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2013-05-26 02:12:17 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Let there be meat. (And the veggieburgers rock, too.)

2013-05-26 01:42:54 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 10 +1s)

Simply stated: THANK YOU.
This is hallowed ground. 69 years ago, US Marines took this beach and liberated my grandparents' generation from Japanese occupation, with thousands dying in the process. Every Memorial Day we remember their sacrifice and how they gave up their lives so we wouldn't have to.

I have military training, but I never had the honor of serving. So thank you to everyone who ever did, is or will.

2013-05-25 22:34:22 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

The Evolution of Chris "Birdman" Andersen.

Via https://twitter.com/NickiJhabvala

2013-05-25 22:54:33 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

2013-05-25 09:47:02 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Catching up with Chee
It's been about a year (and change) since I last spoke to +chee chew formally, and on last night's +Google Plus Week TV Show I got to bounce a few questions off him about federated communication in the wake of Google's decision to drop XMPP support for the retooled Hangouts app. He's always been a straight-up, honest and nice guy, so the Q&A between him and our other panelists was really insightful. It's a good watch.

Chee's got a great point about 20 minutes in, noting how transferring of Hangouts transcriptions into a chat conversation is dangerous because of the potential for private chatter to then become public who join-in later...citing the fact that people often poke fun at folks not in a Hangout and then pipe down when those people show up. It highlighted sensitivity to one of the major challenges of writing socials... more »

2013-05-25 02:57:32 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 17 +1s)

Customer service tip for sandwich makers
Spell your patron's name in ranch dressing. Nice touch!

2013-05-25 00:03:34 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

How has your Google Plus Week been? Still catching up on sleep after all the amazing announcements from I/O? Finally figured out the new look of Google+? Want to chat with some friends? We know what you mean, so we've invited +chee chew to the show this evening and, despite knowing that +Allen Firstenberg is back this week, he'll be joining us if there are no last minute emergencies. 

So don't go breaking anything, submit your comments on YouTube or Google+, and come hang out with Chee and the rest of the panel as we talk about our Google Plus Week!

2013-05-24 23:39:44 (4 comments, 2 reshares, 5 +1s)

Google drops industry standard technology for instant messaging
It has implications for SMS and phone calls inside of Hangouts.
http://goo.gl/zBLz5
By +Nate Swanner 

2013-05-24 23:14:37 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

Since this question appears from time to time: I just noticed that the documentation has been extended with information about allowed/disallowed HTML elements:

https://developers.google.com/glass/v1/reference/timeline#html

2013-05-24 16:30:28 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 21 +1s)

It's 2am and I'm doing laps to fight cancer for my community's +RELAY FOR LIFE, and learning that evidently this plane wasn't made for 6'3" dudes.

#letsFightCancerTogether

2013-05-24 06:28:24 (5 comments, 2 reshares, 5 +1s)

What's in an epic?
Wow. While spring cleaning, I noticed that this Android title is by far the biggest e-book I own for Kindle. This bad boy clocks in at a whopping 43 MB and is 696 pages. Comparatively, Puzo's The Godfather, which I also have, is only 658 KB. and The Stand by Stephen King is 3 MB.

And those are, well...let's just say not exactly in-just-one-sitting reading material.

2013-05-23 23:56:09 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

I had this exact feeling the first time I heard Pantera in 1990. Even after I regained my hearing.

2013-05-23 22:16:37 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

2013-05-23 20:54:33 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Glass Framework Throwdown - Mirror API vs. GDK
Watch now live !

2013-05-23 20:54:22 (13 comments, 1 reshares, 9 +1s)

Glass Framework Throwdown - Mirror API vs. GDK
Watch now live !

2013-05-23 20:54:17 (6 comments, 2 reshares, 5 +1s)

Glass Framework Throwdown - Mirror API vs. GDK
Watch now live !

2013-05-23 14:13:02 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

Now I hope to see some SIMD/MP extensions show up in asm.js. 

2013-05-23 12:18:09 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

Here's another crazy video from Tina S, who made +Mashable yesterday for nailing "Eruption". The nuttiest thing? I had this exact same Ibanez guitar my senior year in college, same color and everything, and I used to do this same major scale sweep arpeggio pattern over Canon in D to warmup.

For the record, I hate it when people say "girls can't shred". Chops are chops, regardless of gender.

2013-05-23 12:04:16 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

My colleagues and I at +KUAM News did a piece where we profiled Ricky about five years ago when he weighed 700 lbs, and his condition has worsened. He's now over 900 lbs and the subject of a TLC documentary as he tries to find help.

He's also a classmate of mine (different school, but same year).

2013-05-23 08:35:42 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

...and now, Your Moment of TMI
This not-so-little guy got me out of news anchoring duties for tonight. I can think of less-gross ways to play hookie. Also - anyone got any Clearasil???

2013-05-23 07:42:01 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 4 +1s)

Live Hangout on Mirror API vs. GDK - Thursday at 5pm EST!
One of the unique things from a developer’s perspective about +Project Glass is its programming models - both the RESTful Google Mirror API and a forthcoming native SDK, the Glass Development Kit - and the freedom and flexibility having either delivers to software creators for building value for wearable computing. There’s always been friendly contention and a healthy sibling rivalry between which side you fall on - Chrome or Android - so with Glass equally supporting subscription-based services and installed applications, there’s potentially great opportunity for Google to break new ground in allowing programmers from both camps to write code in their respective ways for the same platform.

This Hangout On Air forum will feature insight from experienced coders from both the web and native sides of the argument, many ofwhom ... more »

2013-05-23 07:40:51 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

We had a pretty awesome time at GDC in March and now we have all the videos to show you how to build Games.  Take a look and let us know what you think.

2013-05-23 07:10:53 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Man, this webcast looks good. I'm there. 

2013-05-23 01:07:03 (4 comments, 3 reshares, 10 +1s)

2013-05-22 23:19:43 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

*Live Hangout on Mirror API vs. GDK - Thursday at 5pm EST!"
One of the unique things from a developer’s perspective about +Project Glass is its programming models - both the RESTful Google Mirror API and a forthcoming native SDK, the Glass Development Kit - and the freedom and flexibility having either delivers to software creators for building value for wearable computing. There’s always been friendly contention and a healthy sibling rivalry between which side you fall on - Chrome or Android - so with Glass equally supporting subscription-based services and installed applications, there’s potentially great opportunity for Google to break new ground in allowing programmers from both camps to write code in their respective ways for the same platform.

This Hangout On Air forum will feature insight from experienced coders from both the web and native sides of the argument, many ofwhom G... more »

2013-05-23 14:01:30 (9 comments, 3 reshares, 13 +1s)

Live Hangout on Mirror API vs. GDK tomorrow at 5pm EST!
One of the unique things from a developer’s perspective about Google Glass is its programming models - both the RESTful Google Mirror API and a forthcoming native SDK, the Glass Development Kit - and the freedom and flexibility having either delivers to software creators for building value for wearable computing. There’s always been friendly contention and a healthy sibling rivalry between which side you fall on - Chrome or Android - so with Glass equally supporting subscription-based services and installed applications, there’s potentially great opportunity for Google to break new ground in allowing programmers from both camps to write code in their respective ways for the same platform.

This Hangout On Air forum will feature insight from experienced coders from both the web and native sides of the argument, many of whomGlass... more »

2013-05-22 16:43:08 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Hot off the presses, here's this season's bowl game schedule. We all know you only care about 5, but have a look at the others, too. And revel in the sponsorship.

Seriously, the "TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl"? Doesn't get any better than that.

2013-05-22 16:37:16 (7 comments, 1 reshares, 8 +1s)

Today the Drive app for Android is getting several improvements to make creating and accessing your stuff on-the-go easier. Head over to our blog for what’s new: http://goo.gl/hvb3d

Be sure to get the app on Google Play now: http://goo.gl/TvyOl

2013-05-21 23:21:59 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

I've just been made aware that in the last 3 days, I've been used as a reference by friends of mine for a job interview, a personal loan, a lease application, an awards show, and admissions packet to school. I'm hoping karma keeps me in mind.

2013-05-21 22:24:01 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

2013-05-21 22:07:16 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Seeing as how NBA Finals featuring small market teams have historically killed the league in terms of TV revenue and merchandising, you can bet the farm David Stern doesn't want his swan song to have a championship series with anybody but Miami.

I'll wager that the Commish is praying right now - begging Jesus, Allah, Buddha, Zeus and the Scientology Supreme Being to let the Heat somehow stretch it out to a 7-game series for ratings.

2013-05-21 21:46:25 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

"So, we've been working on the Xbox One for over four years....mainly sports content and movies and COD now...oh, and it's not backwards compatible...": The Price is Right losing horn

2013-05-21 11:12:28 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

"Glass is a mobile information device (with visual capabilities like photo and video). It’s not designed for navigational or transactional queries. There’s no web browser. It’s designed for finding information, not web pages. And Glass tends to do well at finding information, particularly when that information is part of Google’s Knowledge Graph. "

Good piece here by +Search Engine Land's +Matt McGee on using Glass for search. Although you can argue that if you've mastered Google Now's voice command syntax, you'll do a lot better.

2013-05-21 07:33:26 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

What's it like to TD a show at TWiT through Google Glass

I recorded my POV while I did my Technical Director duties for last Friday's episode of +Tech News Today. Watch, if you dare. This is what it's like to be the TD for the show. (But compared to this video, I get a bit less of the sea sick feeling when I do it IRL.)

#throughglass 

#throughglass: Jason TD's Tech News Today (episode 756)

2013-05-21 00:18:50 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 11 +1s)

Not gonna lie - when my Google+ client for Android updated this morning and this was all I saw for the first 15 seconds, I got scared.

2013-05-20 23:42:54 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

So much digital technology all around me...and this is what I'm relegated to using to present an idea - on using digital technology. #kickMeNow

2013-05-20 02:00:02 (3 comments, 3 reshares, 10 +1s)

Hi Fellow Glass Explorers, I decided to play with the Mirror API and put together a simple app to send your photo from Glass to your Android phone.

From your phone, you can easily share your photo with your favorite Android app.

It's very basic and unpolished. 

1. Sign up at http://glasstophone.com.

2. Add "Glass to Phone" to your Sharing Contacts (https://glass.google.com/u/0/myglass/share).

3. Download the Glass To Phone Android app at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dannyroa.glasstophone.

2013-05-20 00:06:52 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Something I've been thinking of lately, with Glass being Android based and the GDK forthcoming, is how it might support Miracast for use in mirroring or second-screen experience apps to other displays (and hopefully, the upscaled +Google TV platform running on Jelly Bean with a current build of Chrome.)

Of course, this will mean Glass will have to run Android 4.2 instead of the current v.4.0.4 build, but the team indicated the commercial version may not run the same ICS as the Explorer Edition.

Anyone have any thoughts on this?

2013-05-19 23:47:24 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 1 +1s)

Here's the Glassware development talk from #io13 featuring +Jenny Murphy and +Alain Vongsouvanh!  

2013-05-19 23:41:35 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

I was discussing this with +Chris Pirillo, +M Monica,+matthew rappaport and several other friends in the after-party for +Google Plus Week TV Show on Friday. Yahoo's invariably going to implement some content restriction controls, which begs the question - will all those publishers of blue material depart for being censored, or will they bolt on principle like many did post-Flickr?

2013-05-19 12:07:44 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

It's 10:07pm, 92F and unbearably humid with zero breeze. I'm sweating like a whore in church. I'm considering camping out in my freezer.

2013-05-19 11:41:40 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

This never gets old.

2013-05-19 09:57:14 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Stanford's now a national powerhouse. Notre Dame is back for the first time since Brady Quinn. Northwestern's no longer the can that gets kicked around by the Big Ten, and Vanderbilt's not exactly the SEC's fun roadtrip to Nashville with a game in the middle anymore. Even Duke went to a bowl game.

I've been saying for years we need to have a Smart Kids Bowl for FBS schools. You can only suit up if your SAT score is above 1450. All the while, the Ivy League teams will be swilling sherry and laughing among themselves while their stock brokers are on call waiting.

2013-05-19 09:11:06 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 16 +1s)

I'm thinking ol' Sam probably gets a fair amount of business...and the occasional call from an intellectual property attorney.

2013-05-19 12:09:43 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 7 +1s)

I'm thinking this might be why my neighbors are complaining their Internet access has been slow lately. (I had a dedicated line put in years ago. Now who's spending frivilously?)

2013-05-18 23:20:01 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 13 +1s)

Many of you in this Communities group were probably at the session IRL, but the fireside chat with +Steve Lee, +Charles Mendis, +Isabelle Olsson & +Timothy Jordan is now up. Good stuff.

I wish I could have participated in the Q&A - I would have asked about any future plans for JavaScript support in timeline cards. Great job, everyone. Thanks for the knowledge!

2013-05-18 23:11:36 (3 comments, 3 reshares, 7 +1s)

Many of you in this Communities group were probably at the session IRL, but the fireside chat with +Steve Lee, +Charles Mendis, +Isabelle Olsson & +Timothy Jordan is now up. Good stuff.

I wish I could have participated in the Q&A - I would have asked about any future plans for JavaScript support in timeline cards. Great job, everyone. Thanks for the knowledge!

2013-05-18 10:16:35 (3 comments, 6 reshares, 7 +1s)

If you want to grasp the true essence of developing and deploying Glassware with the Google Mirror API, check out +Jonathan Gottfried's sage comments at 1:20. Perfectly captured.

I was literally trying to high-five Jon through my laptop screen. This is the second time I've cited his work this week - the man's a walking soundbyte for evangelizing the web stack. ;)

2013-05-18 00:42:48 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 13 +1s)

See the little running clock in the upper right corner of Hangouts during video calls? NICE TOUCH. Incredibly helpful.

2013-05-17 23:05:41 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

One thing that stood out to me during the #io13  keynote address was the mention of the new location facilities, and how they might impact Glass. The new fused location provider has significantly less draw on the battery while improving accuracy, and geofencing allows for defined ranges of places to trigger events when users enter/exit them.

It's not too hard to see how cool things are going to be when you've got real time actions occurring with very specific precision and being able to tap Glass's Location scope (https://developers.google.com/glass/v1/reference/locations). I can't wait to start building.

Anyone have any thoughts/concerns/criticism on this?