[google-appengine] Re: Meeting Notes from the Seattle meet-up.

2011-12-02 Thread Miles 
It sounds like this meetup was almost worth the 10 hour flight to
Seattle ;)

On Dec 1, 5:40 am, "Brandon Wirtz"  wrote:
> We were the rowdiest group in the place.  We with our count of 8 were also
> about half of the people in the joint.
>
> Greg prefixes a great many things with "The opinions I am about to express
> are my own and do not reflect those of Google, my team members, our
> sponsors, or my family"
>
> Steve built an app that teaches his daughter math, but mentioned that if it
> caught on it would bankrupt him proving that GAE doesn't scale as it can be
> Over loaded by a 9 year old girl and her computational skills.
>
> It was confirmed that the Team changed GAE's pricing just to spite me. Which
> is why I take such joy in the 4 Requests per second on Zero Instances.
> (That'll teach you)
>
> While the location of the GAE servers was not revealed we now know where the
> Google Apartment is for traveling Google Staff.  This will make abducting
> someone who knows this answer easier.
>
> While Matt will tell you that Data Store is superior to all other Database
> models. He won't do so publicly because he is a nice guy and "won't drag the
> competition through the mud".
>
> Apparently I have Business Cards, but none of the Google staff did, because
> that would imply that Google lets them out of the Plex to interact with
> people who might want said card.
>
> It is rumored that Microsoft has a Bacon Truck for poaching valued Google
> Employees, but none of the people in attendance had seen said truck, lending
> to the obvious conclusion, Microsoft doesn't want any of them.
>
> No one attended in an adult mermaid costume. And our Waitress looked a
> little to Emo/Suicide Girl to ask if she would consider wearing one.
>
> -Brandon
>
> Brandon Wirtz
> BlackWaterOps: President / Lead Mercenary
>
> Description:http://www.linkedin.com/img/signature/bg_slate_385x42.jpg
>
> Work: 510-992-6548
> Toll Free: 866-400-4536
>
> IM: drak...@gmail.com (Google Talk)
> Skype: drakegreene
>
>   BlackWater Ops
>
>  image001.jpg
> < 1KViewDownload

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Re: [google-appengine] Re: Meeting Notes from the Seattle meet-up.

2011-12-02 Thread Ikai Lan (Google) 
Oh dude, now you are making me regret not coming along.

I do not condone the abduction of Google employees but I will tell you that
your intel is virtually worthless regarding the corporate apartments: those
things are always booked to capacity every time someone from the GAE team
visits the Seattle office. If you really want to capture a Google employee,
set up a box like this:

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-82554259/stock-photo-box-trap-d.html

And write the words "Free ponies" on it.

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On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 2:35 AM, Miles  wrote:

> It sounds like this meetup was almost worth the 10 hour flight to
> Seattle ;)
>
> On Dec 1, 5:40 am, "Brandon Wirtz"  wrote:
> > We were the rowdiest group in the place.  We with our count of 8 were
> also
> > about half of the people in the joint.
> >
> > Greg prefixes a great many things with "The opinions I am about to
> express
> > are my own and do not reflect those of Google, my team members, our
> > sponsors, or my family"
> >
> > Steve built an app that teaches his daughter math, but mentioned that if
> it
> > caught on it would bankrupt him proving that GAE doesn't scale as it can
> be
> > Over loaded by a 9 year old girl and her computational skills.
> >
> > It was confirmed that the Team changed GAE's pricing just to spite me.
> Which
> > is why I take such joy in the 4 Requests per second on Zero Instances.
> > (That'll teach you)
> >
> > While the location of the GAE servers was not revealed we now know where
> the
> > Google Apartment is for traveling Google Staff.  This will make abducting
> > someone who knows this answer easier.
> >
> > While Matt will tell you that Data Store is superior to all other
> Database
> > models. He won't do so publicly because he is a nice guy and "won't drag
> the
> > competition through the mud".
> >
> > Apparently I have Business Cards, but none of the Google staff did,
> because
> > that would imply that Google lets them out of the Plex to interact with
> > people who might want said card.
> >
> > It is rumored that Microsoft has a Bacon Truck for poaching valued Google
> > Employees, but none of the people in attendance had seen said truck,
> lending
> > to the obvious conclusion, Microsoft doesn't want any of them.
> >
> > No one attended in an adult mermaid costume. And our Waitress looked a
> > little to Emo/Suicide Girl to ask if she would consider wearing one.
> >
> > -Brandon
> >
> > Brandon Wirtz
> > BlackWaterOps: President / Lead Mercenary
> >
> > Description:http://www.linkedin.com/img/signature/bg_slate_385x42.jpg
> >
> > Work: 510-992-6548
> > Toll Free: 866-400-4536
> >
> > IM: drak...@gmail.com (Google Talk)
> > Skype: drakegreene
> >
> >   BlackWater Ops
> >
> >  image001.jpg
> > < 1KViewDownload
>
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RE: [google-appengine] Re: Meeting Notes from the Seattle meet-up.

2011-12-02 Thread Brandon Wirtz 
I have it on good authority that one of your team mates stayed at the
apartment. He apparently has more pull in such matters than you. I'd tell
you which team mate it was, but corp perks like who has an executive wash
room key aren't secrets I give away.

 

 

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Oh dude, now you are making me regret not coming along.

 

I do not condone the abduction of Google employees but I will tell you that
your intel is virtually worthless regarding the corporate apartments: those
things are always booked to capacity every time someone from the GAE team
visits the Seattle office. If you really want to capture a Google employee,
set up a box like this:

 

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-82554259/stock-photo-box-trap-d.html

 

And write the words "Free ponies" on it.




--

Ikai Lan 
Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine

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On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 2:35 AM, Miles  wrote:

It sounds like this meetup was almost worth the 10 hour flight to
Seattle ;)


On Dec 1, 5:40 am, "Brandon Wirtz"  wrote:
> We were the rowdiest group in the place.  We with our count of 8 were also
> about half of the people in the joint.
>
> Greg prefixes a great many things with "The opinions I am about to express
> are my own and do not reflect those of Google, my team members, our
> sponsors, or my family"
>
> Steve built an app that teaches his daughter math, but mentioned that if
it
> caught on it would bankrupt him proving that GAE doesn't scale as it can
be
> Over loaded by a 9 year old girl and her computational skills.
>
> It was confirmed that the Team changed GAE's pricing just to spite me.
Which
> is why I take such joy in the 4 Requests per second on Zero Instances.
> (That'll teach you)
>
> While the location of the GAE servers was not revealed we now know where
the
> Google Apartment is for traveling Google Staff.  This will make abducting
> someone who knows this answer easier.
>
> While Matt will tell you that Data Store is superior to all other Database
> models. He won't do so publicly because he is a nice guy and "won't drag
the
> competition through the mud".
>
> Apparently I have Business Cards, but none of the Google staff did,
because
> that would imply that Google lets them out of the Plex to interact with
> people who might want said card.
>
> It is rumored that Microsoft has a Bacon Truck for poaching valued Google
> Employees, but none of the people in attendance had seen said truck,
lending
> to the obvious conclusion, Microsoft doesn't want any of them.
>
> No one attended in an adult mermaid costume. And our Waitress looked a
> little to Emo/Suicide Girl to ask if she would consider wearing one.
>
> -Brandon
>
> Brandon Wirtz
> BlackWaterOps: President / Lead Mercenary
>

> Description:http://www.linkedin.com/img/signature/bg_slate_385x42.jpg
>
> Work: 510-992-6548
> Toll Free: 866-400-4536
>

> IM: drak...@gmail.com (Google Talk)
> Skype: drakegreene
>
>  <http://www.blackwaterops.com/> BlackWater Ops
>
>  image001.jpg
> < 1KViewDownload


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