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2013-05-20 14:29:57 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 4 +1s)

Thanks to all who attended our talk at #io13  last week. +Brad Abrams and I had a great time showing off the new Mobile Backend Starter project. The video is now up for everyone to enjoy watching us juggle 2 laptops, 2 phones, and network connectivity to build a cloud-connected Android app. #androiddev   #googlecloudplatform   #googlecloudmessaging   #mobilebackendstarter  

2013-05-17 14:59:06 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 7 +1s)

Well, that was fun! +Brad Abrams and I gave a talk on writing a cloud backend for your Android app at #io13  today. To demonstrate the new Mobile Backend Starter project, we built Geek Serendipity, which lets you see where geeks with similar interests are hanging out. Within minutes after the talk, geeks using the app popped up all over the US and a few in Europe staying up late to watch the live stream. The app shows the 50 most recent geek locations anywhere in the world. There seems to be something going on in San Francisco...

PS The source code and video are coming. You can get the app here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.turbomanage.sample.geekwatch

2013-05-16 17:35:05 (4 comments, 6 reshares, 1 +1s)

Cloud+#android what could be better?   Live from #io13 at 3:30 west coast time... https://developers.google.com/events/io/sessions/333508149  

2013-05-15 16:36:57 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Hear more about the cloud suport in Android Studio demo'ed in the keynote at #io13 . Check out this session at 12:45 today, live streamed for you!
https://developers.google.com/events/io/sessions/324603352

2013-05-07 05:03:41 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

"constraints breed innovation"

My lesson today from Google IO prep...  It should be a fun show!

2013-05-02 00:10:01 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

#AndroidDev  #CloudDev Looking for an easy and extensible cloud back end for your Android application? At Google I/O, +Brad Abrams and I will be presenting the new Mobile Backend Starter project and building an app before your eyes. MBS includes a complete App Engine project (no coding required) with CRUD services and a reusable framework for sending data to and from the cloud, including GCM for server push. MBS ties all of these together with a simple management console and a complete Android starter project. It's not the only way to write Android + Cloud apps, but certainly one of the easiest.

2013-04-17 01:58:13 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 9 +1s)

Hey #Android  developers... Want a server code optional backend for your next killer app?  Check out #appengine   https://developers.google.com/cloud/samples/mbs/getting_started

2013-03-18 20:29:47 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

Twilio and App Engine!   

2013-03-17 00:58:54 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 12 +1s)

Check out this great video from +Brad Abrams talk at our Compute Midwest conference in #KansasCity !

2013-03-17 00:45:00 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 12 +1s)

Two of my favorate things come together... +Khan Academy and +Google Cloud Platform Developers!  Check out this talk..
https://plus.google.com/events/cahkufq8fp6dmj3g0cqvnc286dg

2013-03-11 16:53:05 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 12 +1s)

After getting rid of the penny, this seems like the next most important thing to address!  

 http://wh.gov/wJJh

2013-02-21 18:08:04 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 7 +1s)

Check out the latest Java 7 in GAE and Cloud Endpoints

2013-02-19 23:08:11 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

We're having a G+ hangout on Wed. Feb. 20th, at 4pm US/Pacific, with more on Google Cloud Endpoints.

Following up the Feb. 13th GDL hangout (https://developers.google.com/live/shows/76184973/), in this hangout we'll showcase the Cloud Endpoints Proto Datastore library (http://endpoints-proto-datastore.appspot.com/), which allows ProtoRPC message classes to be directly tied to the models used to persist objects. In addition, rather than interacting with ProtoRPC messages in our API methods, we'll show how to directly interact with the entities that live in the datastore.

Submit your questions here: http://goo.gl/FLw0j .

When the hangout starts, or if you missed it live, you can watch it here: https://developers.google.com/live/shows/150149336/ .
If you're a Google+ user, you can RSVP to the event here:
 http://goo.gl/HEul8 to get a reminder.more »

2013-02-14 07:28:54 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 7 +1s)

Check out the Google Plugin for Eclipse update today with some great #android and #AppEngine support.  If you have ever struggled with getting push notifications on Android to work, you will LOVE this.   

Check out the docs: https://developers.google.com/eclipse/docs/endpoints-androidconnected-gae 

And for fun, I deployed the sample application and added links to the code it generates.   

https://endpoints-mobile-sample.appspot.com/


Oh, and want a little Python fun?  Check out +Danny Hermes  and +Dan Holevoet  at Google Developers Live.
https://developers.google.com/live/shows/76184973/ 

2013-02-14 00:32:23 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

Got BigData?  Want Insights?  
Check out: https://cloud.google.com/bigquery-tour 
Average temp in my area for the last 10 years is 54.8 F
and "abrams" is the 17,690th most common word in Wikipedia  ;-)

Love to hear what insights you learn!

2013-02-13 21:32:29 (4 comments, 3 reshares, 14 +1s)

App Engine 1.7.5 is out, including fully public version of Cloud Endpoints...   I can't wait to see the amazing cloud connected mobile applications you can build with it!  
http://googleappengine.blogspot.com/2013/02/app-engine-175-released.html

2013-02-02 21:04:01 (5 comments, 25 reshares, 29 +1s)

Google Cloud Endpoints Preso

I just love it when the community gets excited enough about a new technology to share it with other developers.  Thanks +Mark Lapasa!

Presentation:
http://bit.ly/endpointsGTUG

Video:
http://youtu.be/iKoOyaF65I4

FAQ/Q&A:
http://knowledge.lapasa.net/?p=893

anyone can sign up to be a cloud endpoints tester now.. 
http://endpoints-trusted-tester.appspot.com/

2013-01-27 04:10:54 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 8 +1s)

The man himself (i.e., +Dave Girouard who ran Google's Enterprise for, like, decades) on why you shouldn't fear the cloud.  Excellent analysis...I probably would say it more diplomatically and avoid "insanity" but Dave is exactly right.  It does feel like a loss of control if you can't yell at your "IT guy" when an app goes down, but the truth is that the team that's running these apps at Google is second to none.  And chances are that they are way more qualified and dedicated (and equipped) than your own team, because running planet-scale services is just about the coolest job in the world so we can attract the very best people to do it.  They're called SRE (Site Reliability Engineering), and if you don't believe me just read about the lengths they're going to during regular disaster training (it's fun to read, actually):
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2013-01-18 06:53:01 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Seattle folks -- check it out..  A great to chance to hack with sports data and the google cloud platform!

http://developer.espn.com/blog/read/Come_Hack_and_Build_with_us_Super_Bowl_Weekend

2012-12-21 04:17:03 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

New must have Google shoes!

Come to #gddsyd to find out why this is cool...

Want a pair? Let me know if you order them!

2012-12-01 01:28:14 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

Love'n my new chucks.... after 15 years they're still the same

2012-11-30 16:14:27 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 17 +1s)

Rain in Palo Alto today... very odd indeed. Luckily my 10 year old told us about flashflood warnings he heard on the FM radio he made in his room this morning :)

2012-11-10 02:10:16 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

REAL cheese biscuits!!!

2012-11-09 16:50:02 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 7 +1s)

"What am I going to do in the bathroom if I don't have my phone"
Quota of the day from Scott Chacon of GitHub fame

#computeMW

2012-11-09 15:21:37 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Having a great time at #computeMW.  The Kauffman Center was a great venue choice!  Kansas City is looks like it is growing up to be a tech hub.  

2012-10-31 14:49:29 (0 comments, 5 reshares, 7 +1s)

"Things like Rails make things so simple that you actually don’t have to know what’s going on. That’s a disservice to the student. The web isn’t that complicated, HTTP isn’t that complicated, but when you hide all that from the developer it’s harder for them to  track down problems later."

2012-10-25 12:36:46 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 11 +1s)

New world record set on the #computeengine.  

2012-10-11 15:02:36 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 4 +1s)

We're excited to announce +Brad Abrams from Google as our latest speaker for Compute Midwest in #KansasCity !

2012-10-09 16:23:22 (0 comments, 4 reshares, 5 +1s)

Great interview with the folks at Udacity on their real world (good and bad) experince with using Google #appengine  on a large production system.

Interview With Chris - CS253 Unit 7 - Udacity

Using App Engine At Scale - CS253 Unit 7 - Udacity

Problems Scaling App Engine - CS253 Unit 7 - Udacity

2012-10-02 02:39:03 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 8 +1s)

Check out the automatic, build, unit test and deploy support from CloudBees to #appengine .

It has never been easier to develop in and for the cloud!

 

2012-09-19 21:47:33 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

New app engine release.. lots to go check out!

2012-09-15 02:58:34 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

The Cloud Platform Developer Relations team will be on the road and has several upcoming Strata Conference talks in London and New York.

In London, +Kathryn Hurley, with Simon Rogers of the Guardian, is giving a keynote: "Think Like a Data Journalist: How the Guardian Makes Data Useful" (http://goo.gl/DbzXc)

In New York and London, +Michael Manoochehri  (with +Jim Caputo) and +Ryan Boyd  (with +Siddartha Naidu) are speaking on:
"Big Data for the Masses: How We Opened Up the Doors to Google’s Dremel" (http://goo.gl/l8W2z, http://goo.gl/vFxR3)

And in New York, +Ilya Grigorik is speaking with Brian Doll of Github on:
"Analyzing Millions of GitHub Commits: What Makes Developers Happy, Angry, and Everything in Between?" (http://goo.gl/SyLgV)

If you're planning to attend, we hope you'll join us.

2012-09-13 18:56:15 (1 comments, 4 reshares, 11 +1s)

Good news for Python developers wanting to use google services!   

2012-09-01 03:39:58 (1 comments, 10 reshares, 22 +1s)

Very cool set of free icons!

http://thenounproject.com/

2012-08-29 01:59:39 (7 comments, 6 reshares, 11 +1s)

You gotta love the #appengine  community is great!

Check this out if you are looking into building an app engine app
http://green-algae.appspot.com/

2012-08-17 03:54:53 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

Go Green with Google App Engine!

http://gigaom.com/cleantech/google-app-engine-is-energy-efficient-carbon-neutral/

Good interview +Peter Magnusson 

2012-08-12 22:04:38 (3 comments, 5 reshares, 13 +1s)

+Dan Holevoet  did a great overview of Cloud Endpoints for building web apps..  

http://cloud-endpoints-slides.appspot.com/gdl_2012_08_08.html#2 

2012-08-10 14:54:10 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 8 +1s)

New release of GPE (google plugin for eclipse) just posted.

With this release, you can:
 - Add Google APIs for Android projects    (https://developers.google.com/eclipse/docs/googleapis) 

- Support for DataNucleus library versions 1.0 and 2.0
(https://developers.google.com/eclipse/docs/appengine_datanucleus) 

- Import samples applications from the App Engine SDK
https://developers.google.com/eclipse/docs/appengine_sampleapps

Also, several bug fixes for the GPE support for cloud endpoints (which you can get on the trusted tester list at https://endpoints-trusted-tester.appspot.com 


#appengine

2012-08-10 04:18:09 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 9 +1s)

"Plans are nothing. Planning is everything."
- Eisenhower

2012-08-08 15:14:32 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Amazing to see what today's science fair winners look like!

#appengine  

2012-07-26 13:57:49 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 3 +1s)

Should be fun... tune in if you are interested in compute engine...

2012-07-10 21:49:40 (4 comments, 5 reshares, 10 +1s)

Just heard this one today...  

Ever had someone come to you with a 1/2 baked idea?  Something they have not really thought through.  They have just drawn a few circles... you should ask them to go away and draw the rest of the f**k owl..  :-)

2012-07-09 03:29:09 (2 comments, 5 reshares, 13 +1s)

+Ido Green and I had a great time in our #io12  talk.   We hope you will enjoy this play by play of the demo we did..  

#appengine  and #chrome  

2012-07-03 23:16:15 (2 comments, 7 reshares, 7 +1s)

+Ido Green and my HTML5 + App Engine to build modern web applications.   We use the new Cloud Endpoints feature.  

https://developers.google.com/events/io/sessions/gooio2012/304/ 
Enjoy!

#appengine   #endpoints    

2012-07-03 22:57:36 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Check it out... #bigquery  used for Gmail logs search for domain admins.  I love it when we can eat our own dogfood!

2012-07-02 23:12:57 (1 comments, 6 reshares, 18 +1s)

Check out the eXo IDE for a cloud based way to build App Engine Applications

#appengine  

2012-07-02 00:10:58 (2 comments, 5 reshares, 14 +1s)

Latest build of the Google Plugin for Eclipse is out..  Includes support for Cloud Endpoints!  

https://developers.google.com/eclipse/ 

2012-06-29 14:41:15 (5 comments, 3 reshares, 19 +1s)

Folks asked me for the Cloud Platform poster we gave out at #io12.   Here it is.  

#appengine   #computeengine  

2012-06-29 13:02:45 (18 comments, 22 reshares, 40 +1s)

WOW !!

Google Chrome already No. 1 among all free iOS apps

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57463546-93/google-chrome-already-no-1-among-all-free-ios-apps/

2012-06-29 01:03:05 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

This could be interesting to many of you... 
#io12   #appengine