Archive for the 'google' Category

msg upload to gmail ruby class (imap)

December 4th, 2007

… moving to Google Hosted (Google Apps), there was the need to upload some thousands of e-mail messages. Since they were (mt) MediaTemple Berkeley mbox stores, i scp’d them locally (backup) and them imported them into Evolution local folders.
The problem was the copy/move to the google hosted imap mail server. Evolution couldn’t finish the task […]


Linus Torvalds on git

July 1st, 2007

Linus talked on Google about his source control management system, with questions from the audience. 70 precious minutes… with humour, smart ideas, good explanations on the theory of team software development, focusing on building a trust network, on performance, on centralized vs distributed systems, security, etc.
(by minute 60, this guy kicks Google Code (SVN) ass… […]


Apple Safari for profit…

June 22nd, 2007

… seems that the main (or a higher) reason for Apple to release a Windows version of Safari is… income. And for that, the Google search box in to top right corner is the gateway for profit.
Windows still is the most used operating system out there, so why not take the ride ? Mozilla did […]


The Google Culture

September 17th, 2006

This is an interesting page on Google Corporate Information website. Fun to see the equipment brief description:
“Equipment - Most Googlers have high powered Linux OS workstations on their desktops. In Google’s earliest days, desks were wooden doors mounted on two sawhorses. Some of these are still in use within the engineering group.”


Google’s Gmail chat log

September 4th, 2006

Well, as a Linux/Gaim(IM)/Jabber and Gmail user i verified today an odd thing. When opening my Gmail account, i saw in the new “chat” area my private Gaim conversations archived, since Feb.8.
A few hours ago, when logging again into Gmail I was asked for a chat option to save or not my conversations. Well, what […]