Bike SF

19 February 2006

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Yesterday I finally got round to buying a bike and today I took it for a spin: a 20 mile ride through Golden Gate Park, around the coast, over the bridge and then back through the city.

Overall, San Francisco is a really bike friendly city and biking seems a good way to see the sights; I saw loads of cool things I haven’t seen yet, being able to cover way more distance than staying on foot, and avoiding the horrible SF parking.

I sketched out the route on Google Earth, but I think I’m gonna get me a GPS to keep a better visual diary of where I’ve been.

(Oh, and I old fell off once getting used to the new click in pedals; injuries limited to my ego.)

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I helped Gmail learn to talk

6 February 2006

So I started work at Google just over three months ago and today the project I have been working on is launching: chat in Gmail!

I met my team for the first time on Halloween; it was a surreal day, with one colleague painted red and dressed as the devil, and another two peering in through a TV screen from a remote office. When I joined, the project had already been going for quite a while so I can take only a little credit for what is a truly kick-ass feature. My input has been limited to a few small features, dealing with a myriad of browser issues, and code refactoring.

Over the next couple of weeks you should see the features turned on in your own Gmail accounts. But for the time being here’s some more reports about what we’ve been doing.

There is also a lot more cool stuff on the way :)

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