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The latest 100 of all 556 posts by Reto Meier:
- @Bilal: Not for me. Not for most people. In my experienc...
- I've swtiched completely. Looking forward to getting some ti...
- @Graham: You've gone the wrong way on daylight savings -- it...
- "why could it not be released on all platforms at the same t...
- Slim / None.
- @ebpda9 Well yes, but you'd hope so right? If Google release...
- It translates to : [convert] eight days [into] a week or ...
- "Anything else would be, well, evil..." Hyperbole much? A...
- I wonder if Calendar / GMail integration with Gears will be ...
- Anyone here got a Jaiku Invite they'd like to send over to m...
- @TOMHTML Yep, I'll be there -- though I'll have my developer...
- I got my "you're in!" email about a week ago. Should be fun ...
- I just noticed these too. Interesting.
- Google BargeView
22 days ago (184 views) - If true, I'd be really interested to know how they plan to e...
- @Rich: I don't think your statement is really true. It impli...
- @stehsegler I'm not entirely sure what your point is? From t...
- Chief of German Olympic Committee Compares China and German Censorship
1 month ago (473 views, was blogged) - @IanF: (In fairness to Andy, I think he accidently posted th...
- Notifications definitely need to be opt in. They need a smar...
- I think a lot of people have misunderstood the basic premise...
- They definitely need to improve the way Knol communicates wi...
- @Philipp: I reckon it has more to do with discouraging spamm...
- I've given it another try now that it's back up. Better resu...
- Wasn't overly impressed with their relevancy or coverage eit...
- "Due to overwhelming interest, our Cuil servers are running ...
- I was a bit surprised to see Maps under Gmail and Image Sear...
- @Claudio: The fickle nature of fate, the unpredictability of...
- Hopefully they'll gradually relax this policy. I understand ...
- @Ianf: Check out everything2.com/ for an even closer match :...
- :) Thanks Philipp -- it was adapted from a 'node' I wrote fo...
- The comparison to Wikipedia is superficial. Where Wikipedia ...
- Nice! I've been looking forward to Knol since it was announc...
- Changing Expectations
1 month ago (203 views) - I can see it having a use for displaying and discussing... s...
- Interesting stuff. I created a 'gallery room' filled with wa...
- Yeah, I've been playing with it this morning, seems to be wo...
- What's particularly interesting is that often the Googlers a...
- @Roger: I don't see that. After it gets 'picked up' every bo...
- @David, most modern trains in Europe / Japan are electic rat...
- I'd be surprised to see adds directly in the browser. Opera ...
- I've got it here in London. It's a nice idea. The exampl...
- @Philipp, probably won't even need to screen scrape. You cou...
- I tend to agree with Satan, structure and cohesiveness is so...
- Thanks for the shout-out Tony! Once again Blogoscoped has...
- @Franta Hejl: You can make you own map-based Android apps, a...
- I'm expecting a few pleasant surprises to come out during Go...
- Too. Cool. Must. Stop... Playing.
- Yeah I'm seeing some weird behaviour as well. Either folders...
- My guess? Row limit was exceeded ;)
- Bathymetry data in Google Earth would be Awesome.
- eBay *only* allowing PayPal for Payments
4 months ago (221 views) - @TOM: Aha! Doing that makes it go away. Aside: They're de...
- I seems it's definitely data center based, but also restrict...
- @TOMHTML: Sorry, my workplace environment is... restrictive....
- Wow. I never get things first :) Must be rolling it out s...
- @Colin: Unlikely. I'm in the UK and the company I work for r...
- Sneaky! It only seems to work when searching from the Austra...
- Here's what it looks like: http://picasaweb.google.com/reto...
- "Explore This Area" in Google Maps
5 months ago (534 views) - @Paul: If someone does something good is it ultimately impor...
- Gold.
- Android Developer Challenge is Open
8 months ago (221 views) - LOCATION_CHANGED is a reference to a string constant that yo...
- You know, I always worried about this, but decided I was bei...
- @Tim: I've still never figured out why anyone would want to ...
- @Colin: That's a valid issue. @or: I think Google didn't h...
- @Philipp: Interestingly I wasn't able to find posts by *any*...
- The WSJ article is pretty biased, not sure why. On his own s...
- "...third party applications..." Which isn't to say that ...
- Interesting articles. The non-specific nature of the complai...
- Google For iPhone: Android's Beta-Test?
8 months ago (1,754 views, was blogged) - I'm seeing the same thing, same for 'edit labels'. Contact m...
- Spam is spiced ham, which is of course a pork product...
- The service it sounds most like to me is Everything2. Simila...
- [recall message]
- Outlook (when used in a homogenous Exchange environment) has...
- Huh. I like it. I found universal search a bit cluttered. If...
- What Google would 'own' is a license from the US FCC (Federa...
- @Ljancho: People are trying. The thing is, the 'language' al...
- "...we did not talk about replacing the actual creative thou...
- "...but rather explaining what he wants to the AI, which wou...
- Actually Philipp that's not quite right. You've coupled ...
- Also, this is an arbitrary level of abstraction. It won't wo...
- The sort of visual programming you describe already exists i...
- It's an interesting though excersize but in real life that c...
- The thing is, getting the syntax right is not the hard part ...
- Careful Suresh S, you're using markup! You mean: If it fa...
- @Tony: Exactly. The problem with a 'wordy' natural language ...
- What if I have three different database connections in my gl...
- ...What should it do if it fails to open the connection?
- Natural Language Programming?
9 months ago (1,810 views, was blogged) - Dynamic Google Charting API
9 months ago (3,254 views, was blogged) - According to the last posts in the thread I posted above the...
- Judging by the Google Groups posts this looks pretty widespr...
- "Yes, I tried GAfyD premium support, got a response after ~1...
- We've talked about this before under the heading of 'what do...
- As Caleb E said, labels just need to support nesting and we'...
- If my Google-fu is working, "[Colin] work[ed] on the Part...
- I just bought a new Vaio, came with Google Earth, Google Des...
Reto Meier's top viewed posts:
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2 years ago (5,486 views, was blogged) - Google Aquires JotSpot
1 year ago (5,483 views) - Work Emails in Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail...
1 year ago (4,149 views, was blogged) - Dynamic Google Charting API
9 months ago (3,254 views, was blogged) - Picasweb Slideshows
1 year ago (3,055 views) - Android Developer SDL Now Available
9 months ago (2,879 views, was blogged) - Google Book Downloads
2 years ago (2,469 views, was blogged) - Google Shared IP for "Crime" of Free Speech
10 months ago (2,257 views, was blogged) - Abstract vs Realistic Icons
9 months ago (1,935 views, was blogged) - Natural Language Programming?
9 months ago (1,810 views, was blogged)
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