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Re: Google Wave, the Aftermath

manalang — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:26:51 -0000

Hi Jim. Yeah, it'll be a while before mass adoption happens, but as with many Google products, this will have quite a bit of momentum in the next few years.

Re: Google Wave, the Aftermath

manalang — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:16:42 -0000

It will be awhile until useful patterns emerge that are more efficient than what we have now. We'll just have to wait and see.

Re: Google Wave, the Aftermath

manalang — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:14:24 -0000

Woops... yes... MB

Re: Sudoku anyone?

manalang — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:17:31 -0000

That's up to Google. The invitation isn't actually an invitation... it's a nomination. Sounds like Goog does a little background check before actually handing out an acct.

Re: Sudoku anyone?

manalang — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:56:49 -0000

invited

Re: Sudoku anyone?

manalang — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:56:33 -0000

Invited

Re: Sudoku anyone?

manalang — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:53:19 -0000

drop me an email with the email address you want the invite to go to.

Re: Sudoku anyone?

manalang — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:28:21 -0000

sent

Re: Sudoku anyone?

manalang — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:24:38 -0000

email me your email and I'll send you an invite rich dot manalang at gmail

Re: Time for a Tummy Tuck and a Little Botox

manalang — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:46:06 -0000

yep. usb toy.

Re: Time for a Tummy Tuck and a Little Botox

manalang — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:14:27 -0000

Jake, you're right, I don't want to spend more time on it any more. I'm pretty much done. Frankly, I like that the appslab logo is small... content is king -- not our "brand." Re: the links on the sidebar, I experimented with different treatments. Maybe I'll change the color slightly.

Re: Do You DIY?

manalang — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:04:35 -0000

I've been experimenting with seeds lately (http://seedsofchange.com) I just ordered some broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, cabbage, peas, and garlic. This summer we grew about 5 different varieties of tomatoes, zucchini, radish, chard, beets, beans, watermelon, cantaloupe, carrots, onions, cucumber, and a few other things. It was a pretty good Summer... great dirt helped.

Re: Geek or Nerd?

topperge — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:55:15 -0000

Sadly Chris and I have actually debated this for hours. We'll throw out a topic and debate its geek / nerdiness.

Re: Configuring Multiple Weblogic IIS Plug-Ins On Same IIS Server

dannorris — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:13:48 -0000

I don't think I understand the question. Depending on how your network and DNS records are configured, users on the internet and intranet should have equal and same access to the environment.

Re: New job, lots of exciting stuff

dannorris — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:26:30 -0000

Thanks, Kyle. I had the VPN installed too, just too many other things that I
felt it better to conform with the corporate standard for now. I don't
anticipate it will be too long to go back to the Mac--I miss it a lot
already.

I knew before I joined that there is a lot of MacOS in use at Oracle. I just
reverted to Windows long enough to make sure I have all the necessary
software components. I hope to go back to Mac soon.

Thanks for the heads up!

Re: The Race for Your Identity: Twitter vs Facebook

topperge — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:51:20 -0000

I don't know that I trust either of them to hold my identity. Personally I like the wordpress add-ons that allow me to make my personal blog my own provider. It's a domain that I control and own. I just don't think I have the capital to enable all the strong authentication mechanisms I would want in such a service ;-)

I always find it interesting that people in the US have a different perspective on the government that people in Europe. We're very untrusting of what they do with us and our data. I'm not sure where that comes from but based on my work they have our best interest in mind and are the only "company" with the capital to do it safely.

I believe that the US government should provide an OpenID identity provider for their employees. Who needs a "twitter verified" account for the government users, if they can log in with a government provided OpenID service and it shows a symbol that they are government verified I tend to believe them. I think this is critical in the government 2.0 mission to reach out to citizens and gain trust.

Maybe after a few years of a public OpenID provider to employees they can extend it to citizens. Personally I don't care if a government OpenID provider knows what site I log into. I'd prefer it when buying products online or dealing with the IRS / other government sites. The centralized strong authentication would give me a much better piece of mind. It wouldn't prevent me from adding my additional providers and using them for my primary authentication mechanism, but would give me a backup in the cases like Vidoop going belly up and leaving me high and dry from logging into my sites.

I agree with the browser authentication proposition, however, I need it to be synchronized across all my browsers / devices like a XMarks / DropBox. Maybe something could be put together with Gears. I haven't looked into the persistent storage of HTML5 to see if there is any encryption as part of the spec. Obviously something could be implemented in javascript.

Oh, did anyone else notice the new "Hardware Encryption" in the iPhone 3G[S]? I'm still trying to find out what exactly that means, could be something interesting for a portable strong authentication device.

Re: OraTweet Ready for Flight

topperge — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:52:41 -0000

Nope, I'm keeping it for myself, tough crap. Give me a couple days and I'll get it out there. Going on vacation next week just to catch up on a whole bunch of this stuff.

Re: Google Wave: The Killer Enterprise Apps Platform?

manalang — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:46:37 -0000

Will do.

Re: Google Wave: The Killer Enterprise Apps Platform?

manalang — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:43:35 -0000

Yeah, search is real-time... it was part of the demo

Re: New job, lots of exciting stuff

dannorris — Wed, 27 May 2009 00:22:04 -0000

Thanks for boiling it down--you're right. Should be all down hill from here.

Re: Scuba diving pre-ODTUG Kaleidoscope, Monterey, 21-June-2009

dannorris — Wed, 27 May 2009 00:11:42 -0000

Indeed, he will dive in Iceland--I forgot about the order of things. I
wonder what other "firsts" he'll have in Iceland?!

Dan

Re: Introducing Bdoc: A Better Gem Doc Browser

manalang — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:15:21 -0000

Make sure your path includes your gem's bin path.

Re: My Jaunty Adventure

manalang — Tue, 12 May 2009 01:12:38 -0000

On VPN right now :-)

Re: Have a need to compile your Rails app (o …

manalang — Mon, 11 May 2009 12:31:16 -0000

I haven't tried recently.

Re: Oracle’s latest acquisition: Me

dannorris — Fri, 08 May 2009 08:55:14 -0000

Thanks Charles and Simon.

Charles: you're right about Rac attack and JS was reading over my
shoulder when I saw your comment, so he knows the same.

Simon: I would love to--hopefully there are some Exadata customers
that will encourage my presence at ukoug and other UK events!

Please excuse my typos, I sent this from my iPhone.