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"This checklist has been designed to help improve the caliber of the comments at this meeting.
Please read it before uttering a word.
1. Unprepared? Don't speak.
2. Your point has already been made? Don't speak.
3. Eager to "share something" that is off-topic? Don't speak.
4. Want to impress the boss? Don't speak."
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"In HTML 5, there are 3 ways to declare the language of a HTML document:"
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"Google now lets you opt in to the Social Search feature they recently announced. Google explains, “If there’s relevant web content written by people in your social circle, it will automatically show up at the bottom of your search results under a section called ’Results from people in your social circle.’” Your social circle is defined as “Gmail chat buddies, your Gmail contacts friends, family and co-worker groups, and people you’re publicly connected to on other social sites (such as Twitter and FriendFeed)”. A connection to a site like Friendfeed can be done via your Google Profile, so as a side-effect, social search might make that profile a more important location to maintain for users."
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"The question soon came up: What do we do about his Facebook profile? We had never really thought about this before in such a personal way. Obviously, we wanted to be able to model people's relationships on Facebook, but how do you deal with an interaction with someone who is no longer able to log on? When someone leaves us, they don't leave our memories or our social network. To reflect that reality, we created the idea of "memorialized" profiles as a place where people can save and share their memories of those who've passed."
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Before cloud computing can become mainstream, users of cloud services must have the ability to accurately assess risk for themselves. In order to do this, cloud providers must provide transparency. if not users must demand it by speaking with their wallets. Don't let the cool, shiny UI fool you into assuming everything is OK under the skin.
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