Thoughts on systems, engineering, AI, technology and life.
Source: Project Glass G+ page Back in January of 2010, Mobilist Rudy de Waele asked a number of us to predict the Mobile Trends for the decade of 2010-2020. The result of this was a great compendium of views on things to come in this decade; see Mobile Trends 2020 – A look into the … Read more
An excellent, must see presentation by Scott Farquhar, Co-Founder and CEO of Atlassian. I’ve been using different Atlassian tools over the years now, and it is great to see their story, their success, and their 10 commandments for startups. Start with Two (founders who support each other) Need a business model Use your own product … Read more
The title of this post, Google enters the space program, is a prediction… I had this realization, that Google will enter the space program in ways beyond the Google Lunar X PRIZE or similar. Google will enter the commercial space program. Google’s entrance into the commercial space program will be for different reasons from other … Read more
Folks, just got an email from Google about their upcoming Android Developer Lab’s tour. Very cool and Austin is the 1st city in the tour on Feb 4, 2010. Registration deadline for currently open sessions is February 1st. The Lab will expose attendees to lab sessions working directly with Google Advocates. The session will last … Read more
I remember 10 years ago, 1998, or maybe closer to 1999, I was working at Pervasive Software working with a great group of folks, building an embedded DB for mobile, embedded devices, and smart-cards; a cool project with great people that was ahead of its time. One of my co-workers said, “Enrique, come see this … Read more
Google continues to release very cool, functional, and more importantly, useful APIs. They have introduced a new Visualization API, and updated their Charts API. The updates to Google Chart include three new charts (Sparklines, Radar, and Map) and a more flexible usage policy: Sparklines: Radar: Map: Google Charts have usage restrictions, right now up to … Read more
A former contractor sues Google for $25m, claiming Google stole his idea for Google Sky. The contractor claims that he got the idea and wrote about it in an internal Google Groups email discussion group back in 2006. I am sure Google is covered there with respect to contractor agreements and Intellectual Property… …but wait … Read more
Very, very neat AND useful… Check out the Google Chart API. See the announcement at the Google Code Blog – Embed charts in webpages with one of our simplest APIs yet. ceo [Via Jeremy Zawodny’s blog]
Two years after I wrote about how cool it would be to have a Google Sky, Google has introduced that exact product, as an extension to Google Earth. Pretty neat. See Explore the sky with Google Earth.
Says Martin Reynolds, VP at Gartner: “Google is building out IT infrastructure at a rate that is simply unbelievable. Last year Google spent $2 billion on IT infrastructure and plans to spend $3 billion this year… compared with about $600 million by rivals Yahoo! and Microsoft. This gives Google a foundation for competitive advantage like … Read more