Erik D. Jones’s Blog

• Omg high speed pursuit on Caesar Chavez. The fleeing criminal spun his car around and raced up behind me. B4 he hit me he turned onto 101. #
• My Android phone has Adobe Flash now. How about yours? #iphonesucks. #

Powered by Twitter Tools

• Brakes wouldn't release on the engine. Transferred to another train. Today was commute from hell between Muni and #CaltrainFail #
• #Caltrain delayed in San Carlos for some reason. No explanation yet. Think it's mechanical. #

Powered by Twitter Tools

• gorgeous day here in Monterey. Got to meet and get photos with some of my favorite Top Chefs! http://tweetphoto.com/23523249 #
• Watching cooking demonstrations at the Cooking for Solutions show here in Monterey. We've seen several from Top Chef including Kevin! #
• Waiting to get in at the Cooking for Solutions food Gala to see Rick Basis and taste from hundreds of great restaurants and wineries #
• At Schooner's in Monterrey and just saw Rick Moonen from Top Chef Master's! #
• Enjoying a gorgeous day with my husband in Monterrey! at Monterey, CA http://loopt.us/kBalRQ.t #
• There's miss sunshine! Smile! Hertz has "ruined" her vacation because she waited almost an hour. Brat! http://tweetphoto.com/23346500 #
• She's rude and condescending. I showed up after making a reservation this morning. I wasn't surprised I had to wait. I got upgraded for free #
• There's a young woman here freaking out that her car doesn't have gps. She thinks Hertz gold means she gets a gps with every rental. #
• Crazy here at the Hertz office trying to get a vehicle since ours is in the shop. #
• Trying to get home. Muni late of course. Lame #
• No definitive answer if "Track" in KML will be supported in Google maps v3 #io2010 #
• Styling is map-wide and not geographically bound (yet) for Maps V3 #io2010 #
• Get qualified http://code.google.com/qualify! #io2010 #
• There is a Google Maps API map style wizard available now. Generates JSON to use in code. Available in google maps docs. #io2010 #
• Google map styling in v3 could allow you to adjust, remove, style features and overlay your own. For example, build an aviation map. #io2010 #
• Streetview in maps v3 is implemented entirely in HTML. Just get a 360 degree panorama and break into tiles. #io2010 #
• Google maps v3 allows for custom "street view". This could be useful for real estate showing, office orientation, etc. #io2010 #
• Add custom controls to maps using DIVs. V3 of maps allows you to push controls onto the map and have the API manage the overlay. #io2010 #
• On to the last talk on advanced Maps customization/overlays, etc. #io2010 #
• Track for KML will be part of the next release of Earth. Reduction of memory util is as much as 10x #io2010 #
• Using track instead of placemarks significantly reduces the memory footprint on the client. #io2010 #
• Track also gives you automatic orientation for models in animations. Or you can override inside Track. #io2010 #
• Temporal information combined with a GPS coordinate makes up a parallel array inside Track for a KML. #io2010 #
• Extension "Track" inside a placemark, animations can become more efficient, improve UI performance and reduce memory footprint. #io2010 #
• Using placemarks to animate time in KMLs is not recommended. Instead they recommend moving the points. Better performance! #io2010 #
• KMLs in Google Earth API should be downloaded in pieces using NetworkLinks with cookies to track what's been downloaded. #io2010 #
• Reference to the active content in the Google Earth API is specifically from the KML itself. #io2010 #
• In the new Google Earth API, active content is available and not completely stripped out. #io2010 #
• Eearth API now includes a time primitive. Placemarks can now be placed based on time marks. #io2010 #
• Google earth developer channel is located here http://bit.ly/ckVUZQ #io2010 #
• 2nd to last talk. The next two will be all about Geo APIs like Google Earth and Maps. #io2010 #
• Feed API v2 allows for push updates. Could be used to mashup data from multiple sources in real-tie on a page. Useful! #io2010 #
• HTML 5 allows socket connections between client and server on ports other than 80 with custom protocols. #io2010 #
• App Engine for Google gets push technology #io2010 #
• Understandably Sprint's network seems to be dropping in and out here with these 5000 attendees all trying to use their phones. #io2010 #
• One thing I forgot yesterday is Google Wave robots are no longer restricted to the Wave engine. They can run freely on your servers #io2010 #
• Stood in line for 20 minutes and got the phone. They gave us all 2G card full of free music! #
• Not only did we all get the Sprint 4G phone, but it came with 30 days unlimited voice, text, and data. Plus special rates after that #io2010 #
• CEO of Adobe.. a lot of important folks here right now. #io2010 #
• CEO panel: Paul Otellini from Intel, Howard Stringer CEO of Sony, Gerald Quindlen Logitech, Charles Ergen, Dish Network, Brian Dunn Best Buy #
• Eric Schmidt CEO of Google here to talk about TV #io2010 #
• Early 2011 will launch the Android Market, Google TV SDK, TV Web API. Summer 2011 is when the TV will hit opensource availability. #io2010 #
• Google TV coming in Fall 2010 #io2010 #
• Three Google TV devices coming from Sony (TVs and blueray players), Logitech companion box, Intel ATOM processor. #io2010 #
• Google TV will be completely open source. #io2010 #
• Visit google.com/tv for more information #io2010 #
• Google TV translates closed captioning feed to provide subtitles in any language! #io2010 #
• Looks like Google Listen is about integrating a lot of IPTV or video podcasts into the Google Listen app #io2010 #
• Google Listen application now includes feeds from video publishers. #io2010 #
• Youtube announces "Youtube Leanback" a new TV like content site to mimic the TV experience with personalized feeds and channels. #io2010 #
• Anrdoid SDK and Web SDK for Android will enable applications to access TV content #io2010 #
• Android marketplace "push" to device capability works with all Android devices including the Google TV #io2010 #
• Android marketplace apps run natively on Google TV as long as they don't have phone specific features. #io2010 #
• Google TV runs on Android with Chrome and Flash 10.1 integration #io2010 #
• Google TV IP remote control API will be published and open #io2010 #
• Push content directly from Android 2.2 to Google TV set top box. #io2010 #
• Multiple android phones can pair to a set top box at the same time #io2010 #
• Android phone has speech recognition integration with Google TV. Control your tv with voice! #io2010 #
• Android phone seamless integration with Google TV #io2010 #
• Keyboard, remote and mouse with Google TV #io2010 #
• IR Blaster included and big processor including GPU and DSP inside Google TV #io2010 #
• HDMI integration. Dish network seamless integration with Google TV #io2010 #
• Wifi and ethernet buil into Google TV #io2010 #
• I'm surprised that they don't have a capability to watch videos streamed from the computer. #io2010 #
• Bookmarks in Google TV include both web content and TV content such as channels, shows, recordings. #io2010 #
• Google TV allows picture in picture to fuse with web data. #io2010 #
• Watching the demo I can see Pakistanis are protesting over the government's block of Facebook. Amazing. Protesting over Facebook? #io2010 #
• Search box combines TV and WEb results with full control over the cable/TiVo box #io2010 #
• Search box overlay directly atop the TV screen #io2010 #
• Google TV seamlessly integrates with all existing setups, set top boxes and remotes #io2010 #
• Google TV just announced #io2010 #
• They're building up to another announcement. Perhaps a Google Android TV set top box? #io2010 #
• Free 4.3" 3g/4g phone with HD video recording for all conference attendees. WOOO!!! #io2010 #
• Holy crap. They just gave everyone here a Sprint HTC EVO 4G! #io2010 #
• Android 2.2: Visit google.com/mobileads for ad information. Adsense for mobile apps for all conference attendees. Plus $100 credit #io2010 #
• Android 2.2: Rich media ad formats including video, maps and expansion banners. Click to call ads. Location aware ads. #io2010 #
• Android 2.2: Mobile ads can close the loop on mobile downloads for 360 degree conversion stats. Multiple ad display formats #io2010 #
• Android 2.2: Google overhauls ad tools for mobile. Extending analytics, adsense, doubleclick and adwords to mobile. #io2010 #
• Android 2.2: Google acquires Simplify Media for iTunes to Android syncing natively! With over the air streaming. #io2010 #
• Android 2.2: Music directly from the marketplace with over the air sync. #io2010 #
• Android 2.2: New marketplace accessible from the PC. Signed in and can send applications directly to the phone over the air. #io2010 #
• Android 2.2: Bug reports go back to developer in the app store for complete 360 degree app support. #io2010 #
• Android 2.2: Enable automatic application updates. #io2010 #
• Android 2.2: Update all for apps! Move apps to SD card. Application specific search context/bars. #io2010 #
• Android 2.2: Flash and Adobe AIR integration #io2010 #
• Android 2.2: voice recognition language translation with speech. Speak in to phone have it speak the translation #io2010 #
• Android 2.2: enhanced speech recognition. and understanding "intent" such as "call xxxx" – phone understands context with search #io2010 #
• Android 2.2: HTML 5 implementation including orientation (accelerometer, gps, etc), camera and speech all accessible from browser. #io2010 #
• Android 2.2: 2x-3x javascript performance enhancement. Demonstration shows faster than the iPad. #io2010 #
• Android 2.2: Tethering and Portable Hotspot!! #io2010 #
• Android 2.2: Still reading an article on the computer? Send to device activates the browser "Intent" and you keep reading. #io2010 #
• Android 2.2: Cloud to device Messaging API. "Send to phone" sends an "Android Intent". Similar to event driven activation. #io2010 #
• Android 2.2: MS Exchange enhancements – GAL Looking, security policies, more. #io2010 #
• Android 2.2 release announcement!: JIT compilation.. more comping. #io2010 #
• Run rate for daily activations of Android devices has exceeded 100,000 per day #io2010 #
• In 18 months, there are 60 unique devices that can run Android OS #io2010 #
• Taking some funny yet subtle shots at good ol' Steve Jobs. LOL #io2010 #
• Watch the keynote live on youtube LIVE http://youtube.com/googledevelopers #
• Lots of Android images on the screen. Tablet or not, I bet today's surprises are Android related #io2010 #
• Lots of people here excited for what Google promised yesterday to be "several big surprises" #io2010 #
• At the keynote. Some are thinking Google will announce a tablet. #io2010 #
• Nothing quite like the loud crazy ramblings of certain Muni riders to start ones day #
• Heading to day 2 of Google #io2010. Who thought of this 830 keynote? #
• Spilled coffee on my netbook today. Goodbye old friend. Hello new multitouch netbook with 2g ram and dual core! I'll see you tomorrow! #
• Last talk today on using GWT to target HTML 5 features like worker turd. Web designers will need to be more technical with time. #io2010 #
• Does HTML 5 mean the end to Adobe Air? #io2010 #
• Finally native rounded corners and reflections in CSS 3. And 2D transforms #io2010 #
• HTML 5 gives you native drag and drop! #io2010 #
• HTML 5 gives you worker threads to offload and parallel jscript! #io2010 #
• Google creates the opensource site for the new open video standard VP8 http://www.webmproject.org/ #io2010 #
• HTML 5 not only gives you native video but also local storage and client side databases! #io2010 #
• From this morning's keynote saw cool new features in Adobe CS5 for HTML 5 support and multi-platform design on tablet and mobile. #io2010 #
• Standung room only for the HTML 5 developer talk. Glad I got here early #io2010 #
• I've seen a number of iPads here. Very eclectic crowd. Skaters to Asian business folk to older guys #io2010 #
• Latency regression testing is key to watching app performance. Measure what your users see in prod and in the lab to track changes #io2010 #
• Use native code rather than Jscript. JS is single threaded. Chunk code, keep short and defer processing after UI updates. #io2010 #
• Data fetching optimization: fetch only the data needed and batch requests. #io2010 #
• Clicker.com was another cool HTML 5 site at the Keynote this morning #io2010 #
• Amazon estimates that for every 100ms they lose 1% in sales. #io2010 #
• Wow the architecting for performance using GWT presentation is packed. Performance of web apparently is another big thing. #io2010 #
• Seemingly a lot of opportunity with GWT,HTML 5 and Wave. Those seem to be the biggest themes here #io2010 #
• It would be an interesting to develop some new widget web apps using GWT. A lot of cool optimiations and features #io2010 #
• Google Speed Tracer plugin for chrome appears to be an invaluable tool for web app developers #io2010 #
• Google is extending the concept of an app store to the browser with Chrome app store. #io2010 #
• Mugtug has a cool HTML 5 photo editor for 4.99 in the Chrome app store #io2010 #
• HTML 5 and VP8 with Vorbis are really exciting technologies here and expanding this year. #io2010 #
• Google Wave now open to the public! #io2010 #
• At the Google #io2010 conference! http://yfrog.com/2s1t6tj #

Powered by Twitter Tools

• This is an awesome video and spoof about gays in the military set to Kesha's Blah Blah Blah http://yoono.com/908A3rm #
• Real life "Lost" on Kanton Island, Kiribati. Makes me want to hop on a boat and set sail! http://bit.ly/96TY0g #

Powered by Twitter Tools

• Picture of a bird as a result of off shore drilling. Think about that next time you fill up the car. Think sail… http://yoono.com/xwAHM4i #
• Standing room only on Caltrain 365. Fatality on tracks in Mountain View. My bullet train just became a local. #CaltrainFail #
• Not only is Caltrain late but the engineer overshot the stop in Palo Alto making it even later because he had to back up. #CaltrainFail #
• Fascinating story on how Wired magazine found the man who found the Iphone prototype in a bar. http://bit.ly/a4i5Yu #

Powered by Twitter Tools