddball urls for naughty words?

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Finally found a way to dogfood collections in my own way....

And I've only just begun to document the people, the products and the decisions that have shaped Social at Google this past decade.

Looking for dusty old decks, groups links and old forgotten wiki pages.









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*Dodgeball vs Twitter (and Facebook)* March, 2007

via Techcrunch

Yes, at one time Dodgeball was neck and neck with Twitter and Facebook.


http://techcrunch.com/2007/03/19/sxsw-showdown-dodgeball-vs-twitter/#__sid=rd0






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*Tacotown, aka Buzz* August 2009

I binge watched TGIF videos when I joined Google.  This one has a special place in my heart.  So inspirational.

I'm happy that so many of the people you see below are still here -- still trying to deliver on this dream.  [In fact too many to plus-mention.]

Source: https://sites.google.com/a/google.com/tgif-info/highlights/08-28-09


https://drive.google.com/a/google.com/file/d/1iIVuMoaWc1467f9-c2JGR99u7EO6aWpt6O3y94aUOznRMfKPWKSXAH...






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Ursquake

*Ursquake* March 2010

@113057531893316771155 states

_The social web is revolutionizing the world, and this is our chance to create what will be the most useful and most used set of socially connected products in the world, with the best user controls on privacy and data portability. We have an incredibly strong starting position. It’s rare that we’re being given an opportunity to have such a big impact in such a short time, so lets seize it!_

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mzvLKwMdb1XdK_CY670eDat8h_LrW1d1LPHrEEioHog/edit?_escaped_fragme...

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*Campfire One: Introducing OpenSocial* November 2007


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KOEbAZJTTk






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Interviewing PMs

Not sure where to get feedback for this so tossing into the ether...

I've been getting many PM interviews for Technical Hat; I wonder what others think of this line of questioning?

- We have a SMB with 1000 devices and 20 servers
- These machines generate log files (1st question, does candidate know what a log file is?)
- Your product needs to meet the needs of the following users
- Sysadmins need to be able to diagnose problems, do postmortems.
- Auditors need to enforce rules on system usage
- A security team wants to detect intrusions, malware etc.

I then ask the candidate to ask clarifying questions and try to get them to give me any/all of the following through progressive probing:

- Min viable features of the product
- Do they suggest graphs? notifications? email alerts?
- What about user provisioning? Admin features?
- What kind of UI? Web? Mobile? Command line?
- Search?
- A high level technical design showing how the we get from Logs -> UI
- Push vs pull?
- Where/when does parsing happen?
- Technical
- How do you store the data? How do you transform it? Batch?
- What database? How many QPS?
- Redundancy? Failover?
- On site / off site?
- Insights
- Does the candidate understand privacy/security concerns? (Mention wipeout, retention for the auditor use case)

So far I've gotten some decent responses, but most fall into the run reports on files and store those.

For the good candidates we are able to progress to phase II where we design for a multinational fortune 500 scenario.

So WDYT? Good question?

PMs? How do you think you'd do on my question?

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M-x grep-find
cs -local 'codesearch query'
C-x`
repeat











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*Fall Detection and Diversity*

Why not build fall detection into every phone?  And why don't we have these kinds of features?

I recently had a scare where my wife passed out and hit her head while walking our dog. Luckily a neighbor noticed and helped her back to our house.  It's highly unlikely she'd use a device like the one you see below, but I suspect an app on the phone would be acceptable (and more useful)

Which brings me back to product design.  When was the last time you saw _elder_ or _person with medical condition_ as a target user outside of a11y bug?  Having multiple points of view really matter.  Without it we're blind to many use cases across the design spectrum.


http://www.tunstallhealthcare.com.au/solutions/iVi






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Hey -spaces- collections are back.  So here's some heavy german


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdFNafVwcqM






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For those of you not around back in 2010 we were working on this interests thing back then too.

In a serif font no less.

Finally cleaning up some of this stuff now...

https://critique.corp.google.com/#review/88781755









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I'd pay to get this cherry picked into LMP MR1..

https://b.corp.google.com/issues/18069309

signed,

Paul's Nexus 5 with 900+ MB of system memory used...









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Code Backed Securities

Your FICO score must be greater than 640 to incur technical debt.

For everyone else you'll need to get a subprime code loan, which will be packaged into Code-Backed-Securities and sold on the open market.

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Pour one out for Apache Wave. Everyone's moving to share.js

http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-wave-dev/201503.mbox/%3C1426366328.3531989.240420...

Sad to see this happen, but somewhat expected given the complex code base and lack of institutional support.

Reminds me that I should push some Apache Shindig changes to keep that on life support...


http://sharejs.org






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Actually managed to spend my FSA funds before the deadline!

... because of last minute medical necessity.

</phelps_mom_happy_sad>










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