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

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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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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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yes, you can jam :)

Originally shared by Rob Michael

Here's a recording of an amazing jam session that I had earlier this evening in a private hangout.

G+ FTW!!

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nice iron work at the secret wine shop.

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I feel compelled to post something to counteract the dozen reshares of Christian's Google+ for business post..

I hope this season of Torchwood is decent. It can be pretty hit or miss, but when it hits it's pretty darn good.

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Apache Invites.. Looking forward to connecting with more people here.

lindner@apache.org

VP Apache Shindig

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Remember Vox? I had the good fortune to be at Six Apart for it's development and launch. A lot of amazing work went into it and sadly it is no more. Vox was ahead of it's time and I feel that Google+ has much of what I liked about it.

You see back then Six Apart acquired Livejournal for it's amazing technology and it's foothold into the social space beyond blogging. There was a hitch though, LJ code was open sourced and GPL'd. It would be hard to sell a rebranded LJ to people like NTT, or other Typepad partners.. Also as a service LJ had developed it's own culture that might not benefit from a wave of mommy bloggers, nor would said bloggers be comfortable with the cutters and goths over at LJ.

Thus Comet was born and launched as Vox. You could follow with Friends/Family groups. Each post could be as private and public as you liked. You could cross-post to LJ, apply stylish themes to your blog and there was the #qotd (question of the day) which sparked up some great conversations and helped build a sense of community.

Some of the features found their way into Typepad, and Typepad's profiles. Sadly, many did not.

What do you think Six Aparters? What features do you miss that you'd like to see here?

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ugh..

Originally shared by Sean McCullough

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Spent some time mapping the shortcuts my neighborhood using Google Mapmaker. Luckily I was able to get most of my data from the Oakland Urban Paths database.

My mapmaker profile is here:

http://www.google.com/mapmaker?gw=66&uid=216375860650465931580

The crazy thing is despite being a tech lead for Google+ Connected Sites I didn't have this in our node mapper system. I'll have to get right on that :-)

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Picked up one of these this weekend at Peets. It makes great iced coffee!

(Obligatory Google+ tip: This was shared directly from http://shopping.google.com/ which uses http://schema.org markup to help make sharing easier!)

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Airship Ventures is on tour and coming to Minneapolis July 12 - 17, here are some pictures from our zeppelin ride last February. Highly recommended.

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Pseudo invite to Google+

Hi Oren,

Senidng on behalf of Byrne Reese.. I'm pretty sure this post will send you a Google+ invite. If not please email me at lindner@inuus.com and I'll get you when the next window cracks open.

Paul

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Just linked my http://identi.ca/lindner account to my profile..

Nice stuff Evan Prodromou

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Help your friends find you! - another Google+ tip...

Add and verify all of your email addresses to your Google Account here:

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

This makes it easier for your friends to find you now and in the future! I've found that I don't know the gmail address of many people, but I do know their corp email or another alias. Plus if you lose your password you can send a recovery email to your alternate address.

Be aware that you can only associate one email per Google account and you can't add another gmail address to another account. If you want to associate email addresses to your primary account you can visit this page:

https://www.google.com/accounts/EditUserInfo

1) If the email is listed as a secondary address, remove it on the old account and add to the primary.

2) If the email is primary you can change the email address of the unused account and replace it with something like username+unused@gmail.com. Then add the renamed email to the primary account.

Cheers.

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Hi Opensocial folks. As you may have noticed that I'm a bit busy lately. Tonight I'm going to catch up on shindig/spec work.

Thanks to everyone in this community for making Opensocial a success!

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Hi current and former Six Apart folks..

Hope you're enjoying your foray's into Google+.. Sending this out so some of you might receive invites. (It's somewhat non-deterministic, so I'm not sure if it'll go out..)

Feel free to hit the send feedback link in the lower right or ping me. Also I'm happy to work with anyone on driving deeper connectivity to Six Apart or other properties. (My main focus is on connecting sites, contacts, activities, all that..)

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Here's a good article on what I've been working on lately including an inside look at what goes on at Google..

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/06/inside-google-plus-social/

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A couple of people have asked about importing facebook contacts. Sadly we cannot do that, however there is a workaround:

* Import Your facebook friends via Yahoo:

http://www.ymailblog.com/blog/2010/03/facebook-friends-meet-yahoo-contacts/

* Then connect your yahoo account to Google+ here:

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

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A whole new class of Google+ jokes has sprung up....

Originally shared by Anil Dash

Your moms so fat, she huddle all by herself.

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Welcome aboard Google+!

Invites are still flowing out, so pay attention to your inbox (and hopefully not your spam folder!)

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Paul Lindner changed his profile photo.

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