even funnier:

http://flash-of-genius.com/blog/?p=8

Labels: Android, Google, linux

posted by Frankie @ 1:52 PM   0 Comments

wow... and with billions of dollars at stake too... just wow.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-china.html

Labels: Google, government, great business, happy

posted by Frankie @ 10:21 PM   0 Comments

too perfect. my thoughts exactly.

http://xkcd.com/662/

Labels: Android, Google, horrible business, linux, products

posted by Frankie @ 12:12 PM   0 Comments

wow... this looks pretty cool. many of the things we scream about at work when using C or C++ seem to be some of the same things that this language is trying to fix. I especially like the concept of the gofmt command!

http://golang.org/

Labels: Google, programming

posted by Frankie @ 6:33 AM   0 Comments

wow... imagine this, but with people modeling software logic, and inserting pseudocode. Then imagine an export out to the language of choice with all the function names, prototypes, and pseudocode in comment form all filled in.

Wow.

This is a real tool that could help software development.

Labels: Google, wave

posted by Frankie @ 12:33 PM   0 Comments

September 30th! If this protocol catches on... being open like email is... it could revolutionize the web.



I've been watching this for some time, so it is exciting to see a date assigned.

If you have no idea what Google Wave and the Wave protocol is, watch the above video. Incredible stuff.

My favorite parts: Rosy the robot... the sample integration with a bug tracker and a blog... and the Initech wave client in an ansi terminal!

Labels: Google, programming, wave

posted by Frankie @ 9:53 AM   0 Comments

and so it begins:

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html

Labels: Android, Google, linux, products

posted by Frankie @ 5:05 AM   0 Comments

Got my updated firmware for my T-Mobile G1 phone yesterday. This is the infamous "Cupcake" version of the software.

I'm really happy about most of the fixed. Many of the new features are awesome, and many of the annoyances have been fixed. I like the way they fixed the issue of keeping the dialpad open during phone calls where you need to hit buttons to get through menus.

Phone orientation detection, virtual keyboard, updates to the browser, gmail, calendar, etc... they're all awesome! Although, I still can't believe that all of this work went into such an awesome phone and such awesome software, and there is still no way to alert someone that they missed a call. How this phone has went through multiple revisions of software without the capability to beep after a call was missed is beyond me.

But that really is the only main thing that annoys me. Everything else is great. I'm so glad I have a G1 and not an iphone. I'm really tired of the great development that Apple does overshadowing all the evil crap they get away with. Android... open, free, and awesome.

Labels: Android, electronics, Google, happy, phone, products, programming

posted by Frankie @ 7:03 PM   0 Comments

I really like my T-Mobile G1 Google phone.  It has been working really well for me.

I'm making this post from it :)

Labels: Android, Google, happy, linux

posted by Frankie @ 8:41 PM   0 Comments

man... we have been so busy, this blog and the family blog haven't seen updates in a while.

most of my time has been on family stuff, but one thing of personal note is that after five years of owning a Kyocera 7135 with Palm OS on Verizon, I finally got a new phone. I have been looking for a new phone for over a year now, and have been almost depressed at the lack of smartphones and how big network providers cripple them in their interest.

I was already looking at T-mobile as they seem to have a better selection of uncrippled phones, particularly those that include 802.11 wireless (since I want to be able to connect to the internet and not use an outrageous data plan.


Then the T-mobile G1 came along. I must say, I am absolutely amazed at how revolutionary this is. Most consumers might see this as just another phone. But the phone isn't the revolution. It's the entire operating system and development being open sourced. Open... to anyone. Want to use that operating system on another device... then do it! Want to fix a problem on it... do it! Write your own applications and load it straight into your phone??? do it! Here is a page outlining how to download the source to Android and do with it as you see fit:

I think Google realizes that the real power needs to be in the hands of the consumer, and not the big companies and lobbyists, which is why they support open networks, open hardware, open software, and most of all, network neutrality. It is nice to see someone fighting for the consumer. Google appears to be one of the few people doing that.


I got the phone in last week, expecting it to have some issues and be unpolished. But man, it is really slick. It hasn't crashed or glitched on my yet. It really is impressive being the first one out. I think it really does rival the iPhone in many ways, but that isn't why I didn't buy an iPhone. If I wanted an awesome smartphone, I could have bought an iPhone a long time ago. The reason I don't is because while Google might be fighting for a more open environment, Apple is bordering on the most closed environment one could imagine. Try to buy a song in iTunes from something other than the iTunes store. Try to use something other than iTunes to manage your iPod. I could go on and on, but Apple really has turned me off... WAY off.

So, kudos to T-mobile and Google. I am really enjoying my G1 and happy that I have a smartphone that does what I want.

Labels: Android, Google, phone

posted by Frankie @ 1:05 PM   0 Comments