Has it been 2 years already? Time flies when you're +1'ing
[oh and the cake was delicious..]
Originally shared by Fred Gilbert
Happy second birthday +1 and happy donut day to you all! I hope y'all get a chance to pick up a free one at Krispy Kreme :)
I was talking to Brett Slatkin about authorship and he mentioned the Google Consumer surveys offers an A/B image survey that would be perfect for Authorship profile photo optimization.
You also get geographic/demographic breakdowns so I suspect that it's a good deal more informative than the OK Cupid bestface system.
Happy to see OAuth support for CalDAV. Still sad that it's always going to be saddled with legacy vCalendar issues.
Both CalDAV and CardDAV suffer from their history and badly need redesigning. Not much has changed in the 10 years since I was hacking on libical. I mean, consider the following CDATA chunk from the RFC. No one should need to parse/generate this ancient format. It's complicated, finicky and plain awful.
BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Example Corp.//CalDAV Client//EN
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
LAST-MODIFIED:20040110T032845Z
TZID:US/Eastern
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20000404T020000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=4
TZNAME:EDT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
DTSTART:20001026T020000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10
TZNAME:EST
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20060206T001102Z
DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20060102T100000
DURATION:PT1H
SUMMARY:Event #1
Description:Go Steelers!
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR
Maybe I should standardize SnmpDav? At least it has XER which would make it slot into XML without the ugliness above.
In any case I hope that a new calendaring standard emerges from this muck that is more developer friendly.
My local electric utility PG&E has a low tech solution for their Smart meters. If you want to activate the remote sensor you fill out this form and wait 5 days for your "HAN eligibility code".
Well.. it turns out that submitting this form emails [email protected] with the information (and cc's the person filling out the form). A quick check reveals that it posts to '/cgi-bin/pgemail.pl' with the included account number and other personal information.
I wonder how they'll send me this super secret code? Email too? But don't worry it's secure, they have "PKI certificates using Certicom Elliptic Curve Qu Vanstone (ECQV) technology."
At LinkedIn HQ they have a time-capsule made of legos. I hope they invite me over when they decide to open it back up.
Of course this would be the handiwork of Adam Nash.
And thanks again to Brandon Duncan for inviting me over for lunch to see this and other LinkedIn wonders.
Added some information to this question about integrating with analytics.js
I wasn't aware of this change to tracking functionality. I'll see if we can add some of this to the docs or provide an easy way to activate this tracking.
A bear on a shark and an active G+ profile? Yeah I'll take that.
Originally shared by Steve Aoki
IT'S OUT!! This is how you'll feel when you listen to my new Singularity Remix EP!!! Get it right here on iTunes: http://bitly.com/SingularityRemixEP
So even us Googlers are in the dark about possible musical acts for After Hours. Last year it was Train and Paul Oakenfold. The year before? Janes Addiction.
Let's play a little game. Post who you think will play and why here..
If you guess well and I'm impressed with your sleuthing skills find me at the Google+ office hours. I might have some special schwag for you.
Your investment in authorship continues to pay dividends. Thanks everyone for implementing -- it makes products like this possible.
Originally shared by AJ Kohn
Content Recommendations for Your Mobile Website
When you help someone find a great article on your site, you’re not only making them happier, you’re inspiring deeper engagement and loyalty. That's why today, we're bringing together elements of Google+ and Google Search to suggest the right content from your mobile website, at just the right time.
For example: Forbes visitors can now more easily discover other Forbes articles based on Search Authorship, signals and other articles with lots of Google+ activity (including +1's and shares). In all cases, recommended content is based on the specific page the visitor is viewing, to boost the relevance of recommendations. And they only appear when people tap for more, so as not to interrupt their browsing experience.
Very interesting on a lot of fronts!
What do you think? Does this image embody 'Flowers'? #photohunt
A neutrino walks into a bar. The bartender says, We don't serve neutrinos in here. The neutrino says, Hey, I was just passing through.
More #geekhumor from the latest DNA Lounge newsletter.
46 new speakers added to the I/O Speakers Circle (v4, May 9th edition) Perfect for adding to your Google I/O stream.
What's your favorite Oakland page?
Happy to see Montclair Veterinary Hospital posting now and then..
Here's the latest I/O Speaker Circle (v3, May 7th edition)
18 new speakers added including: Mike McGeary Jeremy Robbins John Hjelmstad Jeannie Foulsham Jen Pahlka Adam Eijdenberg Grzegorz Gogolowicz Benjamin Wiley Sittler Sergey Panitkin Brynn Evans Martin Gannholm Derek Slater Sunil James Sarah Peterson John Cormie Navneet Joneja and Kevin Callahan
I/O Speakers Circle v2 (May 3rd Edition)
Added some missing speakers including:
Pamela Fox Kris Schroder Alexis Deveria Helena Roeber Charles Mendis Alexis Hanicotte Steve Lee Olivier Michon
Here's a circle containing all the speakers announced to date. I'll try to keep it up to date and reshare it as more sessions are announced.
Tip: Consider creating a new circle for people from this list. Then you can control how much I/O you get in your main stream with Google+ Volume Controls. (You can also remove the circle later too)
Enjoy Google I/O!
The acorn in place of an olive is a nice touch.
Google does postmortems too.... at scale.
Starting a Google I/O 2013 Circle?
Here's a circle containing all the speakers announced to date. I'll try to keep it up to date and reshare it as more sessions are announced.
Tip: Consider creating a new circle for people from this list. Then you can control how much I/O you get in your main stream with Google+ Volume Controls. (You can also remove the circle later too)
Enjoy Google I/O!
Going to I/O? Chris Messina and I will talk about authorship and many other topics of interest to web publishers..
What would you like to see show up when you search?
Originally shared by Chris Messina
Today at #TCDisrupt , Seth Sternberg and Ardan Arac announced that we'll soon be integrating Google+ Platform app activities [1] into Google Search.
Soon, if you search for a site or app on Google.com (and that app has integrated with Google+ Sign-In app activities), you'll see popular and aggregate user activity next to search results. For example, searching for Fandango will show the top movies among Google+ users. And when you click on a movie, you’ll go directly to its page on Fandango.
Learn more here and be sure to follow Google+ Developers :
http://googleplusplatform.blogspot.com/2013/04/Bringing-App-Activities-to-Google-Search.html
[1] https://developers.google.com/+/features/app-activities
#googleplusplatformupdate #activitystreams
#activitystreams #googleplusplatformupdate #gplus #tcdisrupt
Take heed developers. Structured data connected to users will soon improve search for everyone.
Originally shared by Chris Messina
Today at #TCDisrupt , Seth Sternberg and Ardan Arac announced that we'll soon be integrating Google+ Platform app activities [1] into Google Search.
Soon, if you search for a site or app on Google.com (and that app has integrated with Google+ Sign-In app activities), you'll see popular and aggregate user activity next to search results. For example, searching for Fandango will show the top movies among Google+ users. And when you click on a movie, you’ll go directly to its page on Fandango.
Learn more here and be sure to follow Google+ Developers :
http://googleplusplatform.blogspot.com/2013/04/Bringing-App-Activities-to-Google-Search.html
[1] https://developers.google.com/+/features/app-activities
#googleplusplatformupdate #activitystreams
#activitystreams #googleplusplatformupdate #gplus #tcdisrupt
Some power-pop-punk for your #musicmonday
Found via The Current's best new radio show "P.O.S is Ruining The Current" [1]
"Doomtree hip-hop collective co-founder Stefon Alexander, a.k.a. P.O.S, hosts this must-listen hour-long show highlighting his musical influences and favorites. It airs on Saturdays at 11 p.m."
[1] http://www.thecurrent.org/programs/pos-is-ruining-the-current
The Replacements are back in a special charity album for Slim Dunlap[1] Picked this up at 1-2-3-4 Go Records for Record Store Day.
RTL Nieuws Hangouts
This is Paul Lindner from the Google+ Platform Team
I would like to report a problem with the +1 button on rtl.nl The value of the 'annotation' parameter is incorrect. This prevents the button from displaying.
Can you route to the appropriate technical contact?
An example page where this failure occurs follows:
Thank you!
http://www.rtl.nl/components/actueel/rtlnieuws/2013/04_april/16/binnenland/vleesverwerker-willy-selt...
Happy that this track is available on Google Music because I can share a free listen and I prefer 320k mp3s.
Google Now served up this article as Breaking News yesterday.
Sometimes you just want a peanut burrito...
Originally shared by David Barnett
Pass the salsa! We noticed a squirrel in our back yard eating something huge. It turned out to be an entire tortilla.
Am I the only one seeing server errors on http://tv.tunein.com/ ?
Ever wonder what the "brick circles" are in San Francisco? Wonder no more.
For more technical details you can read this writeup which goes into the various failsafe mechanisms involved:
http://www.sfmuseum.org/quake/awss2.html
Though I wonder if they're still using a SCADA system connected to a VAX 4000 to run their pumps?
36 days until Google I/O? Hurried man indeed.
Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes! Julie & I spent a fine evening at Pizzaiolo which had a March 32nd themed menu with dishes we won't see till next year, including their special Italian spring break cocktail sesso sulla spiaggia.
Two bytes are sitting in a bar. One says: "I'm not feeling so well. I think I might have a parity error."
"Yeah," says the other, "I thought you looked a bit off."
(found in the latest DNA Lounge mailing...)
"Google should just buy stuff for me" -- Sergey at a TGIF a while back.
... or Takeout for subscription services
Think about Spotify, Rdio, Netflix, HBO and other content subscription services. Once you stop paying you have nothing left. Takeout is nothing more than references to a paywall.
A way to disrupt this might be to structure systems to reward you with ownership of a portion of the catalog each month. Examples:
- Your most listened song or TV show.
- The ebook you shared the most.
- etc.
Then when your subscription period ends you get to keep the fruits of this relationship.
In many ways this is like the Columbia House[1] or BMG music club. You get a free thing each month by default. You can sample the entire catalog, or get more if you want. But you're always *owning* something new and interesting each month.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_House
Intuit's market cap is $20B. If the government bought them and sold off the non tax related assets the return on investment would be less than 5 years.
That's how a government run like a business would operate...
