Tag Archives: google

Myth of the Genius Programmer

This video from Google IO ’09 is 3 years gone now but it is so incredibly relevant I had to post it. Every place I’ve worked with other developers has had a strange mix of elitism and anxiety. Its well worth watching for any developer – ‘genius’ or not:

Google Phones/Android (incl. G1) ROMs

Great comparison table of all the custom Android ROMs at this site: http://www.simonwalkerphotos.com/android/android_build_information.asp

Updated: YourMP Google Desktop Gadget

Quick post to say my Google Gadget, YourMP, has been updated.  Its now a lot more efficient, cleaner, working and just overall better. Quick rundown: MP details: Name,Constituency,Party and Expenses Optionally show MP photo next to details. Debates listing now includes the date given. You know what would be REALLY useful? Feedback! Its been broken [...]

Google App Engine Spawn

Huge list of open source projects that have spawned for the Google App Engine platform.  You can view the list here: GAE Projects

Google Test Automation Conference

Great selection of slides and videos here for anyone interested in the recent automated testing and test driven development conference held by Google. Just some of the included talks are “How to Test an AJAX Application“, “Boosting Your Testing Productivity with Groovy“, “Context-Driven Test Automation” and many more – roughly 15.  Well worth a look [...]

Insight, Facts and Hmmms

I’m a big fan of Google Insight.  Mainly because it burns time when I’m bored and provides lots of “hmm” moments.  Its a service Google provide that lets you see search volume against a range of other factors such as geography, time, etc.  I thought I’d put a few together that may be of interest [...]

Switching From Rails to Django: Why?

Rails is crap.  There – I said it.  Apologies to the geek with a peanut dick but it just sucks really bad. Compared to PHP – Rails is Great Yeah it is great – its epic in fact.  But then again that isn’t very hard is it considering how shit PHP is? Stop Stealing Ruby’s [...]

Google App Engine Frustrations

I’ve tried more than once to jump onto the Google App Engine bandwagon to no avail. Unfortunately it’s preview nature is acting to frustrate any attempt I make build something I’m happy with. Just some thoughts so far: No Direction – It’s been dumped into the ether with no solid direction. No recommended method or [...]

Google App Engine

I didn’t manage to get into the first 10k people so I had to make do with the goodie bag (SDK) and be on my way for now. Form what I’m reading it looks incredible!!!  Is anyone else realising how amazing this all is?  It’s a playground!!!!  A big Googlely playground for developers to play [...]

Google Code University

Not sure where Google is going with this one but they appear to have opened a ‘university’ with a variety of topics offering learning materials, lessons and vids. There isn’t much so far but if it goes in the direction I’m hoping then its got a hell of a lot of potential. They provide a [...]