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Django 1.0 - It’s about time!

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Django, the framework that Google chose to help launch its App Engine service, has finally hit the big 1.0. Looks like a party at the Googleplex!

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September 6th, 2008 at 9:13 pm

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Google Chrome

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This is a comic introducing Chrome, Google’s browser. Last summer, Brian (the guy you see above) was nice enough to host me as his intern. It’s great to see the project he’s led finally make it out of the labs and into the hands of the public.

Written by Kevin Chiu

September 2nd, 2008 at 2:55 pm

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Web 2.0 Secret Sauce

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So, you’ve created your amazing Web 2.0 network-effect-harnessing website and you’ve got a bunch of user-generated data sitting around? Let me introduce you to my little friend, MapReduce.

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August 22nd, 2008 at 11:09 pm

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Matt is back!

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14 months in the making, 42 countries, and a cast of thousands…


The 2-year old original:

Me and Matt at MIT for Roflcon.

me and matt

Written by Kevin Chiu

June 22nd, 2008 at 9:02 pm

The Clowd

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The Clowd, a phrase that seems to be a mashup by Seth Godin between “crowd” and “cloud,” represents the near-future widespread use of distributed data processing and natural media correlation techniques.

One of the natural media correlation techniques that I think has influenced Seth is Photo Tourism, otherwise known as Microsoft Photosynth, a project I was fortunate enough to be a part of.

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June 7th, 2008 at 12:35 pm

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