Showing posts with label google. Show all posts
Showing posts with label google. Show all posts

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Google Wave Rider!!

It has been quite awhile (a pretty long awhile~ xD) since my last update to this blog.
There is a new excitement that make me really want to write an entry to this blog.
It is the thing shown below!!

If you dunno what is this, this is the logo of the Google Wave!!
In case you do not know what is Google Wave,

Google Wave is "a personal communication and collaboration tool" announced by Google at the Google I/O conference on May 27, 2009.[1][2] It is a web-based service, computing platform, and communications protocol designed to merge e-mail, instant messaging,wikis, and social networking.[3] It has a strong collaborative and real-time[4] focus supported by extensions that can provide, for example, spelling/grammar checking, automated translation among 40 languages,[2] and numerous other extensions.[4] Initially released only to developers, a "preview release" of Google Wave was extended to nearly 1 million users beginning September 30, 2009, with the initial 100,000 users each allowed to invite up to twenty additional users.

Curious to know what's so special about the Google Wave and its feature?
Just watch the video of the debut of the Google Wave below.





The video might be abit too long to watch.
So I will list down some basic features of the wave with videos.

Starting a new wave

A wave can be both a document and a conversation.A wave can be both a document and a conversation.





Replying to a wave

You can reply anywhere in a wave.You can reply anywhere in a wave.





Editing waves

All participants on a wave can edit any part of the wave, at the same time.All participants on a wave can edit any part of the wave, at the same time.



Reading through waves

To quickly read through unread blips in a wave, hit the spacebar.


Using Playback

The playback feature lets you move through the history of a wave.The playback feature lets you move through the history of a wave.



Spelling correction

Google Wave’s spelling correction uses the context of your message to correct your spelling.Google Wave’s spelling correction uses the context of your message to correct your spelling.



Arranging panels

You can make more room on your screen by moving and minimizing panels.You can make more room on your screen by moving and minimizing panels.



Scrolling

The scrollbars in Google Wave are a little different.The scrollbars in Google Wave are a little different.



Searching for waves

Use the search box to find waves by typing keywords and advanced search terms.Use the search box to find waves by typing keywords and advanced search terms.



Creating a saved search

Find a set of waves quickly with a saved search.Find a set of waves quickly with a saved search.



Adding tags to a wave

Tags are an easy way participants can share organization of waves. Any participant can add or remove a tag.Tags are an easy way participants can share organization of waves. Any participant can add or remove a tag.



Making folders

Create folders to organize your waves.Create folders to organize your waves.



Looks exciting isn't it?
So how do I actually get it?
The story begin from this morning.
Today when I wake up at the morning and check my mail box,
I was so excited to saw that google has sent me an invitation to the wave.
So I sign up it immediately and ride the wave!! xD
And of course playing it all alone is not fun at all.
So google has given me some invitations to send to my friends.
Up until the moment I writing this blog, I have sent few invitations to my friends already.
I expect that there might be strangers coming to this blog and demand for invitation.
I'm very sorry to say that I will not simply give invitation to strangers,
since that google wave is only fun if you are playing it with friends.
So I'm going to fully utilize the invitations left for me to gain maximum excitement with friends.

If you already have google wave, then you can add me SquallChua@googlewave.com
Let's ride the wave together!! xD

Monday, February 23, 2009

又是一個久違的blog,也是第一次在這裡用中文寫

今天在看完我的bloglist裡面所有的最新的blog後
突然有種心情想要回來寫了
而且還是用中文來寫


最近都在忙一堆的東西
一大堆的project和assignment要煩
fyp其實都沒什麼進展
因為我都沒怎麼認真去做
眼看著時間一天一天過去了
我還真的有點害怕最後交不出貨的說
偏偏我就是沒有足夠的時間來做
都怪我皮癢跑去報名參加了那個MDeC贊助的Dell Training course
雖然可以學C#和.NET
但是其實我都沒怎麼去認真聽書的說
就醬子每個拜六禮拜的時間都浪費在那邊了
回家後也懶惰做些甚麼東西了
看醬子的情形我自己也很擔心下
但是就是懶了沒辦法


說完了一些廢話
就來說一點有建設性的東西吧
基於我的wireless computing這個subject的assignment要求我們做一個mobile application的關係
所以我就開始去想一些有用,有趣及可行的idea
第一個idea出來了
最初我的想法是利用bluetooth將電話相機的video給stream過去的
可以拿來當webcam的replacement
後來想到既然還有麥克風,而且要保持mobility
為甚麼不直接通過Internet來通電話呢
想像著用手機來跟朋友skype的感覺應該不錯吧
可以在家裡到處跑的說
對於這個idea其實我也沒做甚麼research
就只是純粹一個想法而已
可以拿來當backup idea

另一個比較有趣的idea也很快出來
因為我跑去研究android了
玩著android的emulator的時候
我知道它能夠使用google map的web service了
所以我就想出個idea
就是做出個google map navigation system with voice guide
雖然說android不是完全沒有類似的東西
但是我個人還是覺得很有趣
就著手下去做research尋找我需要的東西
花了我好一番工夫才找到個android的text to speech library
並且成功在emulator裡面測試了
至於那個google map的東東就很麻煩了
我花了兩天在debug才成功load到google map進去android
所以看來這個idea是可行的了
只差沒有寫好一份proposal而已


最近開始染上了一個習慣
就是看有有趣的東西就跑去研究一下
到處search相關的資料
其實這個有部分是被you qi影響的
然後也經常跟他談論這些有趣的東東
今天又跑去找了些關於vpn的東西了
為甚麼呢?
因為kar hoong告訴我他突然收到個email
是個fcm的lecturer要他幫忙寫個類似garena的game client
然後對方還願意付錢的說
想想garena應該是用vpn來連線的吧
所以我就隨便search了一下相關的東東
找到了openvpn
但是懶惰繼續研究了
反正也不是找我的
得空再慢慢研究
不過you qi好像說他打算自己做個vpn server來host FIFA的lan game的說
好像很有趣的樣子
很想加入他的project



好啦
暫時先說這麼多
得空再繼續
Stay tune!!
哇哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈!!