Owen (or anybody who knows)
What, if anything, is happening with Lake Arrowhead this year? Even though I
have to pay for it out of pocket this year, I would go.
Nick
Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology,
Clark University ([email protected])
> [Original Message]
> From: Owen Densmore <[email protected]>
> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]>;
> General topics & issues <[email protected]>
> Date: 2/3/2009 8:50:39 PM
> Subject: [FRIAM] Google I/O - Sessions
>
> Some of us are thinking about attending the Google I/O conference May
> 27-28:
> http://code.google.com/events/io/sessions.html
>
> The Google "Ecology" is expanding rapidly, and has radically changed
> our thinking about how to deliver applications. Although Google has
> not been particularly explicit about their goals and overall
> architecture, there are three big buckets that are of interest to
> Redfish and the Complex:
>
> - Google User: This is the Google user part of the ecology. It
> includes mainly gmail, Google Maps/Earth and Google Apps. Its where
> users get things done.
>
> - Google Code: This is where Google is replacing things like Source
> Forge with a more coherent overall suite of web/browser tools that can
> be used by any programmer using any hosting/server space they want.
> They have GWT, a brilliant Java based system that includes Java to
> Javascript translation, letting the programmer stay in a single
> environment, Java, yet touch both the client and server side easily.
> And they provide project management with svn and a host of life cycle
> tools, integrated with Google Groups and all the rest.
>
> - Google Cloud: This is the latest extent of Google -- where the two
> above are integrated into a WebApp world with 24/7 uptime and a
> coherent, simple client-server model. The client is enhanced with
> Gears, a tool letting you blur on-line and off-line use of WebApps
> like Google Docs. And naturally there are a huge number of AJAX aids
> too for the client side. The server is an artfully simplified Django-
> based Python App Engine with a global data store. It integrates
> beautifully with Google Maps and other Google Code tools.
>
> I'm not a Google fan-boy .. but I just wanted to make clear why the
> Google IO conference might be of interest to many of us. One
> example. Steve and I were looking at the Visualization APIs (Google
> Code) and wondering if it was possible to interface with it using GWT,
> thus avoiding using both Javascript (client) and Java (server).
> Looking at the sessions, we found:
>
> Creating powerful dashboards with GWT and the Visualization API
> This session will focus on advanced usage of the Visualization API
> for GWT developers. It will cover the following topics: Using the API
> with GWT, taking a Visualization Data Source and building a dashboard
> with it, and advanced techniques, tips & tricks.
>
> Anyone else interested?
>
> -- Owen
>
>
>
> ============================================================
> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
Owen (or anybody who knows)
What, if anything, is happening with Lake Arrowhead?
Nick
Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology,
Clark University ([email protected])
> [Original Message]
> From: Owen Densmore <[email protected]>
> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]>;
> General topics & issues <[email protected]>
> Date: 2/3/2009 8:50:39 PM
> Subject: [FRIAM] Google I/O - Sessions
>
> Some of us are thinking about attending the Google I/O conference May
> 27-28:
> http://code.google.com/events/io/sessions.html
>
> The Google "Ecology" is expanding rapidly, and has radically changed
> our thinking about how to deliver applications. Although Google has
> not been particularly explicit about their goals and overall
> architecture, there are three big buckets that are of interest to
> Redfish and the Complex:
>
> - Google User: This is the Google user part of the ecology. It
> includes mainly gmail, Google Maps/Earth and Google Apps. Its where
> users get things done.
>
> - Google Code: This is where Google is replacing things like Source
> Forge with a more coherent overall suite of web/browser tools that can
> be used by any programmer using any hosting/server space they want.
> They have GWT, a brilliant Java based system that includes Java to
> Javascript translation, letting the programmer stay in a single
> environment, Java, yet touch both the client and server side easily.
> And they provide project management with svn and a host of life cycle
> tools, integrated with Google Groups and all the rest.
>
> - Google Cloud: This is the latest extent of Google -- where the two
> above are integrated into a WebApp world with 24/7 uptime and a
> coherent, simple client-server model. The client is enhanced with
> Gears, a tool letting you blur on-line and off-line use of WebApps
> like Google Docs. And naturally there are a huge number of AJAX aids
> too for the client side. The server is an artfully simplified Django-
> based Python App Engine with a global data store. It integrates
> beautifully with Google Maps and other Google Code tools.
>
> I'm not a Google fan-boy .. but I just wanted to make clear why the
> Google IO conference might be of interest to many of us. One
> example. Steve and I were looking at the Visualization APIs (Google
> Code) and wondering if it was possible to interface with it using GWT,
> thus avoiding using both Javascript (client) and Java (server).
> Looking at the sessions, we found:
>
> Creating powerful dashboards with GWT and the Visualization API
> This session will focus on advanced usage of the Visualization API
> for GWT developers. It will cover the following topics: Using the API
> with GWT, taking a Visualization Data Source and building a dashboard
> with it, and advanced techniques, tips & tricks.
>
> Anyone else interested?
>
> -- Owen
>
>
>
> ============================================================
> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
Owen (or anybody who knows)
What, if anything, is happening with Lake Arrowhead?
Nick
Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology,
Clark University ([email protected])
> [Original Message]
> From: Owen Densmore <[email protected]>
> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]>;
> General topics & issues <[email protected]>
> Date: 2/3/2009 8:50:39 PM
> Subject: [FRIAM] Google I/O - Sessions
>
> Some of us are thinking about attending the Google I/O conference May
> 27-28:
> http://code.google.com/events/io/sessions.html
>
> The Google "Ecology" is expanding rapidly, and has radically changed
> our thinking about how to deliver applications. Although Google has
> not been particularly explicit about their goals and overall
> architecture, there are three big buckets that are of interest to
> Redfish and the Complex:
>
> - Google User: This is the Google user part of the ecology. It
> includes mainly gmail, Google Maps/Earth and Google Apps. Its where
> users get things done.
>
> - Google Code: This is where Google is replacing things like Source
> Forge with a more coherent overall suite of web/browser tools that can
> be used by any programmer using any hosting/server space they want.
> They have GWT, a brilliant Java based system that includes Java to
> Javascript translation, letting the programmer stay in a single
> environment, Java, yet touch both the client and server side easily.
> And they provide project management with svn and a host of life cycle
> tools, integrated with Google Groups and all the rest.
>
> - Google Cloud: This is the latest extent of Google -- where the two
> above are integrated into a WebApp world with 24/7 uptime and a
> coherent, simple client-server model. The client is enhanced with
> Gears, a tool letting you blur on-line and off-line use of WebApps
> like Google Docs. And naturally there are a huge number of AJAX aids
> too for the client side. The server is an artfully simplified Django-
> based Python App Engine with a global data store. It integrates
> beautifully with Google Maps and other Google Code tools.
>
> I'm not a Google fan-boy .. but I just wanted to make clear why the
> Google IO conference might be of interest to many of us. One
> example. Steve and I were looking at the Visualization APIs (Google
> Code) and wondering if it was possible to interface with it using GWT,
> thus avoiding using both Javascript (client) and Java (server).
> Looking at the sessions, we found:
>
> Creating powerful dashboards with GWT and the Visualization API
> This session will focus on advanced usage of the Visualization API
> for GWT developers. It will cover the following topics: Using the API
> with GWT, taking a Visualization Data Source and building a dashboard
> with it, and advanced techniques, tips & tricks.
>
> Anyone else interested?
>
> -- Owen
>
>
>
> ============================================================
> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
Owen (or anybody who knows)
What, if anything, is happening with Lake Arrowhead?
Nick
Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology,
Clark University ([email protected])
> [Original Message]
> From: Owen Densmore <[email protected]>
> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]>;
> General topics & issues <[email protected]>
> Date: 2/3/2009 8:50:39 PM
> Subject: [FRIAM] Google I/O - Sessions
>
> Some of us are thinking about attending the Google I/O conference May
> 27-28:
> http://code.google.com/events/io/sessions.html
>
> The Google "Ecology" is expanding rapidly, and has radically changed
> our thinking about how to deliver applications. Although Google has
> not been particularly explicit about their goals and overall
> architecture, there are three big buckets that are of interest to
> Redfish and the Complex:
>
> - Google User: This is the Google user part of the ecology. It
> includes mainly gmail, Google Maps/Earth and Google Apps. Its where
> users get things done.
>
> - Google Code: This is where Google is replacing things like Source
> Forge with a more coherent overall suite of web/browser tools that can
> be used by any programmer using any hosting/server space they want.
> They have GWT, a brilliant Java based system that includes Java to
> Javascript translation, letting the programmer stay in a single
> environment, Java, yet touch both the client and server side easily.
> And they provide project management with svn and a host of life cycle
> tools, integrated with Google Groups and all the rest.
>
> - Google Cloud: This is the latest extent of Google -- where the two
> above are integrated into a WebApp world with 24/7 uptime and a
> coherent, simple client-server model. The client is enhanced with
> Gears, a tool letting you blur on-line and off-line use of WebApps
> like Google Docs. And naturally there are a huge number of AJAX aids
> too for the client side. The server is an artfully simplified Django-
> based Python App Engine with a global data store. It integrates
> beautifully with Google Maps and other Google Code tools.
>
> I'm not a Google fan-boy .. but I just wanted to make clear why the
> Google IO conference might be of interest to many of us. One
> example. Steve and I were looking at the Visualization APIs (Google
> Code) and wondering if it was possible to interface with it using GWT,
> thus avoiding using both Javascript (client) and Java (server).
> Looking at the sessions, we found:
>
> Creating powerful dashboards with GWT and the Visualization API
> This session will focus on advanced usage of the Visualization API
> for GWT developers. It will cover the following topics: Using the API
> with GWT, taking a Visualization Data Source and building a dashboard
> with it, and advanced techniques, tips & tricks.
>
> Anyone else interested?
>
> -- Owen
>
>
>
> ============================================================
> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
============================================================
FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
