tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67538412008-04-23T22:03:13.100-07:00DavidBlogger294125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753841.post-6980103405488989962008-04-23T22:01:00.000-07:002008-04-23T22:03:13.151-07:00Read the <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/what-makes-design-googley.html">full post</a> on the User Experience Team blog...<br /><br />1. Focus on people—their lives, their work, their dreams.<br />2. Every millisecond counts.<br />3. Simplicity is powerful.<br />4. Engage beginners and attract experts.<br />5. Dare to innovate.<br />6. Design for the world.<br />7. Plan for today's and tomorrow's business.<br />8. Delight the eye without distracting the mind.<br />9. Be worthy of people's trust.<br />10. Add a human touch.Davidtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753841.post-60953108186751489732008-04-19T20:53:00.001-07:002008-04-19T20:54:52.369-07:00...to those that recognize this holiday! Reminds me of how Gmail <a href="http://www.kraneland.com/2006/06/passover-express.html">saved the day</a> a few years ago, and enabled us to have a wonderful (yet brief) seder!Davidtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753841.post-61697114856572191832008-04-04T12:53:00.000-07:002008-04-04T12:54:47.375-07:00Holy wow...<a href="http://bmwsporttouring.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=UBB11&Number=1016238&page=0&fpart=all">these</a> are cool pics!Davidtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753841.post-83314645707837663052008-03-18T10:57:00.000-07:002008-03-18T10:58:15.131-07:00Would you make the <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/charlie-rose-face-plants-to-save-his-macbook-air/">same decision</a>?!Davidtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753841.post-55287038944013259702008-03-10T21:25:00.001-07:002008-03-10T21:27:36.597-07:00Two interesting tidbits, shortly after the much-hyped introduction of this beautiful (yet not ideal) machine -- <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/120052">here</a> and <a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/10/2013251&from=rss">here</a>.Davidtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753841.post-91262595706752206342008-02-12T11:01:00.000-08:002008-02-12T11:07:18.864-08:00<img src="http://www.kraneland.com/images/flu-fighters1.jpg"/><br /><br />...says the <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/20859593">Google Doc</a>. Details <a href="http://dr-razavi.blogspot.com/2008/02/flu-has-arrived.html">here</a>.Davidtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753841.post-74519438042565652802008-01-27T23:44:00.000-08:002008-01-28T09:34:40.416-08:00<img src="http://www.kraneland.com/images/lego08.gif" /><br /><br />We're honoring the 50th anniversary of the LEGO Brick on our home page today...<br /><br />Larry and Sergey have always had a thing for LEGOS:<br /><br />* A <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20000303062936/http://www-pcd.stanford.edu/%7Epage/lego.html">programmable plotter </a>, Larry built out of LEGOS, years ago. He said the following on his Stanford webpage, while in grad school:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ></span><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > Legos and other lesser construction toys have been quite important to me. I have constructed numerous amazing contraptions out of Legos. I built a four foot wide inkjet printer out of Legos (and a few things from the hardware store and a bunch of electronics). </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >I attriubute </span><span style="font-size:85%;">(his typo, not mine) </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >a great deal of my understanding and ability with mechanical devices to Legos and similar construction toys.</span></blockquote> <div style="text-align: left;">* Early <a href="http://infolab.stanford.edu/pub/voy/museum/pictures/display/0-4-Google.htm">hard drive enclosure </a>(10, 4GB drives), encased in "faux" Duplos (see them <a href="http://infolab.stanford.edu/pub/voy/museum/pictures/display/GoogleBG.jpg">in action</a>)<br /> Note: <a href="http://www.commonwealthclub.org/archive/01/01-03google-speech.html">Sergey says</a> they couldn't afford the authentic LEGO product!<br /></div></div>* LEGO-infused <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1158956,00.html">photoshoot</a>, as part of <a href="http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,1101060220,00.html">this</a> TIME Mag cover storyDavidtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753841.post-70444451231610063792008-01-25T21:34:00.000-08:002008-01-30T22:48:25.535-08:00<img src="http://www.kraneland.com/images/chucknorris.jpg" /><br /><br />Step 1: Visit <a href="http://www.google.com">www.google.com</a><br />Step 2: Input these search terms: find chuck norris<br />Step 3: Click "I'm feeling lucky"<br /><br />Note the site restrict!! ----> "pages from Chuck's Beard"Davidtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753841.post-82596929871083278592008-01-25T10:07:00.000-08:002008-01-25T10:10:24.731-08:00<a href="http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/fbh/535039842.html">This one</a> is for you...<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">If you like drinking wine and discussing its attributes, we might be looking for you.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">With our expansive (and continuously expanding) wine list, we need someone who can take a few hours per month to sample our new wine offerrings and compare/contrast with our existing wines. You will jot down your thoughts which will then be included in the monthly Educational Memo that is sent to our servers. While we need you to dissect individual wine notes for each wine, more importantly, we will need you to tell us what you believe the differences are between, say, the 7 different Pinot Noirs that we may offer.<br /><br />A perk of this position is that you will be able to attend many of the wine and liquor events exclusive only to restaurant insiders as a rep of our restaurant. Spirits (and free food!) are almost always served at these events. Attendance isn't mandatory (and won't be compensated) but will be made available to you should they pique your interest.<br /><br />If you are interested in this position, please send a quick email detailing your interest and qualifications for this position. Please also include what you are asking for as fair compensation.<blockquote></blockquote></span>Davidtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753841.post-39615975722204892282008-01-17T22:07:00.000-08:002008-01-17T22:10:24.968-08:00<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OQWxIrSRDQQ&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OQWxIrSRDQQ&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>Davidtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753841.post-41688317531458701212008-01-16T23:54:00.000-08:002008-01-17T00:12:11.975-08:00Was in S Cal for the day today. Lots of absolutely random things caught my eye...but these two "artifacts" share the title of the weirdest things I saw in Los Angeles.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.kraneland.com/images/weird-in-LA-sm.jpg" /><br />If you're at a loss for what to do w/that spare elephant foot you have lying around your garage...here's an idea. The guy told me that the foot was rather "old," so I shouldn't really be concerned about animal cruelty! Whatehvuh!<br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.kraneland.com/images/valentino-meets-tar.jpg" /><br />Lovely Valentino dress meets a tub of tar. Yes, TAR. This particular "artist" also happens to have applied tar to things like a set of candelabras, and also to a bust of the former creative director of Italian furniture designer, <a href="http://www.nysun.com/article/15577">Cappellini</a>.Davidtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753841.post-67335510452541868242008-01-14T13:07:00.000-08:002008-01-14T13:15:01.770-08:00<a href="http://oregonstate.edu/events/newsevents/krane.html">Featured</a> on the Oregon State Univ. home page today...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Krane Honored by OSU's University Honors College</span><br /><br />CORVALLIS, Ore. ­ The University Honors College at Oregon State University has selected Ken Krane as its '2008 Eminent Professor,' an award given in recognition of outstanding instruction to the university¹s honors students.<p><span style="font-size:100%;">Krane is a professor emeritus of physics and has been active in teaching University Honors College courses since the program¹s inception in 1995.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">"Ken Krane exemplifies how bringing OSU¹s best faculty together with highly motivated and capable students can leverage learning for those students, and for the broader OSU student body who enroll in physics," said Bill Bogley, associate dean of the UHC.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">An innovator in science education, Krane most recently has worked to build a bridge between physics education and the curriculum for students at OSU on pre-medical and pre-engineering tracks. He has also supervised National Science Foundation-sponsored physics workshops at the university that focus on helping new physics faculty become better teachers.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">In 2004, Krane was recognized by the American Association of Physics Teachers with its Millikan Medal, presented for outstanding instruction.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">Krane chaired the Department of Physics at OSU from 1984 to 1998. He has written or edited nearly 20 books and monographs, as well as dozens of research articles.</span></p>Davidtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753841.post-63154368837379601062008-01-14T13:03:00.000-08:002008-01-14T13:06:48.651-08:00It has been awfully quiet around here as of late. For that, I apologize. It's a mix of the usual excuses...two kids, busy job, lots of outside distractions ---- and a focused attempt to spend a bit less time connected to the Net each day. The iPhone prevents me from succeeding at that last point. Genius device, in so many ways. And the Google experience on it keeps getting <a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/annc/mobile_macworld_08.html">better</a>.<br /><br />Let's see if we can't pick up the pace of this blog a bit...Davidtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753841.post-76392050262242605042007-09-05T22:12:00.000-07:002007-09-05T22:17:11.143-07:00The world lost one of the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VATmgtmR5o4">greatest musicians</a> of all time today...rest peacefully, Luciano.Davidtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753841.post-13195551160773649322007-08-13T21:34:00.001-07:002007-08-13T21:34:54.273-07:00Damn. I missed <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/drusolini/sets/72157601426008557/">this</a>.Davidtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753841.post-38794099834521925422007-06-24T22:36:00.001-07:002007-06-24T22:39:21.609-07:00They did <a href="http://www.kraneland.com/2006/06/go-beavers-go.html">it</a> <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/baseball/recap?gameId=2717501531">again</a>!! Go Beavs! Back-to-back national champions...WOW!Davidtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753841.post-51295275825316166892007-06-18T22:11:00.000-07:002007-06-18T22:20:21.021-07:00We're live...<a href="http://www.google.com/press/images/gallery/solarpanels2.jpg">solar everywhere</a> at the Googleplex. In fact, we believe it to be the largest commercial installation of its kind in the U.S. Solar panel production stats published <a href="http://www.google.com/corporate/solarpanels ">here</a>... 9,468 kilowatt-hours and counting!<br /><br />The NYT has an excellent <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/19/technology/19electric.html">article</a> about a related <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug-in_hybrid">PHEV</a> announcement we also made today...Davidtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753841.post-22287961083002991242007-06-10T09:38:00.000-07:002007-06-10T09:43:02.655-07:00<img src="http://www.kraneland.com/images/tony.jpg"/><br /><br />Dick Cavvett offers <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_6107698">this excellent summary</a> of the sunsetting of "The Sopranos" later this evening. 86 of the best, most entertaining television episodes I can recall in years...Davidtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753841.post-66330256977258959952007-06-01T11:23:00.000-07:002007-06-01T11:27:15.618-07:00<img src="http://www.kraneland.com/images/flamocon.gif"/><br /><br />We just announced this <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/adding-more-flare.html">new addition</a> to the growing Google family. Not a huge surprised based on recent speculation, but exciting news for our ads and publisher-facing initiatives. Welcome! Their perspective captured <a href="http://blogs.feedburner.com/feedburner/archives/2007/06/feedburner_google.php">here</a>...Davidtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753841.post-34768586759681339482007-05-25T11:43:00.000-07:002007-05-25T11:44:19.844-07:00Technology, <a href="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/baby/this-is-what-weve-become-woman-pushes-baby-on-segway-263440.php">meet</a> baby...Davidtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753841.post-27021964865419088702007-04-11T21:54:00.000-07:002007-04-11T22:03:17.700-07:00Fascinating experiment conducted by the Washington Post and one of my Hoosier musical heroes, <a href="http://sev.prnewswire.com/entertainment/20070411/NYW01211042007-1.html">Joshua Bell</a>. Terrific (warning: somewhat longish read) <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html">article + video</a> with all the details/analysis...absolutely stunning results!Davidtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753841.post-69705791174222443672007-04-10T14:58:00.000-07:002007-04-10T15:02:30.046-07:00This is important...<a href="http://www.ushmm.org/googleearth/">released</a> earlier today. <br /><br />[download the.kmz file <a href="http://www.ushmm.org/googleearth/crisisindarfur.kmz">here</a>]<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has joined with Google in an unprecedented online mapping initiative. Crisis in Darfur enables more than 200 million Google Earth users worldwide to visualize and better understand the genocide currently unfolding in Darfur, Sudan. The Museum has assembled content, photographs, data, and eyewitness testimony from a number of sources that are brought together for the first time in Google Earth.<br /><br />Crisis in Darfur is the first project of the Museum's Genocide Prevention Mapping Initiative that will over time include information on potential genocides allowing citizens, governments, and institutions to access information on atrocities in their nascent stages and respond.</span>Davidtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753841.post-39133362876723363072007-03-19T15:04:00.000-07:002007-03-23T10:41:19.356-07:00</span><img src="http://www.kraneland.com/images/sbkfed.jpg" /><br /><br />In "News of the Weird," KFed now (apparently) fashions himself a search engine guru.<br /><br /><a href="http://searchwithkevin.prodege.com/">Check it</a>.<br /><br />Update: CollegeHumor.com <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1723758/">looks at this</a> more closely...<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">* The fine print notes that search results are powered by the <a href="http://www.yahoo.com/">folks</a> down in Sunnyvale...yet they use Gmail to <a href="mailto:%20searchwithkevin@gmail.com">communicate</a> with their usersDavidtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753841.post-83923060309785020122007-02-15T13:47:00.000-08:002007-03-01T14:26:00.510-08:00<img src="http://www.kraneland.com/images/googlemethemovie-logo.jpg"/><br /><br />Trailer <a href="http://www.googlemethemovie.com/trailer-high.htm">here</a>.<br /><br />Update: Possible cast <a href="http://blog.outer-court.com/forum/87482.html">revealed</a>...(this is quite funny!)Davidtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753841.post-24137162376236078732007-02-14T10:03:00.000-08:002007-02-14T10:06:14.755-08:00<img src="http://www.kraneland.com/images/valentine07.gif"/><br /><br />Some buzz around the 'Net today about our Valentine's Day doodle. Dennis <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/02/strawberries-are-red-stems-are-green.html">responds</a>...David