Google I/O : Chrome, Social Web sessions available

Videos continue to trickle out from developer sessions at Google I/O. Today, Social Web and Google Chrome videos were released. Here are some of them:
WebM Open Video Playback in HTML5:

Link to the PDF from the "WebM Open Video Playback in HTML5" presentation is here.

HTML5 Status Update:

Link to the PDF from the "HTML5 Status Update" presentation is here.

Developing web apps for Chrome Web Store:

Link to the PDF from the "Developing web apps for Chrome Web Store" presentation is here.

New Linux Journal Video: Split-pane file browsing in Ubuntu 10.04

Linux Journal recently published a tutorial video of mine showing you how to enable split-pane file browsing in Nautilus using Ubuntu 10.04

Another item of note: pressing F3 a second time brings you back to a single pane, with the folder in focus taking up the whole window, making the other folder vanish.

Embed Twitter Tweets in Blogger using Blackbird Pie

Here's a short video from 210consulting about embedding tweets into blogging services such as Blogger by using a Twitter tool called Blackbird Pie:

Here is an embedded tweet to show you how easy it can be! (Beware of recursion!)

This tweet is embedded in my blog at zootlinux.blogspot.com - want to find out how? http://bit.ly/b6f7fhless than a minute ago via webRoss Larson
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Google I/O Developer Sessions Video available.

Google recently published the individual breakout sessions from Google I/O on the Google Developers Youtube Channel.  They are publishing the videos and slides of each presentation gradually over the next week.
Here is the release schedule, as indicated on the Google I/O session video page:

• Tues June 1: App Engine, GWT
• Wed June 2: Enterprise, Android
• Thurs June 3: Google Chrome, Social Web
• Fri June 4: Tech Talks, Fireside Chats
• Mon June 7: Geo, Google APIs, Google Wave

Here are some sample videos to get you interested.
A Beginner's Guide to Android (with Reto Meier):

PDF of the "A Beginner's Guide to Android" session is here.

Google Web Toolkit's UI Overhaul:


Google Storage for Developers (For Google App Engine)

PDF of the presentation is here.

The original schedule for developer sessions is here.

For more info, check out the Google Code Blog and the Google I/O Twitter feed.

Videos and slides from #io2010 Android sessions are also available! http://bit.ly/d26R6Tless than a minute ago via webGoogle I/O
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Lego Printer

Check out this awesome hack using Lego blocks and circuit boards to make a printer:

O' Reilly User Groups

O' Reilly recently added NEWLUG to their User Groups program. I'm very happy that they were willing to help us out.

SimpleGeo Video showing geolocation services at SXSW

Here is an interesting video showing the location aware services that were being used during the 2010 South by SouthWest (SXSW) Interactive Festival. Maps on this video come from the OpenStreetMap project. This video comes to you courtesy of SimpleGeo, Inc.

SXSW Interactive Checkin Visualization from SimpleGeo Inc. on Vimeo.

Services shown in this video:

• Foursquare
• BrightKite
• GoWalla
• Twitter
• Flickr
• Bump
• BlockChalk
• fwix

Technology is awesome. It looks like location-aware services are going to be the next big thing, given the surge in smartphone ownership and use.