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New project christened Project Zikzak

I did a random hallway sample and only 2 people knew what I was talking about.  What about you?


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This looks fun...

*Glen Keane & Rebecca Ussai | The Principles of UX Choreography*

6/24/15 at 14:00 PT
MTV-43-2-Tunis Tech Talk (200) VC

Any questions, please contact: kevincburke
This talk will not be recorded

The Principles of UX Choreography w/ Glen Keane & Rebecca Ussai







 


Q: http://www.quora.com/Does-tipping-the-dealer-in-Zynga-Poker-give-a-player-better-cards

A: no

As I commented on the post below. Zynga derived a lot of their early ways from the Golden Palace casino.








 

Proposal:  replace OWNERS with GUILD

format:
ldap skill-level

where skill-level is one of apprentice, crafter, journeyer,  master and grandmaster

optionally allow 'retired' in front of the above.

And we could have languge-related GUILDs too, though I wouldn't call my readability review CL a _masterpiece_.....


https://plus.google.com/photos/107786897865850743842/albums/6163691072404617057/6163691072815330002?...






 

Nuggets of truth in there.

Favorite one so far is _"If it takes you too long to refactor than you are not refactoring enough."_


http://www.agile-process.org/proverbs.html






 

Imagine the uproar if Youtube sped up all videos 9% to show more ads... Yet basic cable is doing this all over the place using the software below.

Once seen you will notice it all over the place.  My wife keyed me in when she said _"This episode of Murder She Wrote feels like a Gilmore Girls episode..."_

[oh and whatever you do: do not search for the word 'judder']


http://www.primeimage.com/TimeTailorSeries.html






 

When was the last time anyone ever changed an RPC deadline flag?

Can we get rid of all of them entirely now that deadline propagation is a thing and rpc services support a default deadline option?

  rpc foo(FooRequest)  returns (FooResult) {
    option deadline = 5.0;
    option fail_fast = true;
  };









 

 

For a company born on the web we sure do an awful job marking up our sites with relevant data.

Almost all of the images on the new Sidewalk Labs site are transparent (see below).  There is no schema.org,  opengraph or other semantic markup.

I hate to add another step to launchcal, but cmon, this is embarrassing.  The fix is easy:
- Save page as HTML in Chrome.
- Put page (and linked assets in some secret, yet public web site)
- Preview this on G+, Facebook, and Twitter at the very least.
- Use Webmaster Tools / Search Console to make sure that search knows about your domain and use tools within.


http://sidewalkinc.com/






 

Inbox actions have been around for a while and Notifications have not implemented them in generated emails.  Anyone on this?

If we remove iframe'd gmail access to posts it can make up for some of the lost traffic.


https://developers.google.com/gmail/markup/






 

 

 

Using ssh on a GBUS?  Use this instead.

Even works on Chromebooks if you enable VPN.


https://mosh.mit.edu/






 

code code the humongous bloat...
the more you hack the bigger the CL
the bigger the CL the sadder you feel
so delete code with tons of zeal









 

 

Google -Hospice- -Upstate Farm- Pasture Service

Hallway conversation with @104255968520200310944 and @101824307711135795640:  wouldn't it be great if there was a way to export a dead service's data into an sstable and allow for deletion/takeout?  That way you could turn down the service more easily and get rid of zombie code.

As you can see the naming quickly went to the morbid side.









 

<sudden-clarity-clarence>
Most of my work is actually Software *Re*development
</sudden-clarity-clarence>

_New construction on a site that has pre-existing uses._

- Blight Abatement
- Historic Preservation
- Encouraging Growth
- Transit Villages (okay, maybe not..)









 

 

So what are people using to get photos in from old-school cameras?

The Eye-Fi X2 is now basically useless for this:
- They used oauth 1 for their "PICASAWEB" upload feature.  This is now broken.
- They used iPhoto APIs to upload photos.  The new Apple Photos App doesn't have integration hooks, so again, nothing.

Their new offerings only upload to their own cloud, so I'm left with useless hardware.  Yay progress.


https://community.eyefi.com/






 

 

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


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






 

 

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


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






 

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-...






 

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






 

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?...






 

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


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






 

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






 

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/






 

OH: _it's like Opentable for wheelchairs__









 

 

 

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/






 

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









 

 - 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









 

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






 

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


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






 

*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






 

 

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...






 

 

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/






 

*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









 

 

*wireless only*

annoyance of the day:

wireless in google3 really means mobile...










 

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?...






 

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.









 

*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






 

*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...






 

*Campfire One: Introducing OpenSocial* November 2007


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






 



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