‘google’ Entries
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Aug082010
RIP Google Wave
Since Google Wave was announced, I was really excited about the product. I could already see vast use cases for this technology, and started thinking of the different ways I could include this in my day to day business activities.
Last week we were all shocked by the announcement that Google Wave will be closed. This came as a real surprise to me, as I only just managed to convince people to use Wave as a discussion tool for planning project sprints etc.
One would …
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Apr132010
Google Draw Added to Docs
A new application have recently made it into the Google Docs suite. The app is a drawing application that enables users to make various type of drawings.
Although the current set of features and tools are very basic, they are more than enough to perform most basic kinds of drawings.
Combine to that the fact that it's collaborative, and it opens up a lot of new possibilities.
Here are a couple of screenshots.
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Jun122009
teh_node moved to App Engine
For quite some time I've been bothered by the amount of memory and resources that my teh_node website was taking up on the server. This was mainly because it was running on Plone, and thought Plone is a very strong Content Management Framework, it was a bit overkill for the my needs.
I also wanted to integrate teh_node into my google accounts a bit stronger, so naturally, when I had some free time on Thursday, I decided to re-launch the website on Google App Engine, and also make use of other Google features within the site. The process …
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Dec202008
First Thoughts on Google App Engine
Yesterday morning, I finally got my invitation for trying out the Google App Engine. It was so long ago that I signed up, I even forgot I was on the list!
Well, I was busy for most of the day, but when I got home later the afternoon, I decided to give it a go. In about a hour I was done with the first tutorial, and was enlightened to so many new possibilities. I never realized that GAE makes use of google accounts, looking back now, it's obvious that it would, but I never thought …
