Here's the start of the Google+ APIs. Read-only People and Activities

Opensocial folks shouldn't fret -- oauth2, json activity streams and poco all overlap nicely with the ongoing work for OpenSocial V2.

Originally shared by Chris Chabot

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Lao-tzu

I’m super excited about how the Google+ project brings the richness and nuance of real life sharing to software, and today we’re announcing our first step towards bringing this to your apps as well by launching the Google+ public data APIs.

These APIs allow you to retrieve the public profile information and public posts of the Google+ users, and they lay the foundation for us to build on together - Nothing great is ever built in a vacuum so I’m excited to start the conversation about what the Google+ platform should look like.

Please follow the link to the blog post to find out what exactly we’re launching and you can find the technical details on how to use this on our new developer site at http://developers.google.com/+

I’d also like to take a moment to introduce my team who will be joining me on working with our developer community (ie: you!) and answering any questions you may have about the Google+ platform on our discussion forums.

We’ll all also be doing a bunch of Hangouts over the next few days and beyond to talk to you directly and hear what you think of the +Platform as well as helping with any coding questions you may have, so make sure to add them to your Google+ developers circle!

Timothy Jordan

Jonathan Beri

Ade Oshineye

Will Norris

Jenny Murphy

Wolff Dobson

Now let's see lots of re-shares on this post & let's get this party started!

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Nerds in Mountain View.

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There's a hint of fall in the air. The tomato harvest is in and Julie has started freezing sauce for the rainy days ahead....

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My DynDNS secondary is up for renewal. $40/year seems a bit steep just to do 3-4 zone transfers per year. Anyone have alternate recommendations?

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Halloween displays are out early this year.

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The things you find in the incoming stream...

[not resharing since the original was to a limited audience...]

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Welcome to G+

Hope you have fun. Our mobile apps are top-notch :)

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Heath Ceramics moving their tile creation and showroom to 20,000 square feet at 18th & Florida.

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Reverse polarity -- fixed.

Using this handy testing tool I found eight outlets with reversed polarity this weekend. Fixing it was fairly straightforward -- cut the power and rewire the outlets so the hot and and neutral wires are connected properly.

If you live in an older house I'd highly recommend getting one of these since reversed polarity can harm sensitive electronics and creates a shock hazard.

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Tomato season is going slow this year. Only two varieties are available at the Verdure farm stand this week, lots more coming in next week.

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Another foggy Saturday.

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OpenSocial is heading to SXSW, but only if you vote for these panels!

Distributed Web Frameworks: The Future of Social

Link: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/10692

Revolution! Open Apps Will Change the Enterprise

Link: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/12817

Building Social Apps for Business Using Opensocial

Link: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/12187

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Guy Kawasaki's post on historical Apple logos brought to mind Beagle Brothers. Imagine a software company with Trader Joe's marketing -- all captured for posterity here:

http://stevenf.com/beagle/

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Just got an email that Plaxo is discontinuing bare OpenId support and only allowing Google/Yahoo/Hotmail/Facebook for login. Despite OpenId's shortcomings it's sad to see things regress.

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Hello from Plaxo,

In an effort to improve our login experience for users, Plaxo.com is simplifying and standardizing our sign in options. As such, Plaxo will discontinue support of generic OpenID logins as of 08/23/2011. Instead we're offering login via Google, Yahoo, Hotmail, or Facebook oAuth -- or you can, of course, create a Plaxo specific account.

How will this affect me?

If you use a Google, Yahoo, Hotmail or Facebook openid to login, just click the appropriate button when signing in. Plaxo will ask for permission to use your account credentials; click accept/grant and then go on using Plaxo as you normally would.

If you use any other openid to login, please visit our Forgot Password and follow the instructions for Reset Password, which will create you a Plaxo specific password.

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Don't forget Doctor Who this weekend. I'll be buying it off Amazon and watching on the Google TV instead of suffering through Comcast's SD and BBC America's commercial interruptions...

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This is pretty cool.

The images marked for 7th & Howard match some of the photographs currently hanging in Lighthouse Lofts.

Originally shared by Dan Vanderkam

Raven Keller and I just launched oldsf.org. Check it out! 13,000 historical photos of San Francisco on a Google Map.

A few fun ones:

- Dolores Park as a refugee camp: http://bit.ly/rbJxl2

- The second Cliff House: http://bit.ly/r29Dlh

- Woodward's Gardens: http://bit.ly/r9RdMA

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and now for a norcal quake...

Did you feel it?

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I just linked my MySpace account. Hadn't logged in there for a while. Found out I qualify for the Old School badge, plus I can see Tom Anderson over there too!

Link your account in the usual place:

https://plus.google.com/settings/connectedaccounts

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Wow, didn't see this coming....

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The alumni magazine from my Alma Mater: Inventing Tomorrow....

Article in the latest issue: Inventing Tomorrow, Today!

Motto of Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems from Buckaroo Banzai -- Where the future begins tomorrow!

:)

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Just found out that Netflix has the 1981 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy up for streaming. Highly recommended. What's your latest streaming video gem?

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Nobody knows why the DMV is cutting down dozens of old growth trees...

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Hi current/former hi5ers -- what do you think of the new Google+ games?

Of course anil dharni had a hand in one game, and justin kruger is working for another partner.

Small world!

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private to you.

I am not engaging in RN discussions in public and probably won't be doing much of it inside Google due to the mischaracterization of my views on this subject which are not as black and white as some people might think.

Thread hijackiing is pretty rude too you know.

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Remember Netiquette?

Back in 1990 I was a postmaster for a lab at the University of Minnesota. In addition to rerouting misaddressed email (this was pre-spam days) I once had to deal with someone sending offensive email to a mailing list. Long story short -- the student was hauled into the Deans office, counseled and subsequently apologized for their actions.

After that new accounts in my lab were required to read some basic netiquette info before going online (plus some legal verbiage about the "Minnesota Computer Crime Act")

In that environment actions had consequences and there were resources to help people learn how to use online tools appropriately. Today, it seems like there is much less accountability and bad behavior is tolerated, or even celebrated. Only the concept of the KILL file remains.

In any case here's Virginia Shea's internet classic - Netiquette including a forward from Guy Kawasaki

I used to think that network etiquette meant sticking a few smileys in your messages. I wish I had written Netiquette. It should be bundled with every modem. It should be mandatory reading for new users of the Internet. I wouldn't print my Internet address here without it.

Kawasaki@radiomail.net

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Big props to Andrew Davis, Mark W. and the rest of the Opensocial community for getting this done! Major accomplishment.

Originally shared by Evan Prodromou

Voting has started for the new OpenSocial 2.0 specification. If you're not already involved, and you're interested in open apps, this is a great time to get activated. The steps:

1. Sign up here: https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?key=0Aki8A6bvOtZNcGNXZXY1cUtjMk9DQXhvUjNBYlpjWl... Participation in OpenSocial is free and open to all.

2. When you receive notification that you've been added, vote on this revision: http://code.google.com/p/opensocial-resources/source/detail?r=1520

OpenSocial 2.0 is a huge step forward for the specification, incorporating many of the systems (like ActivityStreams and OAuth) that we use on the modern social web. I'm excited by this push -- let's get it released!

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Now upgrading Fedora memcached to 1.4.6. I really do like the fedpkg system -- so much better than the old CVS based build system.

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Here's the ugly sign and a funny writeup...

Originally shared by Louis Gray

Does the big thumbs up button outside Facebook's new headquarters in Menlo Park mean:

1) Like our Campus on Facebook!

2) Good luck to all who enter here?

3) Good luck getting your data back out of the site?

4) Trust us - seriously!

5) I'm hitchhiking - please give me a ride across the Dumbarton to the East Bay.

Of note, for those not native to the Bay Area, or unfamiliar, Facebook's new HQ in Menlo Park takes over the campus from Sun Microsystems, now part of Oracle. The buildings are on Network Circle, appropriate for Sun, but if you're a tech dork like me who checked in at the new HQ on Foursquare, you'll see they call the street "Hacker Way". I wonder if they are going to get the name officially changed with the city?

Good luck! Thumbs up!

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More weird Dr Who stuff found via Sparks...

Google has life-size Tardis too, however I couldn't find it last time I looked. (Maybe it dematerialized??)

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Crazy stuff here at Google...

Originally shared by Frances Haugen

And I thought my heart couldn't be melted by Google magic anymore... Today the Google+ team was surprised at our weekly All Hands meeting to find out we were having a surprise beach party right outside our building! Check out the wave pool they installed in the parking lot and various Googlers surfing!

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Paul Lindner tagged Trevor Madsen in Frances Haugen's album.

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It's just too easy to get takeout from Marzano and the arancini is amazing

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Would be interested in getting feedback on this nascent spec from mail.ru. WDYT OpenSocial and Activitystreams folks?

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I've always loved naming machines. Starting out as a sysadmin it was one way you could have fun, especially when setting up large clusters. Here's my fun names through the years:

A Sun 3/80 lab named after japanese authors - kimitake, mishima, yukio, (can't remember the rest)

30 X Terminals named after creatures in the B52s Rock Lobster song. (Sea-Robin, Bikini-Whale)

I'm sure some people can guess what this set of NeXT machines were named after: hafnhaf, ashpool, mrfrosty, tessier.

Prod backend hosts at hi5 were named after the Simpsons (moe, bart, etc.) We ended up having so many we had to name machines after the guest-stars. ssh'ing into lindaronstandt or michellepfeiffer at 3am was a real spelling test.

Currently at Google I have machines named arcwelder and huskerdu for my dev purposes. Other musical acts that have had the honor of their own machine name over my career include mudhoney, danzig, and even... anthrax.

Originally shared by Paul Lindner

#qotd

What's the most creative name you've ever give to your computer?

#qotd is my occasional "Question of the Day" non-feature feature. At some point it will become a way for people to connect on diverse topics across their circles. Reshare or comment, just use #qotd

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#qotd

What's the most creative name you've ever give to your computer?

#qotd is my occasional "Question of the Day" non-feature feature. At some point it will become a way for people to connect on diverse topics across their circles. Reshare or comment, just use #qotd

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Did someone say music mondays? Here's some of the best music to come out of minnesota since tapes n' tapes...

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Have an Address Book? Want to invite some friends? We have the solution for you. You can now upload contacts on the Find and Invite page by clicking on the Upload address book button :

https://plus.google.com/circles/find

You'll need an address book file on your computer. Get one by performing any of the following actions:

Outlook -

Select File > Import/Export > Export from the main menu

Choose Comma Separated Values (Windows) > Select "Contacts" > Save exported file

Outlook Express -

Select File > Export > Address Book from the main menu.

Select Text File (Comma Separated Values).

Click Export.

Your Other Gmail account -

See https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=24911

Apple Address Book -

Open the Address Book application on your Mac. Click on the 'all group' of your contacts. Select File > Export Vcards.

Thunderbird -

Click Addressbook, Select Personal Address Book. Click Tools, then Export. Save as *.csv.

Others -

Most other contact managers or email systems support contact export in VCard/VCF/CSV format. Consult your local help system to find out how. Leave a comment if you want to share you exporting experience.

-- If you have problems please feel free to click on the 'Send Feedback' link in the lower right.

Happy Inviting!

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A totally different type of Gopher than what I'm known for :)

Going to have to pick one of these up tomorrow at the Google Store...

Originally shared by Peng Ying

I wish this wasn't 11.95.. what the crap man

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Waiting for a table at the Fremont Diner. Should be worth the wait!

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who says shaving yaks isn't a profitable use of time?

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Pre-dog washing brunch ritual...

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The language, the food, Paris during christmas time, the Tour de France, snowboarding at Mont Blanc, summer music festivals and the TGV all spring to mind. Living in Geneva for a few years was an amazing experience!

Originally shared by Paul Lindner

#qotd Question of the Day

Happy Bastille Day! What's your favorite part of French culture?

I'd like to revive a great feature from the Vox blogging platform -- the question of the day. It was a great way to overcome writers block and meet like-minded people. And it's a lot of fun!

So feel free to reshare this post, add your thoughts, and share with the circle of your choice. If posting publicly use the #qotd hash tag.

Still stumped? Try using Sparks and search for french related things!

Cheers,

Paul

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#qotd Question of the Day

Happy Bastille Day! What's your favorite part of French culture?

I'd like to revive a great feature from the Vox blogging platform -- the question of the day. It was a great way to overcome writers block and meet like-minded people. And it's a lot of fun!

So feel free to reshare this post, add your thoughts, and share with the circle of your choice. If posting publicly use the #qotd hash tag.

Still stumped? Try using Sparks and search for french related things!

Cheers,

Paul

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Improper Sharing... in the middle of the stream!

I found a post with "too much information" in my email this morning. Take a moment and consult your circles before you post. You wouldn't want to look foolish like the folks in the video below...

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Classic - followup to last night's converse commercial.

LUPO THE BUTCHER

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Didn't know about this...

Originally shared by Rebecca Bardess

British comedy fans! Everyone put Robert Llewellyn into a circle. He's tentatively trying this out, and I want to see his reaction when he sees how many people have added him.

If you don't know who he is, he's got a kind of chat show in Britain. It's called Carpool (http://reddwarf.co.uk/news/2011/06/24/carpool-highly-commended-in-broadcast-awards). He drives people about and interviews them as he does it. Very funny. He's also in a classic comedy series (set in space. Totally hysterical) called Red Dwarf. http://reddwarf.co.uk

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Welcome aboard!

[sharing private to only you..]

Google+ is the crazy project I'm working on. Would love to hear your opinions on how you and your friends use the product. My eventual goal is to get the entire family signed up and do a 10-way video hangout.

Paul

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Off in the north bay. Checking out 14feet.net in Healdsburg after Marin and Windsor markets.

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